Proliferation control in neural stem and progenitor cells

CCF Homem, M Repic, JA Knoblich - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2015 - nature.com
Neural circuit function can be drastically affected by variations in the number of cells that are
produced during development or by a reduction in adult cell number owing to disease. For …

Chromatin remodeling BAF (SWI/SNF) complexes in neural development and disorders

G Sokpor, Y Xie, J Rosenbusch, T Tuoc - Frontiers in molecular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The ATP-dependent BRG1/BRM associated factor (BAF) chromatin remodeling complexes
are crucial in regulating gene expression by controlling chromatin dynamics. Over the last …

Landscape of mSWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex perturbations in neurodevelopmental disorders

AM Valencia, A Sankar, PJ van der Sluijs… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
DNA sequencing-based studies of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) have identified a
wide range of genetic determinants. However, a comprehensive analysis of these data, in …

PhenoScore quantifies phenotypic variation for rare genetic diseases by combining facial analysis with other clinical features using a machine-learning framework

AJM Dingemans, M Hinne, KMG Truijen, L Goltstein… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Several molecular and phenotypic algorithms exist that establish genotype–phenotype
correlations, including facial recognition tools. However, no unified framework that …

A structural model of the endogenous human BAF complex informs disease mechanisms

N Mashtalir, H Suzuki, DP Farrell, A Sankar, J Luo… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Mammalian SWI/SNF complexes are ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes that
regulate genomic architecture. Here, we present a structural model of the endogenously …

The BAF complex in development and disease

A Alfert, N Moreno, K Kerl - Epigenetics & chromatin, 2019 - Springer
The ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling complex BAF (= mammalian SWI/SNF complex)
is crucial for the regulation of gene expression and differentiation. In the course of evolution …

Mutational landscapes and phenotypic spectrum of SWI/SNF-related intellectual disability disorders

N Bögershausen, B Wollnik - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Mutations in genes that encode proteins of the SWI/SNF complex, called BAF complex in
mammals, cause a spectrum of disorders that ranges from syndromic intellectual disability to …

A comprehensive molecular study on Coffin–Siris and Nicolaides–Baraitser syndromes identifies a broad molecular and clinical spectrum converging on altered …

D Wieczorek, N Boegershausen… - Human molecular …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Chromatin remodeling complexes are known to modify chemical marks on histones or to
induce conformational changes in the chromatin in order to regulate transcription. De novo …

The ARID1B spectrum in 143 patients: from nonsyndromic intellectual disability to Coffin–Siris syndrome

PJ van der Sluijs, S Jansen, SA Vergano… - Genetics in …, 2019 - nature.com
Purpose Pathogenic variants in ARID1B are one of the most frequent causes of intellectual
disability (ID) as determined by large-scale exome sequencing studies. Most studies …

BAFopathies' DNA methylation epi-signatures demonstrate diagnostic utility and functional continuum of Coffin–Siris and Nicolaides–Baraitser syndromes

E Aref-Eshghi, EG Bend, RL Hood, LC Schenkel… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Coffin–Siris and Nicolaides–Baraitser syndromes (CSS and NCBRS) are
Mendelian disorders caused by mutations in subunits of the BAF chromatin remodeling …