cadherin PcdhγC4

Walter R Mancia Leon1, David M Steffen1,2, Fiona R Dale-Huang1

  • 1Department of Neurological Surgery and The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143.

概括

一个特定的protocadherin基因,PcdhγC4,对于调节皮层抑制性内部神经元 (cINs) 在发育过程中的生存至关重要. 它的删除会增加细胞死亡,突出其在平衡神经元数量的作用.