Targeted BDNF upregulation via upstream open reading frame disruption
Feng Ning, Thomas Goedert, Nenad Svrzikapa, Dongnan Yan, Hans J. Friedrichsen, Britt Hanson, Alicia Ljungdahl, Ruxandra Dafinca, Kevin Talbot, Stephan Sanders, Dhanu Gupta, Matthew J. A. Wood, Thomas C. Roberts
This study identifies uORF elements regulating BDNF translation and demonstrates that disrupting uORFs can upregulate BDNF expression in cell culture.
Molecular Therapy · Dec 11, 2025Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology