NeuroscienceTranslational PsychiatryPeer-reviewed
Methyl-CpG binding domain 2 (Mbd2) is an Epigenetic Regulator of Autism-Risk Genes and Cognition
Elad Lax, Sonia Do Carmo, Yehoshua Enuka…·Moshe Szyf A
This study shows that Mbd2 deficiency in mice leads to cognitive and social deficits, altered gene expression, and DNA methylation patterns similar to those in ASD, suggesting Mbd2 is an epigenetic regulator of ASD-risk genes.
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