Germline AGO2 mutations impair RNA interference and human neurological development

Germline AGO2 mutations impair RNA interference and human neurological development

AGO2 binds to miRNAs to repress expression of cognate target mRNAs. Here the authors report that heterozygous AGO2 mutations result in defects in neurological development and impair RNA interference.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Davor Lessel, Daniela M. Zeitler, Margot R. F. Reijnders, Andriy Kazantsev, Fatemeh Hassani Nia, Alexander Bartholomäus, Victoria Martens, Astrid Bruckmann, Veronika Graus, Allyn McConkie-Rosell, Marie McDonald, Bernarda Lozic, Ee-Shien Tan, Erica Gerkes, Jessika Johannsen, Jonas Denecke, Aida Telegrafi, Evelien Zonneveld-Huijssoon, Henny H. Lemmink, Breana W. M. Cham, Tanja Kovacevic, Linda Ramsdell, Kimberly Foss, Diana Le Duc, Diana Mitter, Steffen Syrbe, Andreas Merkenschlager, Margje Sinnema, Bianca Panis, Joanna Lazier, Matthew Osmond, Taila Hartley, Jeremie Mortreux, Tiffany Busa, Chantal Missirian, Pankaj Prasun, Sabine Lüttgen, Ilaria Mannucci, Ivana Lessel, Claudia Schob, Stefan Kindler, John Pappas, Rachel Rabin, Marjolein Willemsen, Thatjana Gardeitchik, Katharina Löhner, Patrick Rump, Kerith-Rae Dias, Carey-Anne Evans, Peter Ian Andrews, Tony Roscioli, Han G. Brunner, Chieko Chijiwa, M. E. Suzanne Lewis, Rami Abou Jamra, David A. Dyment, Kym M. Boycott, Alexander P. A. Stegmann, Christian Kubisch, Ene-Choo Tan, Ghayda M. Mirzaa, Kirsty McWalter, Tjitske Kleefstra, Rolph Pfundt, Zoya Ignatova, Gunter Meister, Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19572-5

Internet

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19572-5

Similar Items