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Comment
. 2014 Aug;6(8):993-4.
doi: 10.15252/emmm.201404324.

Trapping MBD5 to understand 2q23.1 microdeletion syndrome

Deborah Y Kwon  1 , Zhaolan Zhou  1
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Trapping MBD5 to understand 2q23.1 microdeletion syndrome

Deborah Y Kwon et al. EMBO Mol Med. 2014 Aug.

Abstract

Despite genetic evidence implicating MBD5 as the only overlapping gene between various 2q23.1 microdeletions, the function of MBD5 and its causality to 2q23.1 microdeletion syndrome, a disorder characterized by developmental delay and autistic features, has yet to be determined. In this issue of EMBO Molecular Medicine, Camarena et al generate an Mbd5 gene-trap mouse model and show for the first time that mice with reduced MBD5 expression develop behavioral abnormalities with neuronal function deficits, mimicking symptoms in 2q23.1 microdeletion syndrome, thus supporting a causal role for MBD5 haploinsufficiency in the disorder.

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