Project
Project #7072
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Organisms :
Group : Name of Applicant : BOURGERON Thomas Date of application : 13-09-2016 Unit : Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions Location : 68-1-21 Phone : 3943@ Mail : aferhat@pasteur.fr@ PI-Mail : thomas.bourgeron@pasteur.fr
Project context and summary :
After the behavioural characterisation of the Shank3 KO cohort, we extracted and dissected different region of the brain: cortex, hippocampus, striatum, cerebellum.
These regions were selected according to the expression level of Shank3 (Peça et al. 2011). Using QUIAGEN miRNAeasy with DNAse, miRNA-enriched RNA was extracted from the brain regions in order to perform RNAseq.
We will ask 3 questions:
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What is the pattern of Shank3 isoforms in different brain regions?
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What are the genes/pathways differentially expressed in wild-type and Shank3 knock-out mice?
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What are the genes/pathways associated with the severity of the self grooming behaviour ?
Beside data driven eperiments, we will test candidate genes/pathways such as glutamatergic receptors and <
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