The DAXX tax: C9orf72 DNA repeat expansions drive gain- and loss-of-function pathology in c9FTD/ALS

Feilin Liu, Wilfried Rossoll

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Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Liu et al.1 identify DAXX as a C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion DNA-binding protein that initiates epigenetic modifications and chromatin remodeling, contributing to C9orf72 haploinsufficiency by inhibiting its stress-inducible expression and mediating both loss- and toxic gain-of-function pathology.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1165-1167
Number of pages3
JournalNeuron
Volume111
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 19 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Neuroscience

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