| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The incidence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has increased dramatically over the past decade. However, for at least 70% of ASD cases, the underlying genetic cause remain unknown.Recent whole-genome microarray studies have revealed that deletion or duplication at 2q23.1 includes MBD5, a methyl-DNA binding protein that is a causative gene of ASD. In this study, we first targeted the MBD5 gene in the SH-SY5Y cells, using two pairs of ZFNs. Then we examined the microarray analysis in MBD5+/- cells. The results indicates that MBD5 may have a crucial role of non-coding RNA expression.
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