Journal
CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH
Volume 359, Issue 1, Pages 65-85Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-014-2011-9
Keywords
Polycomb; Chromatin; Neurogenesis; Gliogenesis; Epigenetic
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- NIH [GM66815]
- March of Dimes [FY13-413]
- Association for Research on Childhood Cancer
- Cell and Molecular Biology Training Grant [GM007067]
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In the developing mammalian nervous system, common progenitors integrate both cell extrinsic and intrinsic regulatory programs to produce distinct neuronal and glial cell types as development proceeds. This spatiotemporal restriction of neural progenitor differentiation is enforced, in part, by the dynamic reorganization of chromatin into repressive domains by Polycomb repressive complexes, effectively limiting the expression of fate-determining genes. Here, we review the distinct roles that Polycomb repressive complexes play during neurogenesis and gliogenesis, while also highlighting recent work describing the molecular mechanisms that govern their dynamic activity in neural development. Further investigation of the way in which Polycomb complexes are regulated in neural development will enable more precise manipulation of neural progenitor differentiation facilitating the efficient generation of specific neuronal and glial cell types for many biological applications.
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