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In mice, NFIB and TCF4 converge during neocortical development by largely binding the same regulatory elements and jointly downregulating neuronal differentiation genes.
- Why it matters: Overlapping neurodevelopmental features from NFIB and TCF4 haploinsufficiency raise the question of whether they act on shared molecular targets during cortical development.
- What they did: The study used transcriptomic analyses in Nfib and Tcf4 knockout mice plus genome-wide binding assays, and tested NFIB/TCF4 effects with luciferase reporters across regulatory elements and cell types.
- The result: NFIB and TCF4 haploinsufficiency-linked pathways are linked in vivo through an overlapping set of downregulated neuronal differentiation genes, supporting shared underlying etiologies for related human syndromes.
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