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Epigenetic regulation for acquiring glial identity by neural stem cells during cortical development
Author(s) -
Nakagawa Takumi,
Wada Yoshikuni,
Katada Sayako,
Kishi Yusuke
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
glia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.954
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1098-1136
pISSN - 0894-1491
DOI - 10.1002/glia.23818
Subject(s) - biology , epigenetics , chromatin , histone , dna methylation , neuroscience , neural stem cell , epigenetic regulation of neurogenesis , neural development , epigenesis , regulation of gene expression , stem cell , gene , gene expression , microbiology and biotechnology , chromatin remodeling , genetics
The nervous system consists of several hundred neuronal subtypes and glial cells that show specific gene expression and are generated from common ancestors, neural stem cells (NSCs). As the experimental techniques and molecular tools to analyze epigenetics and chromatin structures are rapidly advancing, the comprehensive events and genome‐wide states of DNA methylation, histone modifications, and chromatin accessibility in developing NSCs are gradually being unveiled. Here, we review recent advances in elucidating the role of epigenetic and chromatin regulation in NSCs, especially focusing on the acquisition of glial identity and how epigenetic regulation enables the temporal regulation of NSCs during murine cortical development.