PMID:10398678

Citation	Miyata, T, Maeda, T and Lee, JE (1999) NeuroD is required for differentiation of the granule cells in the cerebellum and hippocampus. Genes Dev. 13:1647-52
Abstract	NeuroD, a bHLH transcription factor, is implicated in differentiation of neurons and pancreatic beta cells. NeuroD-null mice die shortly after birth due to severe neonatal diabetes. To examine if there is postnatal neuronal phenotype in these mice, we rescued them from neonatal lethality by introducing a transgene encoding the mouse neuroD gene under the insulin promoter. These mice survive to adulthood but display severe neurological phenotype due to neuronal deficit in the granule layers of the cerebellum and hippocampus. We show here that NeuroD is required for these postnatally generated microneurons to undergo proper differentiation, the absence of which results in cell death.
Links	PubMed PMC316850
Keywords	Animals; Apoptosis; Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors; Cell Count; Cell Differentiation; Cerebellum/cytology; Cerebellum/growth & development; Cerebellum/pathology; Gene Therapy; Hippocampus/cytology; Hippocampus/growth & development; Hippocampus/pathology; In Situ Nick-End Labeling; Insulin/genetics; Mice; Mice, Knockout; Mice, Neurologic Mutants; Mice, Transgenic; Nerve Tissue Proteins/deficiency; Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics; Nerve Tissue Proteins/physiology; Neurons/cytology; Phenotype; Promoter Regions, Genetic; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/physiology; Transgenes
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Significance

Gene product	Qualifier	GO Term	Evidence Code	Aspect	Notes	Status
MOUSE:NDF1	involved_in	GO:0021549: cerebellum development	ECO:0000315: mutant phenotype evidence used in manual assertion	P	Seeded From UniProt	complete
MOUSE:NDF1	involved_in	GO:0021542: dentate gyrus development	ECO:0000315: mutant phenotype evidence used in manual assertion	P	Seeded From UniProt	complete

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