Olfactory Insights from Transcriptional Profiling

T. S. McClintock, N. Sammeta

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Abstract

Olfactory sensory neurons and the process of adult neurogenesis have been major targets for expression profiling studies in the olfactory system. The >10. 000. mRNAs identified in olfactory sensory neurons predict responses to an unusually wide variety of intercellular signals, participation in diverse cell adhesion relationships, use of chromatin remodeling for functions not yet understood, robust stress response pathways, ciliogenesis, and control of gene expression through >250 transcription factors. Transcriptional changes during adult olfactory neurogenesis reveal molecular mechanisms supporting apoptosis of damaged neurons, infiltration of immune cells, proliferation of progenitor cells, and differentiation of new sensory neurons.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEncyclopedia of Neuroscience
Pages137-143
Number of pages7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

Keywords

  • Adult neurogenesis
  • Bioinformatics
  • Chromatin remodeling
  • Cilia
  • Ciliogenesis
  • Expression profiling
  • Gene expression
  • Genomics
  • Microarray
  • Neural development
  • Neurogenesis
  • Odorant receptor
  • Olfaction
  • Smell
  • Transcription factor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Neuroscience

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