DOCK4

There are 3 papers on DOCK4 in aging research: 2 observational studies in people, 1 in animals.

Gene

3 papers study it1 finding

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At a glance

The findings reach mice, none yet in people. 1 lab in 1 country.

Mice: a single group. Cells, worms or flies and humans: nothing yet.
  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province and 3 more
  • Humans2
  • Animals1

Effects

1

Mature neurons

upin mice1

1 study
  1. DOCK4 increases mature neurons in mice (shown by knockout).

    “dock4 deficiency led to decreased mature neurons and oligodendrocytes but increased astrocytes in the hippocampus of late-middle-aged mice.”

    Animalsshown by knockouthippocampusmales

    Deficiency of Autism-Related Gene Dock4 Leads to Impaired Spatial Memory and Hippocampal Function in Mice at Late Middle Age

    Cellular and molecular neurobiology

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