Publications by authors named "Ielyzaveta Rabkina"

Article Synopsis
  • Genetic changes affecting a protein called HNRNPU are found in several brain disorders in kids.
  • HNRNPU is important for the brain's growth, especially in the part called the cerebellum, but we don’t know how it affects this area yet.
  • Researchers found that when HNRNPU is missing, it changes how brain cells develop, which might connect to issues like epilepsy, autism, and learning challenges.
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CASK-related disorders are genetically defined neurodevelopmental syndromes. There is limited information about the effects of CASK mutations in human neurons. Therefore, we sought to delineate CASK-mutation consequences and neuronal effects using induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons from two mutation carriers.

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Challenges in social communication and interaction are core features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) for which social skills group training (SSGT) is a commonly used intervention. SSGT has shown modest and heterogeneous effects. One of the major genetic risk factors in ASD is rare copy number variation (CNV).

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