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																		 Methyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2
 
																		 
																		
																	 
																		 
																		
																	 
																			
																					
	"Methyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				A DNA-binding protein that interacts with methylated CPG ISLANDS. It plays a role in repressing GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION and is frequently mutated in RETT SYNDROME.
    
			 
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D051783 |  
						| MeSH Number(s) | D12.776.260.536 D12.776.660.235.550 D12.776.664.235.700 |  
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 | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |  | 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |  | 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |  | 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |  | 2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 |  | 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Methyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2" by people in Profiles. 		
					
								
								Boeri S, Piai M, Russo S, Alari V, Cogliati F, Simonetta D, Benke TA, Nobili L, Prato G. Clinical differences in monozygotic twins with Rett syndrome: case report and systematic review. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2025 Sep 02; 20(1):473.
								Thompson T, Gurfinkel D, Silveira L, Klamut N, Ferdinandsen K, Fu C, Ananth AL, Lane JB, Marsh ED, Neul JL, Percy AK, Benke TA. Medical Biases and Misconceptions Impact Diagnoses in Males With Loss of Function MECP2 Variants. Am J Med Genet A. 2025 Oct; 197(10):e64147.
								Ananth A, Fu C, Neul JL, Benke T, Marsh E, Suter B, Ferdinandsen K, Skinner SA, Annese F, Percy AK. MECP2 Variants in Males: More Common than Previously Appreciated. Pediatr Neurol. 2024 Dec; 161:263-267.
								Neul JL, Benke TA, Marsh ED, Suter B, Fu C, Ryther RC, Skinner SA, Lieberman DN, Feyma T, Beisang A, Heydemann P, Peters SU, Ananth A, Percy AK. Clinical Features and Disease Progression in Older Individuals with Rett Syndrome. Genes (Basel). 2024 Aug 22; 15(8).
								Zhang J, Li H, Niswander LA. m5C methylated lncRncr3-MeCP2 interaction restricts miR124a-initiated neurogenesis. Nat Commun. 2024 Jun 15; 15(1):5136.
								Abbott M, Angione K, Forbes E, Stoecker M, Saenz M, Neul JL, Marsh ED, Skinner SA, Percy AK, Benke TA. Rett syndrome diagnostic odyssey: Limitations of NextGen sequencing. Am J Med Genet A. 2024 Oct; 194(10):e63725.
								Fang X, Baggett LM, Caylor RC, Percy AK, Neul JL, Lane JB, Glaze DG, Benke TA, Marsh ED, Motil KJ, Barrish JO, Annese FE, Skinner SA. Parental age effects and Rett syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2024 02; 194(2):160-173.
								Rodrigues DC, Mufteev M, Yuki KE, Narula A, Wei W, Piekna A, Liu J, Pasceri P, Rissland OS, Wilson MD, Ellis J. Buffering of transcription rate by mRNA half-life is a conserved feature of Rett syndrome models. Nat Commun. 2023 04 05; 14(1):1896.
								Leonard H, Gold W, Samaco R, Sahin M, Benke T, Downs J. Improving clinical trial readiness to accelerate development of new therapeutics for Rett syndrome. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2022 03 04; 17(1):108.
								Motil KJ, Geerts S, Annese F, Neul JL, Benke T, Marsh E, Lieberman D, Skinner SA, Glaze DG, Heydemann P, Beisang A, Standridge S, Ryther R, Lane JB, Edwards L, Percy AK. Anthropometric Measures Correspond with Functional Motor Outcomes in Females with Rett Syndrome. J Pediatr. 2022 05; 244:169-177.e3. | 
																	
																		
																			
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