Expression of genes for neuroprotection, cell differentiation / proliferation is modified in the hippocampus of PTN-/- mice.
PTN silencing in NPCs in vitro induces an increase in synaptophysin expression.
The silencing of PTN upregulates the expression of Caspase 6, Ers 1, Mgst3 and 18s RNA, in vivo and in vitro.
Signaling in the absence of PTN is mediated by a decrease in AKT phosphorylation and a decrease in expression of c-Jun.