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There are, however, well-defined spatiotemporal patterns of neurodegeneration that may provide insight into the pathogenic process. For example, the cerebellum is severely affected from early disease stages, compared with cerebral regions, which remain relatively spared until later stages. Using a genome-wide transcriptome analysis, we have recently identified an aberrant pattern of interferon activation in the cerebella of pre-symptomatic Npc1\u2212\/\u2212 mice. Here, we carried out a comparative transcriptomic analysis of cerebral cortices and cerebella of pre-symptomatic Npc1\u2212\/\u2212 mice and age-matched controls to identify differences that may help explain the pathological progression within the NPC brain. We report lower cerebral expression of genes within interferon signaling pathways, and significant differences in the regulation of oxidative stress, compared with the cerebellum. Our findings suggest that a delayed onset of interferon signaling, possibly linked to lower oxidative stress, may account for the slower onset of cerebral cortical pathology in the disease.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/genes15010101","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,15]],"date-time":"2024-01-15T07:25:07Z","timestamp":1705303507000},"page":"101","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Differential Interferon Signaling Regulation and Oxidative Stress Responses in the Cerebral Cortex and Cerebellum Could Account for the Spatiotemporal Pattern of Neurodegeneration in Niemann\u2013Pick Disease Type C"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7886-1674","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrew J.","family":"Tolan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kayla L.","family":"Sanchez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Samuel D.","family":"Shin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jacob B.","family":"White","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Antonio","family":"Currais","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1235-1671","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"David","family":"Soriano-Castell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christopher G.","family":"Wilson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lawrence D. 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