Microglia-containing human brain organoids for the study of brain development and pathology

W Zhang, J Jiang, Z Xu, H Yan, B Tang, C Liu… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Microglia are resident immune cells in the central nervous system, playing critical roles in
brain development and homeostasis. Increasing evidence has implicated microglia …

Human iPSC-derived glia models for the study of neuroinflammation

N Stöberl, E Maguire, E Salis, B Shaw… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Neuroinflammation is a complex biological process that plays a significant role in various
brain disorders. Microglia and astrocytes are the key cell types involved in inflammatory …

[HTML][HTML] Tools for studying human microglia: In vitro and in vivo strategies

AS Warden, C Han, E Hansen, S Trescott… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microglia may only represent 10% of central nervous system (CNS) cells but they perform
critical roles in development, homeostasis and neurological disease. Microglia are also …

Human Brain Organoids in Migraine Research: Pathogenesis and Drug Development

P Gazerani - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Human organoids are small, self-organized, three-dimensional (3D) tissue cultures that
have started to revolutionize medical science in terms of understanding disease, testing …

Modeling neuro-immune interactions using human pluripotent stem cells

A Garcia-Epelboim, KM Christian - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Human pluripotent stem cells can be differentiated into cell types that are representative of
the central nervous system. Under specific culture conditions, these cells can be induced to …

Human iPSC-derived brain organoids: A 3D mini-brain model for studying HIV infection

Z Wei, B Bodnar, RT Zhao, Q Xiao, S Saribas… - Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The brain is one of the important reservoir sites for HIV persistent/latent infection that often
leads to HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). However, HIV dynamics in the …

Current progress of cerebral organoids for modeling Alzheimer's disease origins and mechanisms

S Sreenivasamurthy, M Laul, N Zhao… - Bioengineering & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease that has emerged as
a leading risk factor for dementia associated with increasing age. Two‐dimensional (2D) cell …

Analysis of Aβ-induced neurotoxicity and microglial responses in simple two-and three-dimensional human iPSC-derived cortical culture systems

M Takata, K Nishimura, K Harada, R Iwasaki, M Ando… - Tissue and Cell, 2023 - Elsevier
The extracellular accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) in plaques and associated
neurodegeneration are the pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD). These …

Direct cell reprogramming and phenotypic conversion: An analysis of experimental attempts to transform astrocytes into neurons in adult animals

R Dennison, E Usuga, H Chen, JZ Paul, CA Arbelaez… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Central nervous system (CNS) repair after injury or disease remains an unresolved problem
in neurobiology research and an unmet medical need. Directly reprogramming or converting …

Eradication of human immunodeficiency virus-1 reservoir in the brain microglia

Y Tang, G Jiang - Neural Regeneration Research, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV) reservoirs in the human brain: Antiretroviral therapy
(ART) effectively decreases active HIV replication to undetectable levels. Therefore, it greatly …