Novel human iPSC models of neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative disease and regenerative medicine

RA Summers, F Fagiani, DH Rowitch, M Absinta… - Trends in …, 2024 - cell.com
The importance of neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases is becoming
increasingly evident, and, in parallel, human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) models …

Increased cholesterol synthesis drives neurotoxicity in patient stem cell-derived model of multiple sclerosis

RB Ionescu, AM Nicaise, JA Reisz, EC Williams… - Cell Stem Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Senescent neural progenitor cells have been identified in brain lesions of people with
progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS). However, their role in disease pathobiology and …

Neurodegeneration and demyelination in multiple sclerosis

T Garton, SP Gadani, AJ Gill, PA Calabresi - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) is an immune-initiated neurodegenerative condition
that lacks effective therapies. Although peripheral immune infiltration is a hallmark of …

All roads lead to cholesterol: Modulating lipid biosynthesis in multiple sclerosis patient-derived models

S Eichhorner, L Traxler, O Borgogno, J Mertens - Cell Stem Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Studies from Ionescu et al. 1 and Clayton et al. 2 using multiple sclerosis (MS) patient-
derived cell models underscore cholesterol metabolism's role in inflammatory and …

Effects of microgravity on human iPSC-derived neural organoids on the International Space Station

D Marotta, L Ijaz, L Barbar, M Nijsure… - Stem Cells …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Research conducted on the International Space Station (ISS) in low-Earth orbit (LEO) has
shown the effects of microgravity on multiple organs. To investigate the effects of …

Integrative single-cell analysis of neural stem/progenitor cells reveals epigenetically dysregulated interferon response in progressive multiple sclerosis

B Park, AM Nicaise, D Tsitsipatis, L Pirvan, P Prasad… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) is characterized by a primary smouldering pathological
disease process associated with a superimposed inflammatory activity. Cellular and …

[HTML][HTML] A glia-enriched stem cell 3D model of the human brain mimics the glial-immune neurodegenerative phenotypes of multiple sclerosis

F Fagiani, E Pedrini, S Taverna, E Brambilla… - Cell Reports …, 2024 - cell.com
The role of central nervous system (CNS) glia in sustaining self-autonomous inflammation
and driving clinical progression in multiple sclerosis (MS) is gaining scientific interest. We …