Modeling Alzheimer's disease with iPSC-derived brain cells

J Penney, WT Ralvenius, LH Tsai - Molecular psychiatry, 2020 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder with no cure. Countless
promising therapeutics have shown efficacy in rodent Alzheimer's disease models yet failed …

[HTML][HTML] Ethical and safety issues of stem cell-based therapy

V Volarevic, BS Markovic, M Gazdic… - … journal of medical …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results obtained from completed and on-going clinical studies indicate huge therapeutic
potential of stem cell-based therapy in the treatment of degenerative, autoimmune and …

The SH-SY5Y cell line in Parkinson's disease research: a systematic review

H Xicoy, B Wieringa, GJM Martens - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2017 - Springer
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a devastating and highly prevalent neurodegenerative disease
for which only symptomatic treatment is available. In order to develop a truly effective …

Observing the cell in its native state: Imaging subcellular dynamics in multicellular organisms

TL Liu, S Upadhyayula, DE Milkie, V Singh, K Wang… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Organisms live by means of the complex, dynamic, three-dimensional (3D)
interplay between millions of components, from the molecular to the multicellular. Visualizing …

In vitro Models of Neurodegenerative Diseases

A Slanzi, G Iannoto, B Rossi, E Zenaro… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegenerative diseases are progressive degenerative conditions characterized by the
functional deterioration and ultimate loss of neurons. These incurable and debilitating …

Parkinson-associated risk variant in distal enhancer of α-synuclein modulates target gene expression

F Soldner, Y Stelzer, CS Shivalila, BJ Abraham… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified numerous genetic variants
associated with complex diseases, but mechanistic insights are impeded by a lack of …

Induced pluripotent stem cells meet genome editing

D Hockemeyer, R Jaenisch - Cell stem cell, 2016 - cell.com
It is extremely rare for a single experiment to be so impactful and timely that it shapes and
forecasts the experiments of the next decade. Here, we review how two such experiments …

From basics to clinical: a comprehensive review on spinal cord injury

NA Silva, N Sousa, RL Reis, AJ Salgado - Progress in neurobiology, 2014 - Elsevier
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating neurological disorder that affects thousands of
individuals each year. Over the past decades an enormous progress has been made in our …

Origin and differentiation of microglia

F Ginhoux, S Lim, G Hoeffel, D Low… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Microglia are the resident macrophage population of the central nervous system (CNS).
Adequate microglial function is crucial for a healthy CNS. Microglia are not only the first …

Emerging trends in regenerative medicine: a scientometric analysis in CiteSpace

C Chen, Z Hu, S Liu, H Tseng - Expert opinion on biological …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Regenerative medicine involves research in a number of fields and disciplines
such as stem cell research, tissue engineering and biological therapy in general. As …