Experimental models to study autism spectrum disorders: hiPSCs, rodents and zebrafish

A Pensado-López, S Veiga-Rúa, Á Carracedo… - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) affect around 1.5% of the global population, which
manifest alterations in communication and socialization, as well as repetitive behaviors or …

New strategies for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders based on reelin dysfunction

Y Tsuneura, T Nakai, H Mizoguchi… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Reelin is an extracellular matrix protein that is mainly produced in Cajal-Retzius cells and
controls neuronal migration, which is important for the proper formation of cortical layers in …

ARHGAP10, which encodes Rho GTPase-activating protein 10, is a novel gene for schizophrenia risk

M Sekiguchi, A Sobue, I Kushima, C Wang… - Translational …, 2020 - nature.com
Schizophrenia (SCZ) is known to be a heritable disorder; however, its multifactorial nature
has significantly hampered attempts to establish its pathogenesis. Therefore, in this study …

In vitro modeling of the bipolar disorder and schizophrenia using patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells with copy number variations of PCDH15 and RELN

T Ishii, M Ishikawa, K Fujimori, T Maeda, I Kushima… - Eneuro, 2019 - eneuro.org
Bipolar disorder (BP) and schizophrenia (SCZ) are major psychiatric disorders, but the
molecular mechanisms underlying the complicated pathologies of these disorders remain …

Chromosome 22q11. 2 deletion causes PERK-dependent vulnerability in dopaminergic neurons

Y Arioka, E Shishido, I Kushima, T Suzuki, R Saito… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Abstract Background The chromosome 22q11. 2 deletion is an extremely high risk genetic
factor for various neuropsychiatric disorders; however, the 22q11. 2 deletion-related brain …

Genetic and animal model analyses reveal the pathogenic role of a novel deletion of RELN in schizophrenia

A Sobue, I Kushima, T Nagai, W Shan, T Kohno… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Reelin protein (RELN), an extracellular matrix protein, plays multiple roles that range from
embryonic neuronal migration to spine formation in the adult brain. Results from genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Reelin protects against pathological α-synuclein accumulation and dopaminergic neurodegeneration after environmental enrichment in Parkinson's disease

E Cho, K Kim, H Kim, SR Cho - Neurobiology of Disease, 2022 - Elsevier
Two of the primary features of Parkinson's disease (PD) are the accumulation of α-synuclein
(α-Syn) and the depletion of lysosomal-associated membrane protein 1 (LAMP1) in the …

Reelin alterations, behavioral phenotypes, and brain anomalies in schizophrenia: a systematic review of insights from rodent models

AC Sánchez-Hidalgo, C Martín-Cuevas… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Reelin is an extracellular matrix glycoprotein reduced in brain regions (the prefrontal cortex
and the hippocampus) of patients with schizophrenia. There are diverse rodent models of …

[HTML][HTML] Probing the molecular and cellular pathological mechanisms of schizophrenia using human induced pluripotent stem cell models

R Sebastian, Y Song, CH Pak - Schizophrenia research, 2022 - Elsevier
With recent advancements in psychiatric genomics, as a field,“stem cell-based disease
modelers” were given the exciting yet daunting task of translating the extensive list of …

Cellular models in schizophrenia research

DA Abashkin, AO Kurishev, DS Karpov… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Schizophrenia (SZ) is a prevalent functional psychosis characterized by clinical behavioural
symptoms and underlying abnormalities in brain function. Genome-wide association studies …