Progress and challenges in directing the differentiation of human iPSCs into spinal motor neurons

CM Castillo Bautista, J Sterneckert - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Motor neuron (MN) diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, progressive bulbar
palsy, primary lateral sclerosis and spinal muscular atrophy, cause progressive paralysis …

Focusing on mitochondria in the brain: from biology to therapeutics

N Song, S Mei, X Wang, G Hu, M Lu - Translational Neurodegeneration, 2024 - Springer
Mitochondria have multiple functions such as supplying energy, regulating the redox status,
and producing proteins encoded by an independent genome. They are closely related to the …

Engineering an in vitro retinothalamic nerve model

G Amos, SJ Ihle, BF Clément, J Duru… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Understanding the retinogeniculate pathway in vitro can offer insights into its development
and potential for future therapeutic applications. This study presents a Polydimethylsiloxane …

Advances and challenges in modeling inherited peripheral neuropathies using iPSCs

J Van Lent, R Prior, G Pérez Siles, AN Cutrupi… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Inherited peripheral neuropathies (IPNs) are a group of diseases associated with mutations
in various genes with fundamental roles in the development and function of peripheral …

Low-cost, versatile, and highly reproducible microfabrication pipeline to generate 3D-printed customised cell culture devices with complex designs

C Hagemann, MCD Bailey, E Carraro… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Cell culture devices, such as microwells and microfluidic chips, are designed to increase the
complexity of cell-based models while retaining control over culture conditions and have …

Impact of microchannel width on axons for brain-on-chip applications

K Vulić, G Amos, T Ruff, R Kasm, SJ Ihle, J Küchler… - Lab on a Chip, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Technologies for axon guidance for in vitro disease models and bottom up investigations are
increasingly being used in neuroscience research. One of the most prevalent patterning …

Beyond a Transmission Cable—New Technologies to Reveal the Richness in Axonal Electrophysiology

JC Mateus, MM Sousa, J Burrone… - Journal of …, 2024 - Soc Neuroscience
The axon is a neuronal structure capable of processing, encoding, and transmitting
information. This assessment contrasts with a limiting, but deeply rooted, perspective where …

BDNF controls phosphorylation and transcriptional networks governing cytoskeleton organization and axonal regeneration

JNS Vargas, AL Brown, K Sun, C Hagemann, B Geary… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Axonal degeneration underlies neuromuscular disorders and neuropathies. Dysregulation
of neurotrophic factors, such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), in the peripheral …

Age‐specific and compartment‐dependent changes in mitochondrial homeostasis and cytoplasmic viscosity in mouse peripheral neurons

JN Sleigh, F Mattedi, S Richter, E Annuario, K Ng… - Aging …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondria are dynamic bioenergetic hubs that become compromised with age. In
neurons, declining mitochondrial axonal transport has been associated with reduced …

[HTML][HTML] Curved crease origami and topological singularities at a cellular scale enable hyper-extensibility of Lacrymaria olor

E Flaum, M Prakash - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Eukaryotic cells undergo dramatic morphological changes during cell division, phagocytosis
and motility. Fundamental limits of cellular morphodynamics such as how fast or how much …