[HTML][HTML] A 3D cell culture system for bioengineering human neuromuscular junctions to model ALS

B Massih, A Veh, M Schenke, S Mungwa… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The signals that coordinate and control movement in vertebrates are transmitted from
motoneurons (MNs) to their target muscle cells at neuromuscular junctions (NMJs). Human …

Human neuromuscular junction three-dimensional organoid models and the insight in motor disorders

K Zhang, L Bai, W Xu, C Shen - Journal of Molecular Cell …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The neuromuscular junction (NMJ), a peripheral synaptic connection between motoneurons
and skeletal muscle fibers, controls movement. Dysregulation of NMJs has been implicated …

Scalable, optically-responsive human neuromuscular junction model reveals convergent mechanisms of synaptic dysfunction in familial ALS

D Chen, P Philippidou, BF Brenha, AE Schaffer… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) are specialized synapses that mediate communication
between motor neurons and skeletal muscles and are essential for movement. The …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling neuromuscular junctions in vitro: A review of the current progress employing human induced pluripotent stem cells

LA Patrón, PR August - AIMS Cell and Tissue Engineering, 2018 - aimspress.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal and progressive neurodegenerative disorder of
undetermined etiology with no effective treatments. Motor weakness and bulbar dysfunction …

[HTML][HTML] Advancements in 2D and 3D In Vitro Models for Studying Neuromuscular Diseases

H Kim, GS Kim, SH Hyun, E Kim - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) are a genetically or clinically heterogeneous group of
diseases that involve injury or dysfunction of neuromuscular tissue components, including …

[HTML][HTML] Human sensorimotor organoids derived from healthy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis stem cells form neuromuscular junctions

JD Pereira, DM DuBreuil, AC Devlin, A Held… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) hold promise for modeling diseases in
individual human genetic backgrounds and thus for developing precision medicine. Here …

Using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) to model human neuromuscular connectivity: promise or reality?

SR Thomson, TM Wishart, R Patani… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Motor neuron diseases (MND) such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and spinal muscular
atrophy are devastating, progressive and ultimately fatal diseases for which there are no …

[HTML][HTML] Bioengineered model of the human motor unit with physiologically functional neuromuscular junctions

RP Rimington, JW Fleming, AJ Capel, PC Wheeler… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Investigations of the human neuromuscular junction (NMJ) have predominately utilised
experimental animals, model organisms, or monolayer cell cultures that fail to represent the …

[HTML][HTML] Self-organizing 3D human trunk neuromuscular organoids

JMF Martins, C Fischer, A Urzi, R Vidal, S Kunz… - Cell stem cell, 2020 - cell.com
Neuromuscular networks assemble during early human embryonic development and are
essential for the control of body movement. Previous neuromuscular junction modeling …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient generation of a self-organizing neuromuscular junction model from human pluripotent stem cells

A Urzi, I Lahmann, LVN Nguyen, BR Rost… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The complex neuromuscular network that controls body movements is the target of severe
diseases that result in paralysis and death. Here, we report the development of a robust and …