Advances in pluripotent stem cells: history, mechanisms, technologies, and applications

G Liu, BT David, M Trawczynski, RG Fessler - Stem cell reviews and …, 2020 - Springer
Over the past 20 years, and particularly in the last decade, significant developmental
milestones have driven basic, translational, and clinical advances in the field of stem cell …

The genetics of bipolar disorder

FJA Gordovez, FJ McMahon - Molecular psychiatry, 2020 - nature.com
Bipolar disorder (BD) is one of the most heritable mental illnesses, but the elucidation of its
genetic basis has proven to be a very challenging endeavor. Genome-Wide Association …

Identification of novel risk loci for restless legs syndrome in genome-wide association studies in individuals of European ancestry: a meta-analysis

B Schormair, C Zhao, S Bell, E Tilch… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Restless legs syndrome is a prevalent chronic neurological disorder with
potentially severe mental and physical health consequences. Clearer understanding of the …

Transcriptomic landscape and functional characterization of induced pluripotent stem cell–derived cerebral organoids in schizophrenia

A Kathuria, K Lopez-Lengowski, SS Jagtap… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Three-dimensional cerebral organoids generated from patient-derived induced
pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) may be used to interrogate cellular-molecular underpinnings …

Human induced pluripotent stem cells for modelling neurodevelopmental disorders

K Ardhanareeswaran, J Mariani, G Coppola… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
We currently have a poor understanding of the pathogenesis of neurodevelopmental
disorders, owing to the fact that postmortem and imaging studies can only measure the …

Exploring the Wnt signaling pathway in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

EZ Hoseth, F Krull, I Dieset, RH Mørch, S Hope… - Translational …, 2018 - nature.com
The Wnt signaling pathway plays a crucial role in neurodevelopment and in regulating the
function and structure of the adult nervous system. Schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar …

Identification of hub genes and key pathways associated with bipolar disorder based on weighted gene co-expression network analysis

Y Liu, HY Gu, J Zhu, YM Niu, C Zhang… - Frontiers in physiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a complex mental disorder with high mortality and disability rates
worldwide; however, research on its pathogenesis and diagnostic methods remains limited …

DNAzyme-based lithium-selective imaging reveals higher lithium accumulation in bipolar disorder patient-derived neurons

CE McGhee, Z Yang, W Guo, Y Wu, M Lyu… - ACS Central …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lithium has been a drug for bipolar disorders (BD) for over 70 years; however, its usage has
been limited by its narrow therapeutic window (between 0.6 and 1.2 mM). Understanding the …

Phenotypes, mechanisms and therapeutics: insights from bipolar disorder GWAS findings

M Li, T Li, X Xiao, J Chen, Z Hu, Y Fang - Molecular Psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have reported substantial genomic loci
significantly associated with clinical risk of bipolar disorder (BD), and studies combining …

Transcriptome analysis and functional characterization of cerebral organoids in bipolar disorder

A Kathuria, K Lopez-Lengowski, M Vater, D McPhie… - Genome medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background Reprogramming human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from somatic
cells and generating three-dimensional brain organoids from these iPSCs provide access to …