Direct neuronal reprogramming of NDUFS4 patient cells identifies the unfolded protein response as a novel general reprogramming hurdle

G Sonsalla, AB Malpartida, T Riedemann, M Gusic… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Mitochondria account for essential cellular pathways, from ATP production to nucleotide
metabolism, and their deficits lead to neurological disorders and contribute to the onset of …

The proneural transcription factor ASCL1 regulates cell proliferation and primes for differentiation in neuroblastoma

LM Parkinson, SL Gillen, LM Woods… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neuroblastoma is believed to arise from sympathetic neuroblast precursors that fail to
engage the neuronal differentiation programme, but instead become locked in a pro …

[HTML][HTML] Reprogramming of astrocytes and glioma cells into neurons for central nervous system repair and glioblastoma therapy

J Wei, M Wang, S Li, R Han, W Xu, A Zhao, Q Yu… - Biomedicine & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Central nervous system (CNS) damage is usually irreversible owing to the limited
regenerative capability of neurons. Following CNS injury, astrocytes are reactively activated …

Ascl1 phospho-site mutations enhance neuronal conversion of adult cortical astrocytes in vivo

H Ghazale, EJ Park, L Vasan, J Mester… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Direct neuronal reprogramming, the process whereby a terminally differentiated cell is
converted into an induced neuron without traversing a pluripotent state, has tremendous …

Pioneer factors: roles and their regulation in development

A Barral, KS Zaret - Trends in Genetics, 2023 - cell.com
Pioneer factors are a subclass of transcription factors that can bind and initiate opening of
silent chromatin regions. Pioneer factors subsequently regulate lineage-specific genes and …

Ascl1 is involved in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia by regulation of genes related to cell proliferation, neuronal signature formation, and neuroplasticity

DA Abashkin, DS Karpov, AO Kurishev… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Schizophrenia (SZ) is a common psychiatric neurodevelopmental disorder with a complex
genetic architecture. Genome-wide association studies indicate the involvement of several …

[HTML][HTML] ASCL1 characterizes adrenergic neuroblastoma via its pioneer function and cooperation with core regulatory circuit factors

L Wang, TK Tan, H Kim, D Kappei, SH Tan, AT Look… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Neuroblastoma originates from developing neural crest and can interconvert between the
mesenchymal (MES) and adrenergic (ADRN) states, each of which are controlled by …

Cell state transitions: catch them if you can

YA Miroshnikova, MN Shahbazi, J Negrete Jr… - 2023 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT The Company of Biologists' 2022 workshop on 'Cell State Transitions:
Approaches, Experimental Systems and Models' brought together an international and …

HNRNPA2B1 and HNRNPR stabilize ASCL1 in an m6A-dependent manner to promote neuroblastoma progression

T Hu, C Zeng, Z Song, Q Liu, S Chen, W Huang… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract HNRNPA2B1 and HNRNPR stabilize ASCL1 mRNA in neuroblastoma, but whether
their regulatory effects depend on m6A modification and whether their function involves …

Extended genome-wide association study employing the African Genome Resources Panel identifies novel susceptibility loci for Alzheimers Disease in individuals of …

NR Ray, BW Kunkle, K Hamilton-Nelson, JT Kurup… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
INTRODUCTION: Despite a two-fold increased risk, individuals of African ancestry have
been significantly underrepresented in Alzheimers Disease (AD) genomics efforts …