The synaptic hypothesis of schizophrenia version III: a master mechanism

OD Howes, EC Onwordi - Molecular Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
The synaptic hypothesis of schizophrenia has been highly influential. However, new
approaches mean there has been a step-change in the evidence available, and some tenets …

Revolutionizing disease modeling: the emergence of organoids in cellular systems

R Silva-Pedrosa, AJ Salgado, PE Ferreira - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cellular models have created opportunities to explore the characteristics of human diseases
through well-established protocols, while avoiding the ethical restrictions associated with …

Advancing preclinical models of psychiatric disorders with human brain organoid cultures

TA Dixon, AR Muotri - Molecular Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
Psychiatric disorders are often distinguished from neurological disorders in that the former
do not have characteristic lesions or findings from cerebrospinal fluid …

The NO answer for autism spectrum disorder

MK Tripathi, SK Ojha, M Kartawy, W Hamoudi… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) include a wide range of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Several reports showed that mutations in different high‐risk ASD genes lead to ASD …

Opportunities and limitations for studying neuropsychiatric disorders using patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells

Y Hong, Q Yang, H Song, G Ming - Molecular psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
Neuropsychiatric disorders affect a large proportion of the global population and there is an
urgent need to understand the pathogenesis and to develop novel and improved treatments …

Regulation of synaptic connectivity in schizophrenia spectrum by mutual neuron-microglia interaction

R Breitmeyer, S Vogel, J Heider, SM Hartmann… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
The examination of post-mortem brain tissue suggests synaptic loss as a central
pathological hallmark of schizophrenia spectrum (SCZ), which is potentially related to …

Impaired neurogenesis and neural progenitor fate choice in a human stem cell model of SETBP1 disorder

LF Cardo, DC de la Fuente, M Li - Molecular Autism, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Disruptions of SETBP1 (SET binding protein 1) on 18q12. 3 by
heterozygous gene deletion or loss-of-function variants cause SETBP1 disorder. Clinical …

Early maturation and hyperexcitability is a shared phenotype of cortical neurons derived from different ASD-associated mutations

Y Hussein, U Tripathi, A Choudhary, R Nayak… - Translational …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized mainly by social and sensory-
motor abnormal and repetitive behavior patterns. Over hundreds of genes and thousands of …

Merits and challenges of iPSC-derived organoids for clinical applications

Z Xu, J Yang, X Xin, C Liu, L Li, X Mei… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have entered an unprecedented state of
development since they were first generated. They have played a critical role in disease …

The Molecular Basis of Wnt/β‐Catenin Signaling Pathways in Neurodegenerative Diseases

AA Anand, M Khan, MV, D Kar - International Journal of Cell …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Defective Wnt signaling is found to be associated with various neurodegenerative diseases.
In the canonical pathway, the Frizzled receptor (Fzd) and the lipoprotein receptor‐related …