[HTML][HTML] iPSC-based disease modeling and drug discovery in cardinal neurodegenerative disorders

H Okano, S Morimoto - Cell Stem Cell, 2022 - cell.com
It has been 15 years since the birth of human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)
technology in 2007, and the scope of its application has been expanding. In addition to the …

[HTML][HTML] Genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: seeking therapeutic targets in the era of gene therapy

N Suzuki, A Nishiyama, H Warita, M Aoki - Journal of human genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an intractable disease that causes respiratory failure
leading to mortality. The main locus of ALS is motor neurons. The success of antisense …

[HTML][HTML] TDP-43 dysregulation and neuromuscular junction disruption in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

S Lépine, MJ Castellanos-Montiel… - Translational …, 2022 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease characterized by upper and lower motor
neuron (MN) loss with a signature feature of cytoplasmic aggregates containing TDP-43 …

Zebrafish as a model organism for studying pathologic mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases and other neural disorders

Y Liu - Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, 2023 - Springer
Zebrafish are widely considered an excellent vertebrate model for studying the
pathogenesis of human diseases because of their transparency of embryonic development …

Induced pluripotent stem cells‐based disease modeling, drug screening, clinical trials, and reverse translational research for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

H Okano, S Morimoto, C Kato… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
It has been more than 10 years since the hopes for disease modeling and drug discovery
using induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology boomed. Recently, clinical trials have …

[HTML][HTML] Novel artificial nerve transplantation of human iPSC-derived neurite bundles enhanced nerve regeneration after peripheral nerve injury

T Nishijima, K Okuyama, S Shibata, H Kimura… - Inflammation and …, 2024 - Springer
Background Severe peripheral nerve damage always requires surgical treatment.
Autologous nerve transplantation is a standard treatment, but it is not sufficient due to length …

[HTML][HTML] Formation and Long-Term Culture of hiPSC-Derived Sensory Nerve Organoids Using Microfluidic Devices

T Ogawa, S Yamada, S Fukushi, Y Imai, J Kawada… - Bioengineering, 2024 - mdpi.com
Although methods for generating human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived
motor nerve organoids are well established, those for sensory nerve organoids are not …

[PDF][PDF] 3D Bioprinting and organoids: a new era in the study of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

E Scarian - 2023 - iris.unipv.it
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) include a large group of debilitating and still incurable
pathologies with a progressive degenerative clinical course, which cause the death of …

[PDF][PDF] ALS associated mutations in ANXA11 cause distal axonopathy, disrupt calcium signalling, and influence RNA dynamics in patient derived motor neurons

E Hedges - 2023 - kclpure.kcl.ac.uk
The neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characteristically
heterogeneous in both genetic causality and cellular pathology. In ALS, the upper and lower …

[HTML][HTML] A homozygous PIWIL2 frameshift variant affects the formation and maintenance of human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived spermatogonial stem cells …

X Wang, Z Li, M Qu, C Xiong, H Li - Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 2022 - Springer
Background The most serious condition of male infertility is complete Sertoli cell-only
syndrome (SCOS), which refers to the lack of all spermatogenic cells in the testes. The …