Prognostic biomarkers in uveal melanoma: The status quo, recent advances and future directions

NJ Lamas, A Martel, S Nahon-Estève, S Goffinet… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Although rare, uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common cancer that
develops inside adult eyes. The prognosis is poor, since 50% of patients will develop lethal …

Induced pluripotent stem cells and their applications in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

H Du, Z Huo, Y Chen, Z Zhao, F Meng, X Wang, S Liu… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that results
in the loss of motor function in the central nervous system (CNS) and ultimately death. The …

Application of the Yamanaka Transcription Factors Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc from the Laboratory to the Clinic

M Aguirre, M Escobar, S Forero Amézquita, D Cubillos… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
The transcription factors Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc enable the reprogramming of somatic
cells into induced pluripotent cells. Reprogramming generates newly differentiated cells for …

Lipid metabolic alterations in the ALS–FTD spectrum of disorders

JM Godoy-Corchuelo, LC Fernández-Beltrán, Z Ali… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
There is an increasing interest in the study of the relation between alterations in systemic
lipid metabolism and neurodegenerative disorders, in particular in Amyotrophic Lateral …

Downstream Effects of Mutations in SOD1 and TARDBP Converge on Gene Expression Impairment in Patient-Derived Motor Neurons

BP Dash, A Freischmidt, JH Weishaupt… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disease
marked by death of motor neurons (MNs) present in the spinal cord, brain stem and motor …

Single-cell RNA-seq data analysis reveals functionally relevant biomarkers of early brain development and their regulatory footprints in human embryonic stem cells …

M Alamin, M Humaira Sultana… - Briefings in …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The complicated process of neuronal development is initiated early in life, with the genetic
mechanisms governing this process yet to be fully elucidated. Single-cell RNA sequencing …

[HTML][HTML] TNFα prevents FGF4-mediated rescue of astrocyte dysfunction and reactivity in human ALS models

E Velasquez, E Savchenko… - Neurobiology of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Astrocytes play a crucial role in the onset and progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS), a fatal disorder marked by the degeneration of motor neurons (MNs) in the central …

Generation of an Open-access patient-derived iPSC biobank for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease modelling

EC Hedges, G Cocks, CE Shaw, AL Nishimura - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting
the upper and lower motor neurons, causing patients to lose control over voluntary …

Modeling inherited retinal diseases using human induced pluripotent stem cell derived photoreceptor cells and retinal pigment epithelial cells

I Seah, D Goh, A Banerjee, X Su - Frontiers in Medicine, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Since the discovery of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology, there have been
many attempts to create cellular models of inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) for investigation …

Neuronal Circuit Dysfunction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

A Salzinger, V Ramesh, S Das Sharma, S Chandran… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
The primary neural circuit affected in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) patients is the
corticospinal motor circuit, originating in upper motor neurons (UMNs) in the cerebral motor …