Amyloid β-based therapy for Alzheimer's disease: Challenges, successes and future

Y Zhang, H Chen, R Li, K Sterling… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyloid β protein (Aβ) is the main component of neuritic plaques in Alzheimer's disease
(AD), and its accumulation has been considered as the molecular driver of Alzheimer's …

Human organoids in basic research and clinical applications

XY Tang, S Wu, D Wang, C Chu, Y Hong… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Organoids are three-dimensional (3D) miniature structures cultured in vitro produced from
either human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) or adult stem cells (AdSCs) derived from …

Engineering organoids

M Hofer, MP Lutolf - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Organoids are in vitro miniaturized and simplified model systems of organs that have gained
enormous interest for modelling tissue development and disease, and for personalized …

A brief history of organoids

C Corrò, L Novellasdemunt… - American Journal of …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
In vitro cell cultures are crucial research tools for modeling human development and
diseases. Although the conventional monolayer cell cultures have been widely used in the …

Lysosomal dysfunction in neurodegeneration: emerging concepts and methods

V Udayar, Y Chen, E Sidransky, R Jagasia - Trends in neurosciences, 2022 - cell.com
The understanding of lysosomes has come a long way since the initial discovery of their role
in degrading cellular waste. The lysosome is now recognized as a highly dynamic organelle …

In vitro Models of Neurodegenerative Diseases

A Slanzi, G Iannoto, B Rossi, E Zenaro… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegenerative diseases are progressive degenerative conditions characterized by the
functional deterioration and ultimate loss of neurons. These incurable and debilitating …

Microglia-containing human brain organoids for the study of brain development and pathology

W Zhang, J Jiang, Z Xu, H Yan, B Tang, C Liu… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Microglia are resident immune cells in the central nervous system, playing critical roles in
brain development and homeostasis. Increasing evidence has implicated microglia …

Microglia integration into human midbrain organoids leads to increased neuronal maturation and functionality

S Sabate‐Soler, SL Nickels, C Saraiva, E Berger… - Glia, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The human brain is a complex, three‐dimensional structure. To better recapitulate brain
complexity, recent efforts have focused on the development of human‐specific midbrain …

Bioengineering approaches for the advanced organoid research

SA Yi, Y Zhang, C Rathnam, T Pongkulapa… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in 3D cell culture technology have enabled scientists to generate stem cell
derived organoids that recapitulate the structural and functional characteristics of native …

Brain organoids: an ensemble of bioassays to investigate human neurodevelopment and disease

J Sidhaye, JA Knoblich - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2021 - nature.com
Understanding etiology of human neurological and psychiatric diseases is challenging.
Genomic changes, protracted development, and histological features unique to human brain …