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 …

Genomics, convergent neuroscience and progress in understanding autism spectrum disorder

HR Willsey, AJ Willsey, B Wang… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
More than a hundred genes have been identified that, when disrupted, impart large risk for
autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Current knowledge about the encoded proteins—although …

Mitochondria metabolism sets the species-specific tempo of neuronal development

R Iwata, P Casimir, E Erkol, L Boubakar, M Planque… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Neuronal development in the human cerebral cortex is considerably prolonged compared
with that of other mammals. We explored whether mitochondria influence the species …

[HTML][HTML] Organoid intelligence (OI): the new frontier in biocomputing and intelligence-in-a-dish

L Smirnova, BS Caffo, DH Gracias, Q Huang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Recent advances in human stem cell-derived brain organoids promise to replicate critical
molecular and cellular aspects of learning and memory and possibly aspects of cognition in …

Proper acquisition of cell class identity in organoids allows definition of fate specification programs of the human cerebral cortex

A Uzquiano, AJ Kedaigle, M Pigoni, B Paulsen… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Realizing the full utility of brain organoids to study human development requires
understanding whether organoids precisely replicate endogenous cellular and molecular …

Tissue morphology influences the temporal program of human brain organoid development

I Chiaradia, I Imaz-Rosshandler, BS Nilges… - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Progression through fate decisions determines cellular composition and tissue architecture,
but how that same architecture may impact cell fate is less clear. We took advantage of …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell epigenomics reveals mechanisms of human cortical development

RS Ziffra, CN Kim, JM Ross, A Wilfert, TN Turner… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
During mammalian development, differences in chromatin state coincide with cellular
differentiation and reflect changes in the gene regulatory landscape. In the develo** brain …

Long-term maturation of human cortical organoids matches key early postnatal transitions

A Gordon, SJ Yoon, SS Tran, CD Makinson… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Human stem-cell-derived models provide the promise of accelerating our understanding of
brain disorders, but not knowing whether they possess the ability to mature beyond mid-to …

Human-specific genetics: new tools to explore the molecular and cellular basis of human evolution

AA Pollen, U Kilik, CB Lowe, JG Camp - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Our ancestors acquired morphological, cognitive and metabolic modifications that enabled
humans to colonize diverse habitats, develop extraordinary technologies and reshape the …

Bacteria‐derived outer‐membrane vesicles hitchhike neutrophils to enhance ischemic stroke therapy

J Pan, Z Wang, X Huang, J Xue, S Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The treatment of reperfusion injury after ischemic stroke remains unsatisfactory since the
blood‐brain barrier (BBB) prevents most neuroprotective agents from entering the brain …