Pluripotent stem cells in disease modelling and drug discovery

Y Avior, I Sagi, N Benvenisty - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2016 - nature.com
Experimental modelling of human disorders enables the definition of the cellular and
molecular mechanisms underlying diseases and the development of therapies for treating …

[HTML][HTML] Neurodevelopmental disorders: Metallomics studies for the identification of potential biomarkers associated to diagnosis and treatment

C Scassellati, C Bonvicini, L Benussi, R Ghidoni… - Journal of Trace …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Diagnosis and treatment of complex diseases such as Neurodevelopmental
Disorders (NDDs) can be resolved through the identification of biomarkers. Metallomics …

Zika virus impairs growth in human neurospheres and brain organoids

PP Garcez, EC Loiola, R Madeiro da Costa, LM Higa… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Since the emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV), reports of microcephaly have increased
considerably in Brazil; however, causality between the viral epidemic and malformations in …

Modeling psychiatric disorders: from genomic findings to cellular phenotypes

A Falk, VM Heine, AJ Harwood, PF Sullivan… - Molecular …, 2016 - nature.com
Major programs in psychiatric genetics have identified> 150 risk loci for psychiatric
disorders. These loci converge on a small number of functional pathways, which span …

hiPSC-derived neural stem cells from patients with schizophrenia induce an impaired angiogenesis

BS Casas, G Vitória, MN do Costa… - Translational …, 2018 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a neurodevelopmental disease characterized by cerebral connectivity
impairment and loss of gray matter. It was described in adult schizophrenia patients (SZP) …

Tracing early neurodevelopment in schizophrenia with induced pluripotent stem cells

R Ahmad, V Sportelli, M Ziller, D Spengler, A Hoffmann - Cells, 2018 - mdpi.com
Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a devastating mental disorder that is characterized by distortions in
thinking, perception, emotion, language, sense of self, and behavior. Epidemiological …

Applying stem cells and CRISPR engineering to uncover the etiology of schizophrenia

PJM Deans, KJ Brennand - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Schizophrenia is a highly heritable, polygenic disorder. A growing list of common genetic
variants have been associated with schizophrenia; there is a clear need to understand the …

Beyond the mind—serum trace element levels in schizophrenic patients: A systematic review

J Baj, A Forma, E Sitarz, K Karakuła, W Flieger… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The alterations in serum trace element levels are common phenomena observed in patients
with different psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorder, or …

Elevated serum MDA and depleted non-enzymatic antioxidants, macro-minerals and trace elements are associated with bipolar disorder

MI Chowdhury, M Hasan, MS Islam, MS Sarwar… - Journal of Trace …, 2017 - Elsevier
Genetic and neurobiological factors are considered to be the major causes of mood and
mental disorders. However, over the past few years, increased levels of serum …

Genetically-informed patient selection for iPSC studies of complex diseases may aid in reducing cellular heterogeneity

SD Hoekstra, S Stringer, VM Heine… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology is more and more used for the study of
genetically complex human disease but is challenged by variability, sample size and …