Human iPSC-derived glia models for the study of neuroinflammation

N Stöberl, E Maguire, E Salis, B Shaw… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Neuroinflammation is a complex biological process that plays a significant role in various
brain disorders. Microglia and astrocytes are the key cell types involved in inflammatory …

Strategies for modeling aging and age-related diseases

D Jothi, LAM Kulka - npj Aging, 2024 - nature.com
The ability to reprogram patient-derived-somatic cells to IPSCs (Induced Pluripotent Stem
Cells) has led to a better understanding of aging and age-related diseases like Parkinson's …

C9orf72-ALS human iPSC microglia are pro-inflammatory and toxic to co-cultured motor neurons via MMP9

BF Vahsen, S Nalluru, GR Morgan, L Farrimond… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by
progressive motor neuron loss, with additional pathophysiological involvement of non …

Exploring microglia and their phenomenal concatenation of stress responses in neurodegenerative disorders

T Asveda, P Talwar, P Ravanan - Life Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Neuronal cells are highly functioning but also extremely stress-sensitive cells. By defending
the neuronal cells against pathogenic insults, microglial cells, a unique cell type, act as the …

iPSC-derived three-dimensional brain organoid models and neurotropic viral infections

M Swingler, M Donadoni, A Bellizzi, S Cakir… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Progress in stem cell research has revolutionized the medical field for more than two
decades. More recently, the discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) has allowed …

Mutual interaction of neurons and astrocytes derived from iPSCs with APP V717L mutation developed the astrocytic phenotypes of Alzheimer's disease

S Supakul, R Murakami, C Oyama, T Shindo… - Inflammation and …, 2024 - Springer
Background The development of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) technology has
enabled human cellular disease modeling for inaccessible cell types, such as neural cells in …

[HTML][HTML] NMDA Receptors in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Pathophysiology and Disease Models

R Tumdam, Y Hussein, T Garin-Shkolnik… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are critical components of the mammalian
central nervous system, involved in synaptic transmission, plasticity, and neurodevelopment …

The role of human pluripotent stem cells in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: From biological mechanism to practical implications

L Ceccarelli, L Verriello, G Pauletto… - FRONTIERS IN …, 2024 - iris.uniroma1.it
Abstract Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder, characterized
by progressive loss of both upper and lower motor neurons, resulting in clinical features …

Human iPSC-derived microglia sense and dampen hyperexcitability of cortical neurons carrying the epilepsy-associated SCN2A-L1342P mutation

Z Que, MI Olivero-Acosta, M Robinson, I Chen… - Journal of …, 2025 - jneurosci.org
Neuronal hyperexcitability is a hallmark of epilepsy. It has been recently shown in rodent
models of seizures that microglia, the brain's resident immune cells, can respond to and …

TDP-43 pathology in Drosophila induces glial-cell type specific toxicity that can be ameliorated by knock-down of SF2/SRSF1

S Krupp, I Hubbard, O Tam, GM Hammell… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Accumulation of cytoplasmic inclusions of TAR-DNA binding protein 43 (TDP-43) is seen in
both neurons and glia in a range of neurodegenerative disorders, including amyotrophic …