Brain organoids: advances, applications and challenges

X Qian, H Song, G Ming - Development, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
Brain organoids are self-assembled three-dimensional aggregates generated from
pluripotent stem cells with cell types and cytoarchitectures that resemble the embryonic …

3D cell cultures: evolution of an ancient tool for new applications

A Cacciamali, R Villa, S Dotti - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Recently, research is undergoing a drastic change in the application of the animal model as
a unique investigation strategy, considering an alternative approach for the development of …

The choroid plexus and its role in the pathogenesis of neurological infections

D Thompson, CA Brissette, JA Watt - Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, 2022 - Springer
The choroid plexus is situated at an anatomically and functionally important interface within
the ventricles of the brain, forming the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier that separates the …

Modeling neurological diseases with human brain organoids

H Wang - Frontiers in synaptic neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The complexity and delicacy of human brain make it challenging to recapitulate its
development, function and disorders. Brain organoids derived from human pluripotent stem …

Zika-virus-encoded NS2A disrupts mammalian cortical neurogenesis by degrading adherens junction proteins

KJ Yoon, G Song, X Qian, J Pan, D Xu, HS Rho… - Cell stem cell, 2017 - cell.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) directly infects neural progenitors and impairs their proliferation. How ZIKV
interacts with the host molecular machinery to impact neurogenesis in vivo is not well …

Zika virus infection induces RNAi-mediated antiviral immunity in human neural progenitors and brain organoids

YP Xu, Y Qiu, B Zhang, G Chen, Q Chen, M Wang… - Cell research, 2019 - nature.com
The re-emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Western Hemisphere has resulted in global
public health crisis since 2015. ZIKV preferentially infects and targets human neural …

Zika virus neuropathogenesis: The different brain cells, host factors and mechanisms involved

TV Komarasamy, NAA Adnan, W James… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Zika virus (ZIKV), despite being discovered six decades earlier, became a major health
concern only after an epidemic in French Polynesia and an increase in the number of …

Exosomes mediate Zika virus transmission through SMPD3 neutral Sphingomyelinase in cortical neurons

W Zhou, M Woodson, MB Sherman… - Emerging microbes & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The harmful effects of ZIKA virus (ZIKV) infection are reflected by severe neurological
manifestations such as microcephaly in neonates and other complications associated with …

Neural progenitor cell pyroptosis contributes to Zika virus-induced brain atrophy and represents a therapeutic target

Z He, S An, J Chen, S Zhang, C Tan, J Yu, H Ye… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
Mounting evidence has associated Zika virus (ZIKV) infection with congenital malformations,
including microcephaly, which raises global alarm. Nonetheless, mechanisms by which …