Optogenetics for light control of biological systems

V Emiliani, E Entcheva, R Hedrich… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Optogenetic techniques have been developed to allow control over the activity of selected
cells within a highly heterogeneous tissue, using a combination of genetic engineering and …

[HTML][HTML] What is a cell type and how to define it?

H Zeng - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Cell types are the basic functional units of an organism. Cell types exhibit diverse
phenotypic properties at multiple levels, making them challenging to define, categorize, and …

Molecular basis of astrocyte diversity and morphology across the CNS in health and disease

F Endo, A Kasai, JS Soto, X Yu, Z Qu, H Hashimoto… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Astrocytes, a type of glia, are abundant and morphologically complex cells. Here, we report
astrocyte molecular profiles, diversity, and morphology across the mouse central nervous …

Multisensory gamma stimulation promotes glymphatic clearance of amyloid

MH Murdock, CY Yang, N Sun, PC Pao… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The glymphatic movement of fluid through the brain removes metabolic waste,,–.
Noninvasive 40 Hz stimulation promotes 40 Hz neural activity in multiple brain regions and …

Efficient prime editing in mouse brain, liver and heart with dual AAVs

JR Davis, S Banskota, JM Levy, GA Newby… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Realizing the promise of prime editing for the study and treatment of genetic disorders
requires efficient methods for delivering prime editors (PEs) in vivo. Here we describe the …

AAV vectors: The Rubik's cube of human gene therapy

A Pupo, A Fernández, SH Low, A François… - Molecular Therapy, 2022 - cell.com
Defective genes account for∼ 80% of the total of more than 7,000 diseases known to date.
Gene therapy brings the promise of a one-time treatment option that will fix the errors in …

Neuroinflammation: an astrocyte perspective

HG Lee, JH Lee, LE Flausino… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Astrocytes are abundant glial cells in the central nervous system (CNS) that play active roles
in health and disease. Recent technologies have uncovered the functional heterogeneity of …

Comparative cellular analysis of motor cortex in human, marmoset and mouse

TE Bakken, NL Jorstad, Q Hu, BB Lake, W Tian… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The primary motor cortex (M1) is essential for voluntary fine-motor control and is functionally
conserved across mammals. Here, using high-throughput transcriptomic and epigenomic …

Drug delivery systems for CRISPR-based genome editors

V Madigan, F Zhang, JE Dahlman - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
CRISPR-based drugs can theoretically manipulate any genetic target. In practice, however,
these drugs must enter the desired cell without eliciting an unwanted immune response, so …

AAV-based in vivo gene therapy for neurological disorders

Q Ling, JA Herstine, A Bradbury, SJ Gray - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent advancements in gene supplementation therapy are expanding the options for the
treatment of neurological disorders. Among the available delivery vehicles, adeno …