Genetics of human brain development

Y Zhou, H Song, G Ming - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Brain development in humans is achieved through precise spatiotemporal genetic control,
the mechanisms of which remain largely elusive. Recently, integration of technological …

Development of prefrontal cortex

SM Kolk, P Rakic - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022 - nature.com
During evolution, the cerebral cortex advances by increasing in surface and the introduction
of new cytoarchitectonic areas among which the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is considered to be …

Maturation and circuit integration of transplanted human cortical organoids

O Revah, F Gore, KW Kelley, J Andersen, N Sakai… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Self-organizing neural organoids represent a promising in vitro platform with which to model
human development and disease,,,–. However, organoids lack the connectivity that exists in …

Rare coding variation provides insight into the genetic architecture and phenotypic context of autism

JM Fu, FK Satterstrom, M Peng, H Brand, RL Collins… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Some individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) carry functional mutations rarely
observed in the general population. We explored the genes disrupted by these variants from …

[HTML][HTML] A transcription factor atlas of directed differentiation

J Joung, S Ma, T Tay, KR Geiger-Schuller… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Transcription factors (TFs) regulate gene programs, thereby controlling diverse cellular
processes and cell states. To comprehensively understand TFs and the programs they …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal transcriptomic atlas of mouse organogenesis using DNA nanoball-patterned arrays

A Chen, S Liao, M Cheng, K Ma, L Wu, Y Lai, X Qiu… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Spatially resolved transcriptomic technologies are promising tools to study complex
biological processes such as mammalian embryogenesis. However, the imbalance between …

Glioblastoma evolution and heterogeneity from a 3D whole-tumor perspective

R Mathur, Q Wang, PG Schupp, A Nikolic, S Hilz… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Treatment failure for the lethal brain tumor glioblastoma (GBM) is attributed to intratumoral
heterogeneity and tumor evolution. We utilized 3D neuronavigation during surgical resection …

A single-cell atlas of the normal and malformed human brain vasculature

EA Winkler, CN Kim, JM Ross, JH Garcia, E Gil, I Oh… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Cerebrovascular diseases are a leading cause of death and neurologic disability. Further
understanding of disease mechanisms and therapeutic strategies requires a deeper …

[HTML][HTML] Integrative spatial analysis reveals a multi-layered organization of glioblastoma

AC Greenwald, NG Darnell, R Hoefflin, D Simkin… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Glioma contains malignant cells in diverse states. Here, we combine spatial transcriptomics,
spatial proteomics, and computational approaches to define glioma cellular states and …

[HTML][HTML] Human prefrontal cortex gene regulatory dynamics from gestation to adulthood at single-cell resolution

CA Herring, RK Simmons, S Freytag, D Poppe… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Human brain development is underpinned by cellular and molecular reconfigurations
continuing into the third decade of life. To reveal cell dynamics orchestrating neural …