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ReviewBioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology2015

Alzheimer's in 3D culture: challenges and perspectives.

Carla D'Avanzo, Jenna Aronson, Young Hye Kim, Se Hoon Choi, Rudolph E Tanzi, Doo Yeon Kim

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Review in BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
56citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Carla D'AvanzoGenetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
Jenna AronsonGenetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
Young Hye KimBiomedical Omics Group, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongju-si, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea.
Se Hoon ChoiGenetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
Rudolph E TanziGenetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
Doo Yeon KimGenetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
Harvard University · USMaineGeneral Medical Center · USKorea Basic Science Institute · KRMassachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

TRANSGENICS AND PRESENILIN FUNCTIONP01AG015379 · NIA · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI TANZI, RUDOLPH EMILE · 1998 to 2023
$51.3M
THE ROLE OF ADVANCED CAA IN ALZHEIMER'S DEMENTIAP50AG005134 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HYMAN, BRADLEY T. · 1985 to 2018
$42.1M
SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT)P01AG004953 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BLACKER, DEBORAH L. · 1985 to 2006
$15.0M
Identification and Characterization of Novel AD GenesR37MH060009 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI TANZI, RUDOLPH EMILE · 2003 to 2012
$7.6M
Role of the g-secretase/PS1 complex in APP processingR01AG014713 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI KIM, DOO YEON · 1997 to 2018
$5.9M
A novel human 3D neural cell culture system for the characterization of AD genesRF1AG048080 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI KIM, DOO YEON, TANZI, RUDOLPH EMILE · 2014 to 2014
$2.1M
NIA NIH HHS 1RF1AG048080-01NIA NIH HHS 2R01AG014713NIA NIH HHS 5P01AG15379NIA NIH HHS P01 AG004953NIA NIH HHS P01 AG015379NIA NIH HHS P50 AG005134NIA NIH HHS R01 AG014713NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG048080NIMH NIH HHS 5R37MH060009NIMH NIH HHS R37 MH060009
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia, and there is currently no cure. The "β-amyloid cascade hypothesis" of AD is the basis of current understanding of AD pathogenesis and drug discovery. However, no AD models have fully validated this hypothesis. We recently developed a human stem cell culture model of AD by cultivating genetically modified human neural stem cells in a three-dimensional (3D) cell culture system. These cells were able to recapitulate key events of AD pathology including β-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. In this review, we will discuss the progress and current limitations of AD mouse models and human stem cell models as well as explore the breakthroughs of 3D cell culture systems. We will also share our perspective on the potential of dish models of neurodegenerative diseases for studying pathogenic cascades and therapeutic drug discovery.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsCell Culture TechniquesDisease Models, AnimalHumansMiceNeural Stem CellsAmyloid beta-Protein Precursor3D cultureAlzheimer's diseaseAPPhuman stem cellpresenelin

Identifiers

PMID26252541
PMCPMC4674791
OpenAlexW1830876320

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