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ReviewMolecular and cellular neurosciences2016

Modeling Alzheimer's disease with human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.

Alison E Mungenast, Sandra Siegert, Li-Huei Tsai

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Review in Molecular and cellular neurosciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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68citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 126 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alison E MungenastPicower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA; Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Sandra SiegertPicower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA; Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA. Electronic address: ssiegert@ist.ac.at.
Li-Huei TsaiPicower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA; Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Alzheimer's Disease Risk Genes in Human Microglia and Neurons Derived from iPSCsRF1AG048029 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI TSAI, LI-HUEI · 2014 to 2014
$2.1M
Examination of neural circuits underlying mood disorders in Alzheimer?s diseaseRF1AG047661 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI TSAI, LI-HUEI, TYE, KAY MAXINE · 2014 to 2014
$1.7M
NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG047661NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG048029
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the last decade, induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have revolutionized the utility of human in vitro models of neurological disease. The iPS-derived and differentiated cells allow researchers to study the impact of a distinct cell type in health and disease as well as performing therapeutic drug screens on a human genetic background. In particular, clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been failing. Two of the potential reasons are first, the species gap involved in proceeding from initial discoveries in rodent models to human studies, and second, an unsatisfying patient stratification, meaning subgrouping patients based on the disease severity due to the lack of phenotypic and genetic markers. iPS cells overcome this obstacles and will improve our understanding of disease subtypes in AD. They allow researchers conducting in depth characterization of neural cells from both familial and sporadic AD patients as well as preclinical screens on human cells. In this review, we briefly outline the status quo of iPS cell research in neurological diseases along with the general advantages and pitfalls of these models. We summarize how genome-editing techniques such as CRISPR/Cas9 will allow researchers to reduce the problem of genomic variability inherent to human studies, followed by recent iPS cell studies relevant to AD. We then focus on current techniques for the differentiation of iPS cells into neural cell types that are relevant to AD research. Finally, we discuss how the generation of three-dimensional cell culture systems will be important for understanding AD phenotypes in a complex cellular milieu, and how both two- and three-dimensional iPS cell models can provide platforms for drug discovery and translational studies into the treatment of AD.

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Alzheimer DiseaseCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsModels, BiologicalAlzheimer's diseaseDisease modelingGliaInduced pluripotent stem (iPS) cellsIn vitro modelsNeurodegenerationNeuronsStem cell modelsThree-dimensional cultureTranslational research

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PMID26657644
PMCPMC5930170
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