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ReviewStem cells international2016

The Use of Stem Cells to Model Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia: From Basic Research to Regenerative Medicine.

Erin C Hedges, Vera J Mehler, Agnes L Nishimura

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Review in Stem cells international, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Erin C HedgesDepartment of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IOPPN), King's College London and King's Health Partners, London SE5 9RX, UK.
Vera J MehlerDepartment of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IOPPN), King's College London and King's Health Partners, London SE5 9RX, UK.
Agnes L NishimuraDepartment of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IOPPN), King's College London and King's Health Partners, London SE5 9RX, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years several genes have linked amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) as a spectrum disease; however little is known about what triggers their onset. With the ability to generate patient specific stem cell lines from somatic cells, it is possible to model disease without the need to transfect cells with exogenous DNA. These pluripotent stem cells have opened new avenues for identification of disease phenotypes and their relation to specific molecular pathways. Thus, as never before, compounds with potential applications for regenerative medicine can be specifically tailored in patient derived cultures. In this review, we discuss how patient specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have been used to model ALS and FTD and the most recent drug screening targets for these diseases. We also discuss how an iPSC bank would improve the quality of the available cell lines and how it would increase knowledge about the ALS/FTD disease spectrum.

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PMID26966440
PMCPMC4761393

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