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ArticleStem cell reports2016

Molecular Characterization of Down Syndrome Embryonic Stem Cells Reveals a Role for RUNX1 in Neural Differentiation.

Tomer Halevy, Juan-Carlos Biancotti, Ofra Yanuka, Tamar Golan-Lev, Nissim Benvenisty

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Article in Stem cell reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tomer HalevyDepartment of Genetics, The Azrieli Center for Stem Cells and Genetic Research, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University, Givat-Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
Juan-Carlos BiancottiZilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.
Ofra YanukaDepartment of Genetics, The Azrieli Center for Stem Cells and Genetic Research, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University, Givat-Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
Tamar Golan-LevDepartment of Genetics, The Azrieli Center for Stem Cells and Genetic Research, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University, Givat-Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
Nissim BenvenistyDepartment of Genetics, The Azrieli Center for Stem Cells and Genetic Research, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University, Givat-Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel. Electronic address: nissimb@mail.huji.ac.il.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem · ILUniversity of Southern California · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Down syndrome (DS) is the leading genetic cause of mental retardation and is caused by a third copy of human chromosome 21. The different pathologies of DS involve many tissues with a distinct array of neural phenotypes. Here we characterize embryonic stem cell lines with DS (DS-ESCs), and focus on the neural aspects of the disease. Our results show that neural progenitor cells (NPCs) differentiated from five independent DS-ESC lines display increased apoptosis and downregulation of forehead developmental genes. Analysis of differentially expressed genes suggested RUNX1 as a key transcription regulator in DS-NPCs. Using genome editing we were able to disrupt all three copies of RUNX1 in DS-ESCs, leading to downregulation of several RUNX1 target developmental genes accompanied by reduced apoptosis and neuron migration. Our work sheds light on the role of RUNX1 and the importance of dosage balance in the development of neural phenotypes in DS.

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Cell DifferentiationNeurogenesisApoptosisCell LineCells, CulturedCore Binding Factor Alpha 2 SubunitDown SyndromeEmbryonic Stem CellsGene DosageGene EditingHumansKaryotypeNeural Stem CellsPhenotypeCore Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit

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PMID27618722
PMCPMC5063584
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