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ArticleStem cell reports2016

Marked Differences in C9orf72 Methylation Status and Isoform Expression between C9/ALS Human Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.

Yaara Cohen-Hadad, Gheona Altarescu, Talia Eldar-Geva, Ephrat Levi-Lahad, Ming Zhang, Ekaterina Rogaeva, Marc Gotkine, Osnat Bartok, Reut Ashwal-Fluss, Sebastian Kadener and 2 more

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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 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Yaara Cohen-HadadStem Cell Research Laboratory, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem 91031, Israel.
Gheona AltarescuZohar PGD Laboratory, Medical Genetics Institute, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem 91031, Israel.
Talia Eldar-GevaIVF Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem 91031, Israel.
Ephrat Levi-LahadZohar PGD Laboratory, Medical Genetics Institute, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem 91031, Israel.
Ming ZhangTanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON MSS 3H2, Canada.
Ekaterina RogaevaTanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON MSS 3H2, Canada.
Marc GotkineDepartment of Neurology, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Osnat BartokBiological Chemistry Department, Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
Reut Ashwal-FlussBiological Chemistry Department, Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
Sebastian KadenerBiological Chemistry Department, Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
Silvina Epsztejn-LitmanStem Cell Research Laboratory, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem 91031, Israel.
Rachel EigesStem Cell Research Laboratory, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem 91031, Israel. Electronic address: rachela@szmc.org.il.
Shaare Zedek Medical Center · ILHebrew University of Jerusalem · ILHadassah Medical Center · ILOccupational Cancer Research Centre · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We established two human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines with a GGGGCC expansion in the C9orf72 gene (C9), and compared them with haploidentical and unrelated C9 induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). We found a marked difference in C9 methylation between the cells. hESCs and parental fibroblasts are entirely unmethylated while the iPSCs are hypermethylated. In addition, we show that the expansion alters promoter usage and interferes with the proper splicing of intron 1, eventually leading to the accumulation of repeat-containing mRNA following neural differentiation. These changes are attenuated in C9 iPSCs, presumably owing to hypermethylation. Altogether, this study highlights the importance of neural differentiation in the pathogenesis of disease and points to the potential role of hypermethylation as a neuroprotective mechanism against pathogenic mRNAs, envisaging a milder phenotype in C9 iPSCs.

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DNA MethylationAlternative SplicingAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisC9orf72 ProteinCell DifferentiationCell LineCpG IslandsEmbryonic Stem CellsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHaplotypesHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsC9orf72 ProteinC9/ALSCpG islandsdisease modellingDNA methylationneurodegenerationpluripotent stem cellsunstable repeat expansions

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PMID27773700
PMCPMC5106522
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