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ArticleScientific reports2018

Phenotypic and Functional Characterization of Peripheral Sensory Neurons derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells.

Abdullah Jawad Alshawaf, Serena Viventi, Wanzhi Qiu, Giovanna D'Abaco, Bryony Nayagam, Michael Erlichster, Gursharan Chana, Ian Everall, Jason Ivanusic, Efstratios Skafidas and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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11 authors.

Abdullah Jawad AlshawafCentre for Neural Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Serena ViventiCentre for Neural Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Wanzhi QiuCentre for Neural Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Giovanna D'AbacoCentre for Neural Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Bryony NayagamDepartments of Audiology and Speech Pathology and Ophthalmology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Michael ErlichsterCentre for Neural Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Gursharan ChanaCentre for Neural Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Ian EverallCentre for Neural Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Jason IvanusicDepartment of Anatomy and Neuroscience, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Efstratios SkafidasCentre for Neural Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4263-9972
Mirella DottoriCentre for Neural Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. mdottori@uow.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0598-4195

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dorsal root ganglia (DRG) consist of a multitude of sensory neuronal subtypes that function to relay sensory stimuli, including temperature, pressure, pain and position to the central nervous system. Our knowledge of DRG sensory neurons have been predominantly driven by animal studies and considerably less is known about the human DRG. Human embryonic stem cells (hESC) are valuable resource to help close this gap. Our previous studies reported an efficient system for deriving neural crest and DRG sensory neurons from hESC. Here we show that this differentiation system gives rise to heterogeneous populations of sensory neuronal subtypes as demonstrated by phenotypic and functional analyses. Furthermore, using microelectrode arrays the maturation rate of the hESC-derived sensory neuronal cultures was monitored over 8 weeks in culture, showing their spontaneous firing activities starting at about 12 days post-differentiation and reaching maximum firing at about 6 weeks. These studies are highly valuable for developing an in vitro platform to study the diversity of sensory neuronal subtypes found within the human DRG.

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BiomarkersCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationCell LineHuman Embryonic Stem CellsHumansMicroelectrodesPeripheral Nervous SystemPhenotypeSensory Receptor CellsBiomarkers

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PMID29330377
PMCPMC5766621

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