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ArticleStem cell reports2018

Recapitulation of Human Neural Microenvironment Signatures in iPSC-Derived NPC 3D Differentiation.

Daniel Simão, Marta M Silva, Ana P Terrasso, Francisca Arez, Marcos F Q Sousa, Narges Z Mehrjardi, Tomo Šarić, Patrícia Gomes-Alves, Nuno Raimundo, Paula M Alves and 1 more

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Article in Stem cell reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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50citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Daniel SimãoiBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Biológica, Oeiras, Portugal; Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
Marta M SilvaiBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Biológica, Oeiras, Portugal; Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
Ana P TerrassoiBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Biológica, Oeiras, Portugal; Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
Francisca AreziBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Biológica, Oeiras, Portugal; Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
Marcos F Q SousaiBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Biológica, Oeiras, Portugal; Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
Narges Z MehrjardiCenter for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Institute for Neurophysiology, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne 50931, Germany.
Tomo ŠarićCenter for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Institute for Neurophysiology, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne 50931, Germany.
Patrícia Gomes-AlvesiBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Biológica, Oeiras, Portugal; Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
Nuno RaimundoUniversitätsmedizin Göttingen, Institut für Zellbiochemie, Göttingen, Germany.
Paula M AlvesiBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Biológica, Oeiras, Portugal; Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
Catarina BritoiBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Biológica, Oeiras, Portugal; Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal. Electronic address: anabrito@ibet.pt.
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica · PTUniversity of Cologne · DEUniversitätsmedizin Göttingen · DE

Funding

European Research Council 337327
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain microenvironment plays an important role in neurodevelopment and pathology, where the extracellular matrix (ECM) and soluble factors modulate multiple cellular processes. Neural cell culture typically relies on heterologous matrices poorly resembling brain ECM. Here, we employed neurospheroids to address microenvironment remodeling during neural differentiation of human stem cells, without the confounding effects of exogenous matrices. Proteome and transcriptome dynamics revealed significant changes at cell membrane and ECM during 3D differentiation, diverging significantly from the 2D differentiation. Structural proteoglycans typical of brain ECM were enriched during 3D differentiation, in contrast to basement membrane constituents in 2D. Moreover, higher expression of synaptic and ion transport machinery was observed in 3D cultures, suggesting higher neuronal maturation in neurospheroids. This work demonstrates that 3D neural differentiation as neurospheroids promotes the expression of cellular and extracellular features found in neural tissue, highlighting its value to address molecular defects in cell-ECM interactions associated with neurological disorders.

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Cell DifferentiationCellular Microenvironmentbeta CateninBiomarkersCell Culture TechniquesFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsNeural Stem CellsWnt Signaling Pathwaybeta CateninBiomarkers3D cultureECMhiPSCmicroenvironmentneural cell modelsneural differentiationneural progenitorsneurospheroidsproteomicstranscriptomics

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PMID30057262
PMCPMC6094163
OpenAlexW2883350768

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