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ReviewAnnual review of genetics2018

Aging in a Dish: iPSC-Derived and Directly Induced Neurons for Studying Brain Aging and Age-Related Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Jerome Mertens, Dylan Reid, Shong Lau, Yongsung Kim, Fred H Gage

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Review in Annual review of genetics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 172 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
172citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
11.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

172 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 261 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Mental health dished up-the use of iPSC models in neuropsychiatric research.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2020
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  20. Ex vivo functional whole organ in biomedical research: a review.Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs · 2025
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112 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jerome MertensLaboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA; email: gage@salk.edu.
Dylan ReidLaboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA; email: gage@salk.edu.
Shong LauLaboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA; email: gage@salk.edu.
Yongsung KimLaboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA; email: gage@salk.edu.
Fred H GageLaboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA; email: gage@salk.edu.
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · USUniversität Innsbruck · AT

Funding

Research Training in BiogerontologyT32AG000114 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SCOTT PLETCHER · 1985 to 2026
$12.4M
Assessing cellular aging in old and rejuvenated neurons from Alzheimer patientsR01AG056306 · NIA · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI GAGE, FRED H · 2017 to 2021
$2.4M
Assessing cellular aging in old and rejuvenated neurons from Alzheimer patientsK99AG056679 · NIA · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI MERTENS, JEROME S. · 2017 to 2018
$201k
NIA NIH HHS K99 AG056679NIA NIH HHS R01 AG056306NIA NIH HHS T32 AG000114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-associated neurological diseases represent a profound challenge in biomedical research as we are still struggling to understand the interface between the aging process and the manifestation of disease. Various pathologies in the elderly do not directly result from genetic mutations, toxins, or infectious agents but are primarily driven by the many manifestations of biological aging. Therefore, the generation of appropriate model systems to study human aging in the nervous system demands new concepts that lie beyond transgenic and drug-induced models. Although access to viable human brain specimens is limited and induced pluripotent stem cell models face limitations due to reprogramming-associated cellular rejuvenation, the direct conversion of somatic cells into induced neurons allows for the generation of human neurons that capture many aspects of aging. Here, we review advances in exploring age-associated neurodegenerative diseases using human cell reprogramming models, and we discuss general concepts, promises, and limitations of the field.

Indexed as

AgingBrainCellular ReprogrammingHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeuronsage-associated neurodegenerationagingdisease modelinginduced neuronsinduced pluripotent stem cellsiNsiPSCsrejuvenation

Identifiers

PMID30208291
PMCPMC6415910
OpenAlexW2891962606

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