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ReviewBiochimica et biophysica acta. General subjects2019

Human-induced pluripotent stems cells as a model to dissect the selective neurotoxicity of methylmercury.

Lisa M Prince, Michael Aschner, Aaron B Bowman

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Review in Biochimica et biophysica acta. General subjects, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Environmentally relevant developmental methylmercury exposures alter neuronal differentiation in a human-induced pluripotent stem cell model.Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association · 2021
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  3. Comparison of Acute Effects of Neurotoxic Compounds on Network Activity in Human and Rodent Neural Cultures.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2021
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Lisa M PrinceSchool of Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, United States.
Michael AschnerDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, United States.
Aaron B BowmanSchool of Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, United States. Electronic address: Bowma117@purdue.edu.

Funding

Mechanisms of Manganese NeurotoxicityR01ES010563 · NIEHS · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Michael Aschner, Aaron B Bowman · 2001 to 2026
$11.9M
Mechanisms of Methylmercury Induced Neuron ToxicityR01ES007331 · NIEHS · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Michael Aschner, Aaron B Bowman · 1996 to 2026
$10.6M
Genetic Modulation of MeHg-Induced Oxidative Stress in the Developing BrainR01ES020852 · NIEHS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI ASCHNER, MICHAEL · 2012 to 2016
$1.8M
Genetic Susceptibility to Manganese NeurotoxicityR21ES025415 · NIEHS · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI ASCHNER, MICHAEL · 2016 to 2017
$459k
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES007331NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES010563NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES020852NIEHS NIH HHS R21 ES025415
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methylmercury (MeHg) is a potent neurotoxicant affecting both the developing and mature central nervous system (CNS) with apparent indiscriminate disruption of multiple homeostatic pathways. However, genetic and environmental modifiers contribute significant variability to neurotoxicity associated with human exposures. MeHg displays developmental stage and neural lineage selective neurotoxicity. To identify mechanistic-based neuroprotective strategies to mitigate human MeHg exposure risk, it will be critical to improve our understanding of the basis of MeHg neurotoxicity and of this selective neurotoxicity. Here, we propose that human-based pluripotent stem cell cellular approaches may enable mechanistic insight into genetic pathways that modify sensitivity of specific neural lineages to MeHg-induced neurotoxicity. Such studies are crucial for the development of novel disease modifying strategies impinging on MeHg exposure vulnerability.

Indexed as

Induced Pluripotent Stem CellsModels, BiologicalNeurotoxicity SyndromesGenomic ImprintingHumansMethylmercury CompoundsNeurotoxinsMethylmercury CompoundsNeurotoxinsHuman pluripotent stem cellsMethylmercuryNeurodevelopmental toxicitySelective neurotoxicity

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PMID30742955
PMCPMC6689259

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