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ArticleFluids and barriers of the CNS2020

Commentary on human pluripotent stem cell-based blood-brain barrier models.

Ethan S Lippmann, Samira M Azarin, Sean P Palecek, Eric V Shusta

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Article in Fluids and barriers of the CNS, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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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

68 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ethan S LippmannDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Samira M AzarinDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Sean P PalecekDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. sppalecek@wisc.edu.
Eric V ShustaDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. eshusta@wisc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4297-0158

Funding

Investigating Pericyte Roles in Blood-Brain Barrier FormationR01NS103844 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI SHUSTA, ERIC V · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
Mechanisms of Shear Induction of Blood-Brain Barrier Phenotypes in Human iPSC-derived Brain Endothelial ProgenitorsR01NS107461 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI PALECEK, SEAN P · 2019 to 2023
$1.7M
NIH HHS NS103844NIH HHS NS107461NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS103844NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS107461
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2012, we provided the first published evidence that human pluripotent stem cells could be differentiated to cells exhibiting markers and phenotypes characteristic of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). In the ensuing years, the initial protocols have been refined, and the research community has identified both positive and negative attributes of this stem cell-based BBB model system. Here, we give our perspective on the current status of these models and their use in the BBB community, as well as highlight key attributes that would benefit from improvement moving forward.

Indexed as

Blood-Brain BarrierModels, BiologicalPluripotent Stem CellsCell DifferentiationEndothelial CellsHumansMicrovesselsBlood–brain barrierHuman pluripotent stem cellIn vitro model

Identifiers

PMID33076946
PMCPMC7574179

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