Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34431592›Full record

ArticleChembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology2021

Engineered Human Induced Pluripotent Cells Enable Genetic Code Expansion in Brain Organoids.

Lea S van Husen, Anna-Maria Katsori, Birthe Meineke, Lars O Tjernberg, Sophia Schedin-Weiss, Simon J Elsässer

Open access · hybridAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Bioorthogonal Chemistry in Neurobiology: From Imaging to Proteomics.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Recent advances in the expanding genetic code.Current opinion in chemical biology · 2024
    Review
  8. Review
  9. Review
  10. Review
  11. Article
  12. Article
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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lea S van HusenScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 17165, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-6737-3835
Anna-Maria KatsoriScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 17165, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-5975-2931
Birthe MeinekeScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 17165, Stockholm, Sweden.
Lars O TjernbergCenter for Alzheimer Research, Division of Neurogeriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 17164, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sophia Schedin-WeissCenter for Alzheimer Research, Division of Neurogeriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 17164, Stockholm, Sweden.
Simon J ElsässerScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 17165, Stockholm, Sweden.
Science for Life Laboratory · SEKarolinska Institutet · SE

Funding

Alzheimerfonden AF930954Alzheimerfonden AF940067SAlzheimerfonden AF940067S S.S.W.Gun and Bertil Stohnes FoundationGun and Bertil Stohnes Foundation (L.S.v.H.)Hjärnfonden F02018-0325KID funding 2016-00150Knut och Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden 2017-0276Light Sheet Microscopy Pilot Facility at SciLifeLabMargaretha af Ugglas' foundationMargaretha af Ugglas' foundation (S.S.W.)Ming Wai Lau Center for Reparative MedicineMing Wai Lau Center for Reparative Medicine (S.J.E.)National Microscopy Infrastructure, NMI VR-RFI 2019-00217Ragnar Söderbergs StiftelseRagnar Söderbergs Stiftelse (S.J.E.)Stiftelsen för Gamla TjänarinnorStiftelsen för Gamla Tjänarinnor (L.S.v.H.)Stiftelsen Olle Engkvist byggmästare 194-0675Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research FFL18-0049Swedish research council 2017-01874Thomas Olausson StiftelseThomas Olausson Stiftelse (L.S.v.H.)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) technology has revolutionized studies on human biology. A wide range of cell types and tissue models can be derived from hiPSCs to study complex human diseases. Here, we use PiggyBac-mediated transgenesis to engineer hiPSCs with an expanded genetic code. We demonstrate that genomic integration of expression cassettes for a pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase (PylRS), pyrrolysyl-tRNA (PylT) and the target protein of interest enables site-specific incorporation of a non-canonical amino acid (ncAA) in response to an amber stop codon. Neural stem cells, neurons and brain organoids derived from the engineered hiPSCs continue to express the amber suppression machinery and produce ncAA-bearing reporter. The incorporated ncAA can serve as a minimal bioorthogonal handle for further modifications by labeling with fluorescent dyes. Site-directed ncAA mutagenesis will open a wide range of applications to probe and manipulate proteins in brain organoids and other hiPSC-derived cell types and complex tissue models.

Indexed as

Cell EngineeringAmino AcidsBrainGenetic CodeHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsOrganoidsAmino Acidsamber suppressionbrain organoidsgenetic-code expansionhuman induced pluripotent stem cellsnon-canonical amino acids

Identifiers

PMID34431592
PMCPMC9290828
OpenAlexW3194233175

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.