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ArticleStem cell research2021

Transcriptional signatures in iPSC-derived neurons are reproducible across labs when differentiation protocols are closely matched.

Xylena Reed, Melanie M Cobb, Gaia Skinbinski, Dorien Roosen, Alice Kaganovich, Jinhui Ding, Steve Finkbeiner, Mark R Cookson

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Article in Stem cell research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Xylena ReedLaboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Melanie M CobbCenter for Systems and Therapeutics & Taube/Koret Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Gaia SkinbinskiCenter for Systems and Therapeutics & Taube/Koret Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Dorien RoosenLaboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Alice KaganovichLaboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Jinhui DingLaboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Steve FinkbeinerCenter for Systems and Therapeutics & Taube/Koret Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA; Departments of Neurology and Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Mark R CooksonLaboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
National Institutes of Health · USNational Institute on Aging · USTaube Koret Center · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

The proteasome in aging and neurodegenerative diseaseP01AG054407 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI FINLEY, DANIEL J · 2018 to 2022
$14.0M
Dysfunction of the Autophagy-Lysosomal Pathway as a Common Mechanism of NeurodegenerationRF1AG058476 · NIA · J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES · PI FINKBEINER, STEVEN M · 2017 to 2018
$4.1M
Role of central and peripheral immune crosstalk in FTD-Grn neurodegenerationRF1NS128800 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI FINKBEINER, STEVEN M, TANSEY, MARIA DE LOURDES GAMEZ · 2022 to 2022
$2.4M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 AG999999NIA NIH HHS P01 AG054407NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG058476NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS128800
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reproducibility of expression patterns in iPSC-derived cells from different labs is an important first step in ensuring replication of biochemical or functional assays that are performed in different labs. Here we show that reproducible gene expression patterns from iPSCs and iPSC-derived neurons matured and collected at two separate laboratory locations can be achieved by closely matching protocols and reagents. While there are significant differences in gene expression between iPSCs and differentiated neurons, as well as between different donor lines of the same cell type, transcriptional changes that vary with laboratory sites are relatively small. These results suggest that making great efforts to match protocols, reagents and technical methods between labs may improve the reproducibility of iPSC-derived cell models.

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Induced Pluripotent Stem CellsCell DifferentiationGene ExpressionNeuronsReproducibility of Results

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PMID34626895
PMCPMC8655646
OpenAlexW3206718495

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