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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

Combinatorial ECM Arrays Identify Cooperative Roles for Matricellular Proteins in Enhancing the Generation of TH+ Neurons From Human Pluripotent Cells.

Maqsood Ahmed, Matthew J S Owens, Enrique M Toledo, Ernest Arenas, Mark Bradley, Charles Ffrench-Constant

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Maqsood AhmedCentre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Matthew J S OwensSchool of Chemistry, EaStCHEM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Enrique M ToledoLaboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ernest ArenasLaboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Mark BradleySchool of Chemistry, EaStCHEM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Charles Ffrench-ConstantCentre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
University of Edinburgh · GBKarolinska Institutet · SEMRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0300336Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of efficient cell culture strategies for the generation of dopaminergic neurons is an important goal for transplantation-based approaches to treat Parkinson's disease. To identify extracellular matrix molecules that enhance differentiation and might be used in these cell cultures we have used micro-contact printed arrays on glass slides presenting 190 combinations of 19 extracellular matrix molecules selected on the basis of their expression during embryonic development of the ventral midbrain. Using long-term neuroepithelial stem cells (Lt-NES), this approach identified a number of matricellular proteins that enhanced differentiation, with the combination of Sparc, Sparc-like (Sparc-l1) and Nell2 increasing the number of tyrosine hydroxylase+ neurons derived from Lt-NES cells and, critically for further translation, human pluripotent stem cells.

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arraydopaminergic (DA) neuronextracellular matrixmatricellular proteinsneural stem cellstyrosine hydroxylase

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PMID34926447
PMCPMC8672163
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