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ReviewCell stem cell2022

Human stem cell models of neurodegeneration: From basic science of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to clinical translation.

Elisa Giacomelli, Björn F Vahsen, Elizabeth L Calder, Yinyan Xu, Jakub Scaber, Elizabeth Gray, Ruxandra Dafinca, Kevin Talbot, Lorenz Studer

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Review in Cell stem cell, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
63citing papers in PubMed
11.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

63 citing papers in PubMed, 97 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Elisa GiacomelliThe Center for Stem Cell Biology, Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY, USA.
Björn F VahsenOxford Motor Neuron Disease Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
Elizabeth L CalderThe Center for Stem Cell Biology, Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY, USA.
Yinyan XuOxford Motor Neuron Disease Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS), CAMS Oxford Institute (COI), Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7FZ, UK.
Jakub ScaberOxford Motor Neuron Disease Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
Elizabeth GrayOxford Motor Neuron Disease Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
Ruxandra DafincaOxford Motor Neuron Disease Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
Kevin TalbotOxford Motor Neuron Disease Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. Electronic address: kevin.talbot@ndcn.ox.ac.uk.
Lorenz StuderThe Center for Stem Cell Biology, Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: studerl@mskcc.org.
John Radcliffe Hospital · GBKettering University · USChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SELWYN M VICKERS · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Novel strategies for induction of aging in human PSC-derived lineages for modeling Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG054720 · NIA · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI Doron Betel, LORENZ P. STUDER · 2017 to 2026
$4.5M
Metabolic profiling of sporadic ALS patients: from fibroblasts to neurons and backR01NS093872 · NINDS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI GROSS, STEVEN S, MANFREDI, GIOVANNI · 2015 to 2019
$2.7M
Manipulating autophagy in human neurons to determine subtype-specific neurodegenerative disease phenotypesR21NS116545 · NINDS · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI STUDER, LORENZ P. · 2020 to 2020
$494k
Motor Neurone Disease Association TALBOT-MUTIHAC/APR15/832-791Motor Neurone Disease Association TALBOT/OCT15/886-792NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIA NIH HHS R01 AG054720NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS093872NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS116545
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by progressive cell loss leading to disruption of the structure and function of the central nervous system. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was among the first of these disorders modeled in patient-specific iPSCs, and recent findings have translated into some of the earliest iPSC-inspired clinical trials. Focusing on ALS as an example, we evaluate the status of modeling neurodegenerative diseases using iPSCs, including methods for deriving and using disease-relevant neuronal and glial lineages. We further highlight the remaining challenges in exploiting the full potential of iPSC technology for understanding and potentially treating neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS.

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsHumansNeurogliaNeuronsALSastrocytesclinical translationdisease modelingFTDmicrogliamotor neurons: cortical neuronsneurodegenerative diseasespluripotent stem cells

Identifiers

PMID34995492
PMCPMC8785905
OpenAlexW4205856357

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