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ArticleiScience2022

Human fetal membrane-mesenchymal stromal cells generate functional spinal motor neurons

Giulia Gaggi, Andrea Di Credico, Simone Guarnieri, Maria Addolorata Mariggiò, Patrizia Ballerini, Angela Di Baldassarre, Barbara Ghinassi

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Article in iScience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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Giulia GaggiDepartment of Medicine and Sciences of Aging, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini, 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Andrea Di CredicoDepartment of Medicine and Sciences of Aging, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini, 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Simone GuarnieriReprogramming and Cell Differentiation Lab, Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini, 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Maria Addolorata MariggiòReprogramming and Cell Differentiation Lab, Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini, 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Patrizia BalleriniDepartment of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini, 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Angela Di BaldassarreDepartment of Medicine and Sciences of Aging, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini, 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Barbara GhinassiDepartment of Medicine and Sciences of Aging, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini, 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human fetal membrane mesenchymal stromal cells (hFM-MSCs) are a cell population easily isolable from the amniochorionic membrane of term placentas, without ethical issues or safety limitations. We previously reported that hFM-MSCs share some epigenetic characteristics with pluripotent stem cells and can overcome the mesenchymal commitment. Here, we demonstrated that hFM-MSCs can give rise to spinal motor neurons by the sequential exposure to specific factors that induced a neuralization, caudalization and ventralization of undifferentiated cells, leading to a gradual gene and protein upregulation of early and late MN markers. Also, spontaneous electrical activity (spikes and bursts) was recorded. Finally, when co-cultured with myotubes, differentiated MNs were able to create functional neuromuscular junctions that induced robust skeletal muscle cell contractions. These data demonstrated the hFM-MSCs can generate a mature and functional MN population that may represent an alternative source for regenerative medicine, disease modeling or drug screening.

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Cellular neuroscienceDevelopmental neuroscienceMolecular neuroscience

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PMCPMC9550654

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