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ArticleeNeuro2024

Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Astrocyte Functionality Compares Favorably with Primary Rat Astrocytes.

Bas Lendemeijer, Maurits Unkel, Hilde Smeenk, Britt Mossink, Sara Hijazi, Sara Gordillo-Sampedro, Guy Shpak, Denise E Slump, Mirjam C G N van den Hout, Wilfred F J van IJcken and 5 more

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Article in eNeuro, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Bas LendemeijerDepartment of Psychiatry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 AA, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9731-7773
Maurits UnkelDepartment of Psychiatry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 AA, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1920-6001
Hilde SmeenkDepartment of Psychiatry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 AA, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5529-4857
Britt MossinkDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen 6525GA, The Netherlands.
Sara HijaziDepartment of Psychiatry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 AA, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1754-283X
Sara Gordillo-SampedroDepartment of Psychiatry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 AA, The Netherlands.
Guy ShpakDepartment of Psychiatry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 AA, The Netherlands.
Denise E SlumpDepartment of Psychiatry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 AA, The Netherlands.
Mirjam C G N van den HoutDepartment of Cell Biology, Center for Biomics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015AA, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2412-7631
Wilfred F J van IJckenDepartment of Cell Biology, Center for Biomics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015AA, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0421-8301
Eric M J BindelsDepartment of Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015AA, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9502-669X
Witte J G HoogendijkDepartment of Psychiatry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 AA, The Netherlands.
Nael Nadif KasriDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen 6525GA, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7448-9289
Femke M S de VrijDepartment of Psychiatry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 AA, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0825-3806
Steven A KushnerDepartment of Psychiatry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 AA, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9777-3338

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astrocytes are essential for the formation and maintenance of neural networks. However, a major technical challenge for investigating astrocyte function and disease-related pathophysiology has been the limited ability to obtain functional human astrocytes. Despite recent advances in human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) techniques, primary rodent astrocytes remain the gold standard in coculture with human neurons. We demonstrate that a combination of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and bone morphogenetic protein-4 (BMP4) directs hPSC-derived neural precursor cells to a highly pure population of astroglia in 28 d. Using single-cell RNA sequencing, we confirm the astroglial identity of these cells and highlight profound transcriptional adaptations in cocultured hPSC-derived astrocytes and neurons, consistent with their further maturation. In coculture with human neurons, multielectrode array recordings revealed robust network activity of human neurons in a coculture with hPSC-derived or rat astrocytes [3.63 ± 0.44 min

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AstrocytesCoculture TechniquesNeuronsPluripotent Stem CellsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedHumansNeural Stem CellsRatsastrocytecoculturedevelopmental biologyelectrophysiologyin vitroiPSC

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PMID39227152
PMCPMC11404293

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