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ArticleStem cell reviews and reports2026

Human Myelin Spheres for in Vitro Oligodendrocyte Maturation, Myelination and Neurological Disease Modeling.

Karan Ahuja, Roya Ramezankhani, Xinyu Wang, Thibaut Burg, Giulia Amos, Katrien Neyrinck, Alessio Silva, Geethika Arekatla, Eleanor Eva Cassidy, Fatemeharefeh Nami and 14 more

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Karan AhujaStem Cell Institute Leuven, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, O&N4, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Roya RamezankhaniStem Cell Institute Leuven, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, O&N4, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Xinyu WangVirology, Antiviral Drug & Vaccine Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Thibaut BurgVIB Center for Brain & Disease Research, Laboratory of Neurobiology, VIB-KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Giulia AmosInstitute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8092, Switzerland.
Katrien NeyrinckStem Cell Institute Leuven, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, O&N4, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Alessio SilvaVIB Center for Brain & Disease Research, Laboratory of Neurobiology, VIB-KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Geethika ArekatlaVIB Center for Brain & Disease Research, Laboratory of Neurobiology, VIB-KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Eleanor Eva CassidyStem Cell Institute Leuven, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, O&N4, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Fatemeharefeh NamiStem Cell Institute Leuven, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, O&N4, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Joke TerrynStem Cell Institute Leuven, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, O&N4, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Keimpe WierdaVIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research Technologies, Electrophysiology, Leuven, Belgium.
Katlijn VintsBio Imaging Core, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Niels VandammeVIB Single Cell Core, VIB, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium.
Suresh PoovathingalVIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain and Disease Research Technologies, Single Cell, Microfluidics and Bioinformatics Expertise Units, Leuven, Belgium.
Ivo LambrichtsDepartment of Cardiology and Organ Systems (COS), Biomedical Research Institute (BIOMED), Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
Johannes V SwinnenLaboratory of Lipid Metabolism and Cancer, Department of Oncology, Leuven Cancer Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Ludo Van Den BoschVIB Center for Brain & Disease Research, Laboratory of Neurobiology, VIB-KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Lies De GroefCellular Communication and Neurodegeneration Research Group, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Division, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Lieve MoonsNeural Circuit Development and Regeneration Research Group, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Division, Department of Biology, Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Catherine VerfaillieStem Cell Institute Leuven, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, O&N4, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Johan NeytsVirology, Antiviral Drug & Vaccine Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Dirk JochmansVirology, Antiviral Drug & Vaccine Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Yoke Chin ChaiStem Cell Institute Leuven, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, O&N4, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium. Yoke.Chin.Chai@imec.be.

Funding

Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 12AIK24NFonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 1S03424NFonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek FWO-SBO-S001221N and FWO-G0B5819N
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Demyelinating diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, damage the protective myelin sheaths of the central nervous system. The development of effective therapies has been hampered by the lack of models that accurately replicate human myelin biology. Here we present a novel method to generate human myelin spheres (MyS) by coculturing of hPSC-derived neuronal and oligodendrocyte precursor cells, to create myelinated neurons. Using multimodal analyses including confocal and (electron)microscopy, single-nuclei transcriptomics, lipidomics, and electrophysiology, we demonstrate myelination in MyS as early as six weeks into coculture. These myelinated structures mature over time into multilamellar and compacted myelin sheaths with lipid compositions and transcriptomic profiles mirror the temporal dynamics of in vivo human oligodendrocyte development and neuronal myelination, resembling those of late fetal oligodendrocytes. By employing lysolecithin-induced demyelination and Rabies virus infection experiments, we demonstrate the potential of MyS as an innovative, physiologically relevant platform for studying myelin-related neurodegeneration and neuroinfection.

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Myelin SheathOligodendrogliaAnimalsCell DifferentiationCoculture TechniquesDemyelinating DiseasesHumansLysophosphatidylcholinesNeuronsLysophosphatidylcholines

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PMID41593300
PMCPMC12960392

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