2022
A nomenclature consensus for nervous system organoids and assembloids
Pașca SP, Arlotta P, Bateup HS, Camp JG, Cappello S, Gage FH, Knoblich JA, Kriegstein AR, Lancaster MA, Ming GL, Muotri AR, Park IH, Reiner O, Song H, Studer L, Temple S, Testa G, Treutlein B, Vaccarino FM. A nomenclature consensus for nervous system organoids and assembloids. Nature 2022, 609: 907-910. PMID: 36171373, PMCID: PMC10571504, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05219-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
The use of stem cells to study autism spectrum disorder.
Ardhanareeswaran K, Coppola G, Vaccarino F. The use of stem cells to study autism spectrum disorder. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2015, 88: 5-16. PMID: 25745370, PMCID: PMC4345539.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsHuman-induced pluripotent stem cellsStem cellsNeuronal developmentIdentification of hundredsEmbryonic stem cellsUnique genetic signaturePluripotent stem cellsCore symptomsASD patientsAutism spectrum disorderPost-mortem brain samplesGenome studiesGenetic signaturesAutism core symptomsNew therapeutic avenuesSerious developmental disabilitiesIdiopathic autism spectrum disorderSkin biopsiesHuman-specific behaviorsSpectrum disorderSingle drugDrug AdministrationTherapeutic avenuesBrain samplesDiagnostic tests
2001
Stem Cells in Neurodevelopment and Plasticity
Vaccarino F, Ganat Y, Zhang Y, Zheng W. Stem Cells in Neurodevelopment and Plasticity. Neuropsychopharmacology 2001, 25: 805-815. PMID: 11750175, DOI: 10.1016/s0893-133x(01)00349-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell DifferentiationHumansNerve RegenerationNervous SystemNeuronal PlasticityStem CellsConceptsNeural progenitor cellsTranscription factorsProgenitor cellsEpidermal growth factor EGFGrowth factors FGF2Stem cell proliferationGrowth factors EGFPostnatal central nervous systemNuclear transcription factorTranscriptional programsGenetic programGene cascadeNeuronal fateCell-surface interactionsControl proliferationPool of cellsCentral nervous systemEnvironmental perturbationsAdult central nervous systemMolecular signaturesDividing cellsStem cellsCell proliferationEmbryogenesisCell interactions