2020
Mitomycin-C treatment during differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived dopamine neurons reduces proliferation without compromising survival or function in vivo
Hiller B, Marmion D, Gross R, Thompson C, Chavez C, Brundin P, Wakeman D, McMahon C, Kordower J. Mitomycin-C treatment during differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived dopamine neurons reduces proliferation without compromising survival or function in vivo. Stem Cells Translational Medicine 2020, 10: 278-290. PMID: 32997443, PMCID: PMC7848297, DOI: 10.1002/sctm.20-0014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDopamine neuronsInduced pluripotent stem cellsParkinson's diseaseStem cell-derived dopamine neuronsPD cell therapyMidbrain dopamine neuronsLong-term survivalTransplant of cellsStem cellsHuman induced pluripotent stem cellsPluripotent stem cellsNeuron preparationsMitomycin C treatmentAthymic ratsDrug selectionUndesirable proliferationCell therapyRobust survivalLower proliferationVivo functionNeuronsTransplantationSurvivalProliferative cellsDisease
2014
Neonatal immune-tolerance in mice does not prevent xenograft rejection
Mattis V, Wakeman D, Tom C, Dodiya H, Yeung S, Tran A, Bernau K, Ornelas L, Sahabian A, Reidling J, Sareen D, Thompson L, Kordower J, Svendsen C. Neonatal immune-tolerance in mice does not prevent xenograft rejection. Experimental Neurology 2014, 254: 90-98. PMID: 24440640, PMCID: PMC3954854, DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.01.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAnimals, Outbred StrainsCells, CulturedCorpus StriatumDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGraft RejectionGraft SurvivalHeterograftsHumansHuntingtin ProteinHuntington DiseaseImmune ToleranceMaleMiceMice, Inbred NODMice, SCIDMice, TransgenicNerve Tissue ProteinsNeural Stem CellsNuclear ProteinsTransplantation, HeterologousConceptsNeonatal toleranceRapid rejectionHuman stem cell transplantationImmune-intact miceSignificant immune rejectionStem cell transplantationHumanized mouse modelXenograft rejectionCell transplantationRodent modelsMouse modelImmune rejectionMiceConflicting resultsStem cell typesXenograftsRecent reportsCell typesRejectionTransplantationRatsDisease
2011
Dopamine neurons derived from human ES cells efficiently engraft in animal models of Parkinson’s disease
Kriks S, Shim J, Piao J, Ganat Y, Wakeman D, Xie Z, Carrillo-Reid L, Auyeung G, Antonacci C, Buch A, Yang L, Beal M, Surmeier D, Kordower J, Tabar V, Studer L. Dopamine neurons derived from human ES cells efficiently engraft in animal models of Parkinson’s disease. Nature 2011, 480: 547-551. PMID: 22056989, PMCID: PMC3245796, DOI: 10.1038/nature10648.Peer-Reviewed Original Research