2023
Modeling idiopathic autism in forebrain organoids reveals an imbalance of excitatory cortical neuron subtypes during early neurogenesis
Jourdon A, Wu F, Mariani J, Capauto D, Norton S, Tomasini L, Amiri A, Suvakov M, Schreiner J, Jang Y, Panda A, Nguyen C, Cummings E, Han G, Powell K, Szekely A, McPartland J, Pelphrey K, Chawarska K, Ventola P, Abyzov A, Vaccarino F. Modeling idiopathic autism in forebrain organoids reveals an imbalance of excitatory cortical neuron subtypes during early neurogenesis. Nature Neuroscience 2023, 26: 1505-1515. PMID: 37563294, PMCID: PMC10573709, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-023-01399-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAutism Spectrum DisorderAutistic DisorderHumansMaleNeurogenesisNeuronsOrganoidsProsencephalonConceptsIdiopathic autism spectrum disorderCortical neuron subtypesAutism spectrum disorderEarly cortical developmentCortical organoidsCortical plateExcitatory neuronsCortical developmentRare formNeuron subtypesUnaffected fatherASD pathogenesisForebrain organoidsEarly neurogenesisRare variantsIdiopathic autismRisk genesTranscriptomic alterationsNeuronsProbandsSingle-cell transcriptomicsForebrain developmentSpectrum disorderTranscriptomic changesAlterations
2013
Functional genomic screen of human stem cell differentiation reveals pathways involved in neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration
Zhang Y, Schulz VP, Reed BD, Wang Z, Pan X, Mariani J, Euskirchen G, Snyder MP, Vaccarino FM, Ivanova N, Weissman SM, Szekely AM. Functional genomic screen of human stem cell differentiation reveals pathways involved in neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 12361-12366. PMID: 23836664, PMCID: PMC3725080, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1309725110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAutistic DisorderCell DifferentiationGene SilencingGene TargetingGenome, HumanHumansIntellectual DisabilityNeuronsRNAStem CellsConceptsHuman embryonic stem cellsFunctional genomic screensGenomic screenUndifferentiated human embryonic stem cellsNeural lineage developmentSet of genesHuman stem cell differentiationProgenitor cell formationEmbryonic stem cellsStem cell differentiationRNA library screenNeuronal progenitor cellsLate-onset neurodegenerative disorderUnpredicted genesRNA granulesNext-generation sequencingSelf-renewal capacityLineage developmentComplex inheritanceShRNA libraryEarly neurogenesisLibrary screenParallel sequencingCell differentiationGenes