2023
Genomic data resources of the Brain Somatic Mosaicism Network for neuropsychiatric diseases
Garrison M, Jang Y, Bae T, Cherskov A, Emery S, Fasching L, Jones A, Moldovan J, Molitor C, Pochareddy S, Peters M, Shin J, Wang Y, Yang X, Akbarian S, Chess A, Gage F, Gleeson J, Kidd J, McConnell M, Mills R, Moran J, Park P, Sestan N, Urban A, Vaccarino F, Walsh C, Weinberger D, Wheelan S, Abyzov A. Genomic data resources of the Brain Somatic Mosaicism Network for neuropsychiatric diseases. Scientific Data 2023, 10: 813. PMID: 37985666, PMCID: PMC10662356, DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02645-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchModeling 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
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 StatementsMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAutism Spectrum DisorderHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsModels, BiologicalNervous SystemStem Cell TransplantationConceptsHuman-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