2024
Parasympathetic neurons derived from human pluripotent stem cells model human diseases and development
Wu H, Saito-Diaz K, Huang C, McAlpine J, Seo D, Magruder D, Ishan M, Bergeron H, Delaney W, Santori F, Krishnaswamy S, Hart G, Chen Y, Hogan R, Liu H, Ivanova N, Zeltner N. Parasympathetic neurons derived from human pluripotent stem cells model human diseases and development. Cell Stem Cell 2024, 31: 734-753.e8. PMID: 38608707, PMCID: PMC11069445, DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2024.03.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutonomic nervous systemSjogren's syndromeParasympathetic neuronsFamilial dysautonomiaWhite adipocytesAutoimmune disease Sjogren's syndromeHuman pluripotent stem cellsHuman pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived neuronsHuman developmental studiesPluripotent stem cellsSARS-CoV-2 infectionSchwann cell progenitorsAutonomic neuropathyCell progenitorsStem cellsModel systemNervous systemSARS-CoV-2Human diseasesDysfunctionNeuronsDifferentiation paradigmOrgan developmentNeuropathyDrug discovery studies
2023
linc-mipep and linc-wrb encode micropeptides that regulate chromatin accessibility in vertebrate-specific neural cells
Tornini V, Miao L, Lee H, Gerson T, Dube S, Schmidt V, Kroll F, Tang Y, Du K, Kuchroo M, Vejnar C, Bazzini A, Krishnaswamy S, Rihel J, Giraldez A. linc-mipep and linc-wrb encode micropeptides that regulate chromatin accessibility in vertebrate-specific neural cells. ELife 2023, 12: e82249. PMID: 37191016, PMCID: PMC10188112, DOI: 10.7554/elife.82249.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell typesIntergenic non-coding RNAsChromatin architectural proteinCryptic open reading frameGene regulatory networksOpen reading frameNon-coding RNAsNew cell typesNeural cell typesBrain cell typesPutative lincRNAsVertebrate genomesArchitectural proteinsChromatin disruptionChromatin accessibilityRegulatory networksGenetic basisCell developmentMicropeptidesBrain cell developmentReceptor-mediated pathwaySystematic identificationLincRNAsNeural cellsCerebellar cells