2024
Characterization of enhancer activity in early human neurodevelopment using Massively Parallel Reporter Assay (MPRA) and forebrain organoids
Capauto D, Wang Y, Wu F, Norton S, Mariani J, Inoue F, Crawford G, Ahituv N, Abyzov A, Vaccarino F. Characterization of enhancer activity in early human neurodevelopment using Massively Parallel Reporter Assay (MPRA) and forebrain organoids. Scientific Reports 2024, 14: 3936. PMID: 38365907, PMCID: PMC10873509, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-54302-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEnhancer Elements, GeneticGene Expression RegulationHumansOrganoidsProsencephalonRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidConceptsMassively parallel reporter assaysGene expressionRegulation of gene expressionForebrain organoidsHuman fetal tissuesHigh-throughput assayReporter assayFetal tissuesStem cellsNeurodevelopmentHuman neurodevelopmentActivation signalsEnhanced activityGenesOrganoidsForebrainBrain organoidsAssayBrain
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
2021
Landmarks of human embryonic development inscribed in somatic mutations
Bizzotto S, Dou Y, Ganz J, Doan R, Kwon M, Bohrson C, Kim S, Bae T, Abyzov A, Network† N, Park P, Walsh C. Landmarks of human embryonic development inscribed in somatic mutations. Science 2021, 371: 1249-1253. PMID: 33737485, PMCID: PMC8170505, DOI: 10.1126/science.abe1544.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSomatic single nucleotide variantsHuman embryonic developmentEmbryonic developmentEarly embryonic cell divisionsTransposase-accessible chromatin sequencingSingle cellsSingle-nucleus assayHigh-depth whole-genome sequencingSingle-nucleus RNA sequencingEmbryonic cell divisionCell lineage informationDistinct germ layersOnset of gastrulationSingle nucleotide variantsOrganismal developmentWhole-genome sequencingExtraembryonic tissuesCell divisionRNA sequencingProgenitor poolLineage informationGerm layersEarly progenitorsMultiple tissuesSequencing