2022
Expression of the transcription factor PU.1 induces the generation of microglia-like cells in human cortical organoids
Cakir B, Tanaka Y, Kiral FR, Xiang Y, Dagliyan O, Wang J, Lee M, Greaney AM, Yang WS, duBoulay C, Kural MH, Patterson B, Zhong M, Kim J, Bai Y, Min W, Niklason LE, Patra P, Park IH. Expression of the transcription factor PU.1 induces the generation of microglia-like cells in human cortical organoids. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 430. PMID: 35058453, PMCID: PMC8776770, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28043-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman embryonic stem cellsHuman cortical organoidsTranscription factor PUSingle-cell RNA sequencingMicroglia-like cellsSingle-cell transcriptomicsEmbryonic stem cellsDisease stage IIIRole of microgliaAD-associated genesExpression of genesCortical organoidsNeurodegenerative disordersRNA sequencingMolecular damageIntact complementStem cellsDysfunction of microgliaFunctional microgliaReduced expressionGenesCell clustersExpressionChemokine systemHuman microglia
2010
Induced pluripotent stem cells: A novel frontier in the study of human primary immunodeficiencies
Pessach IM, Ordovas-Montanes J, Zhang SY, Casanova JL, Giliani S, Gennery AR, Al-Herz W, Manos PD, Schlaeger TM, Park IH, Rucci F, Agarwal S, Mostoslavsky G, Daley GQ, Notarangelo LD. Induced pluripotent stem cells: A novel frontier in the study of human primary immunodeficiencies. Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology 2010, 127: 1400-1407.e4. PMID: 21185069, PMCID: PMC3081993, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.11.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptive ImmunityCell DedifferentiationCell DifferentiationCell LineCell TransdifferentiationDNAGene ExpressionGenes, mycHumansImmunity, InnateImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsKaryotypingKruppel-Like Factor 4Kruppel-Like Transcription FactorsOctamer Transcription Factor-3Proto-Oncogene MasSOXB1 Transcription FactorsConceptsInduced pluripotent stem cellsKrueppel-like factor 4Pluripotent stem cellsStem cellsIPSC linesHuman embryonic stem cellsEmbryonic stem cellsExpression of genesTranscription factor 4Patient-derived iPSC linesFactor 4Region Y-box 2Patient dermal fibroblastsTranscription factorsSomatic cellsDermal fibroblastsHuman primary immunodeficienciesEmbryoid bodiesExogenous expressionHuman diseasesGene correctionCell typesProto-oncogeneEmbryonic layersPolycistronic lentiviral vector