2021
Common Genetic Variation in Humans Impacts In Vitro Susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Dobrindt K, Hoagland DA, Seah C, Kassim B, O'Shea CP, Murphy A, Iskhakova M, Fernando MB, Powell SK, Deans PJM, Javidfar B, Peter C, Møller R, Uhl SA, Garcia MF, Kimura M, Iwasawa K, Crary JF, Kotton DN, Takebe T, Huckins LM, tenOever BR, Akbarian S, Brennand KJ. Common Genetic Variation in Humans Impacts In Vitro Susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Stem Cell Reports 2021, 16: 505-518. PMID: 33636110, PMCID: PMC7881728, DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2021.02.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords3' Untranslated RegionsAdolescentAdultAnimalsCell LineChlorocebus aethiopsClustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsCOVID-19FemaleFurinGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMaleNeuronsPeptide HydrolasesPolymorphism, Single NucleotideSARS-CoV-2Vero CellsConceptsSARS-CoV-2Clinical complicationsSARS-CoV-2 infectionCommon genetic variationHigh-risk individualsHost genetic variantsSignificant interindividual variabilityNeuron infectionUnderlying comorbiditiesViral loadHealthy individualsViral infectionClinical heterogeneityVitro SusceptibilityEtiologic agentHost responseInterindividual variabilityDiscovery of drugsInfectionHost geneticsHuman induced pluripotent stem cellsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsAntibody repertoireMore diseasesComplications
2017
High-Content Screening in hPSC-Neural Progenitors Identifies Drug Candidates that Inhibit Zika Virus Infection in Fetal-like Organoids and Adult Brain
Zhou T, Tan L, Cederquist G, Fan Y, Hartley B, Mukherjee S, Tomishima M, Brennand K, Zhang Q, Schwartz R, Evans T, Studer L, Chen S. High-Content Screening in hPSC-Neural Progenitors Identifies Drug Candidates that Inhibit Zika Virus Infection in Fetal-like Organoids and Adult Brain. Cell Stem Cell 2017, 21: 274-283.e5. PMID: 28736217, PMCID: PMC5553280, DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2017.06.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZIKV infectionNeurological complicationsZika virusZIKV-infected patientsSerious neurological complicationsZika virus infectionCortical neural progenitor cellsForebrain organoidsAdult mouse brainHigh-content chemical screenDrug candidatesNeural progenitor cellsAdult patientsHuman forebrain organoidsVirus infectionMouse modelAdult brainAdult miceMouse brainTherapeutic potentialTherapeutic treatmentInfectionProgenitor cellsBrainComplications