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 cellsBrainComplicationsIn utero exposure to maternal smoking is associated with DNA methylation alterations and reduced neuronal content in the developing fetal brain
Chatterton Z, Hartley B, Seok M, Mendelev N, Chen S, Milekic M, Rosoklija G, Stankov A, Trencevsja-Ivanovska I, Brennand K, Ge Y, Dwork A, Haghighi F. In utero exposure to maternal smoking is associated with DNA methylation alterations and reduced neuronal content in the developing fetal brain. Epigenetics & Chromatin 2017, 10: 4. PMID: 28149327, PMCID: PMC5270321, DOI: 10.1186/s13072-017-0111-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBrainDNA MethylationFemaleFetal DevelopmentFetusGestational AgeGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11HumansImmunohistochemistryInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMaleMaternal ExposureNeural Stem CellsNeuronsPregnancyPregnancy Trimester, SecondPromoter Regions, GeneticSmokingSuccinate DehydrogenaseTubulinConceptsMaternal smokingDorsolateral prefrontal cortexNeuronal contentCortical gray matterFetal brain growthDifferentiation of neuronsBehavioral problemsFalse discovery correctionSignificant DMRsSmoking exposureGestational ageSecond trimesterUtero exposurePrenatal exposureCortical developmentFetal brainExposure altersSmokingBrain growthGray matterCell proportionFetusesPrefrontal cortexDNA methylationMethylation profiles
2014
Roles of Heat Shock Factor 1 in Neuronal Response to Fetal Environmental Risks and Its Relevance to Brain Disorders
Hashimoto-Torii K, Torii M, Fujimoto M, Nakai A, Fatimy R, Mezger V, Ju MJ, Ishii S, Chao SH, Brennand KJ, Gage FH, Rakic P. Roles of Heat Shock Factor 1 in Neuronal Response to Fetal Environmental Risks and Its Relevance to Brain Disorders. Neuron 2014, 82: 560-572. PMID: 24726381, PMCID: PMC4051437, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.03.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebral cortical cellsHuman neural progenitor cellsNeural progenitor cellsHeat shock factor 1Maternal seizuresSeizure susceptibilityPrenatal exposureNeuropsychiatric dysfunctionShock factor 1Neuronal responsesBrain cellsSchizophrenia patientsBrain disordersLate onsetMouse cortexStructural abnormalitiesNeuropsychiatric disordersHSF1 deficiencyExposure of embryosProgenitor cellsSubthreshold levelsFactor 1Induced pluripotent stem cellsEnvironmental insultsCortical cells