2019
hESC-Derived Thalamic Organoids Form Reciprocal Projections When Fused with Cortical Organoids
Xiang Y, Tanaka Y, Cakir B, Patterson B, Kim KY, Sun P, Kang YJ, Zhong M, Liu X, Patra P, Lee SH, Weissman SM, Park IH. hESC-Derived Thalamic Organoids Form Reciprocal Projections When Fused with Cortical Organoids. Cell Stem Cell 2019, 24: 487-497.e7. PMID: 30799279, PMCID: PMC6853597, DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2018.12.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReciprocal projectionsThree-dimensional organoid modelsForebrain disorderHuman brain developmentCortical organoidsHuman thalamusPeripheral tissuesThalamusRelated disordersThalamic developmentSingle-cell RNA sequencingBrain developmentHuman embryonic stem cellsCircuit organizationCortexOrganoid modelsRegion-specific organoidsTelencephalic fateStem cellsOrganoid techniquesOrganoidsDisordersRNA sequencingRelay hubDisease
2017
Fusion of Regionally Specified hPSC-Derived Organoids Models Human Brain Development and Interneuron Migration
Xiang Y, Tanaka Y, Patterson B, Kang YJ, Govindaiah G, Roselaar N, Cakir B, Kim KY, Lombroso AP, Hwang SM, Zhong M, Stanley EG, Elefanty AG, Naegele JR, Lee SH, Weissman SM, Park IH. Fusion of Regionally Specified hPSC-Derived Organoids Models Human Brain Development and Interneuron Migration. Cell Stem Cell 2017, 21: 383-398.e7. PMID: 28757360, PMCID: PMC5720381, DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2017.07.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman brain developmentChromatin accessibility dynamicsTransposase-accessible chromatinHigh-throughput sequencing analysisRegion-specific organoidsHuman pluripotent stem cellsRNA sequencing profilingHuman interneuron migrationPluripotent stem cellsRelated lineagesBrain developmentAccessibility dynamicsBulk assaysInterneuron migrationLineage relationshipsOrganoid techniquesSequencing profilingSequencing analysisFunctional neuronsOrganoid developmentStem cellsCortical organoidsOrganoidsBrain organoidsMGE
2014
Histone Variant H2A.X Deposition Pattern Serves as a Functional Epigenetic Mark for Distinguishing the Developmental Potentials of iPSCs
Wu T, Liu Y, Wen D, Tseng Z, Tahmasian M, Zhong M, Rafii S, Stadtfeld M, Hochedlinger K, Xiao A. Histone Variant H2A.X Deposition Pattern Serves as a Functional Epigenetic Mark for Distinguishing the Developmental Potentials of iPSCs. Cell Stem Cell 2014, 15: 281-294. PMID: 25192463, DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2014.06.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmbryonic stem cellsLineage gene expressionHistone variant H2A.XCell lineage commitmentDevelopmental potentialMouse iPSC linesIPSC linesPluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technologyEpigenetic marksLineage genesEpigenetic mechanismsLineage commitmentLineage differentiationExtraembryonic differentiationStem cell technologyGene expressionTetraploid complementationIPSC clonesIPSC qualityStem cellsFunctional markersH2A.XDifferentiationIPSCsComplementation