Search Results - "Amin, Neal D"
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Generation of Functional Human 3D Cortico-Motor Assembloids
Published in Cell (23-12-2020)“…Neurons in the cerebral cortex connect through descending pathways to hindbrain and spinal cord to activate muscle and generate movement. Although components…”
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Maturation and circuit integration of transplanted human cortical organoids
Published in Nature (London) (13-10-2022)“…Self-organizing neural organoids represent a promising in vitro platform with which to model human development and disease 1 – 5 . However, organoids lack the…”
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Loss of motoneuron-specific microRNA-218 causes systemic neuromuscular failure
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (18-12-2015)“…Dysfunction of microRNA (miRNA) metabolism is thought to underlie diseases affecting motoneurons. One miRNA, miR-218, is abundantly and selectively expressed…”
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Building Models of Brain Disorders with Three-Dimensional Organoids
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (24-10-2018)“…Disorders of the nervous system are challenging to study and treat due to the relative inaccessibility of functional human brain tissue for research. Stem…”
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Speed and segmentation control mechanisms characterized in rhythmically-active circuits created from spinal neurons produced from genetically-tagged embryonic stem cells
Published in eLife (14-02-2017)“…Flexible neural networks, such as the interconnected spinal neurons that control distinct motor actions, can switch their activity to produce different…”
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Detecting microRNA-mediated gene regulatory effects in murine neuronal subpopulations
Published in STAR protocols (18-03-2022)“…microRNAs (miRNAs) have unique gene regulatory effects in different neuronal subpopulations. Here, we describe a protocol to identify neuronal subtype-specific…”
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Mouse embryo models built from stem cells take shape in a dish
Published in Nature (London) (06-10-2022)“…Two groups have grown self-organizing models of mouse embryos from stem cells in vitro . The models mimic mid-gestation embryos, providing an unparalleled…”
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A hidden threshold in motor neuron gene networks revealed by modulation of miR-218 dose
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (20-10-2021)“…Disruption of homeostatic microRNA (miRNA) expression levels is known to cause human neuropathology. However, the gene regulatory and phenotypic effects of…”
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Conserved genetic signatures parcellate cardinal spinal neuron classes into local and projection subsets
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (23-04-2021)“…Motor and sensory functions of the spinal cord are mediated by populations of cardinal neurons arising from separate progenitor lineages. However, each…”
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Neuronal defects in a human cellular model of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
Published in Nature medicine (01-12-2020)“…22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is a highly penetrant and common genetic cause of neuropsychiatric disease. Here we generated induced pluripotent stem…”
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Single-cell transcriptomic landscape of the developing human spinal cord
Published in Nature neuroscience (01-05-2023)“…Understanding spinal cord assembly is essential to elucidate how motor behavior is controlled and how disorders arise. The human spinal cord is exquisitely…”
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Motor neurons use push-pull signals to direct vascular remodeling critical for their connectivity
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (21-12-2022)“…The nervous system requires metabolites and oxygen supplied by the neurovascular network, but this necessitates close apposition of neurons and endothelial…”
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Chemical scaffolds with structural similarities to siderophores of nonribosomal peptide–polyketide origin as novel antimicrobials against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Yersinia pestis
Published in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters (01-11-2011)“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and Yersinia pestis (Yp) produce siderophores with scaffolds of nonribosomal peptide–polyketide origin. Compounds with…”
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From stem cells to embryo models in the laboratory
Published in Nature (London) (06-10-2022)“…Mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) isolated from blastocysts can be maintained in culture7,8 and coaxed to generate specific cell lineages. The larger size of…”
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