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Zbtb20 Promotes Astrocytogenesis during Neocortical Development
Investigators showed that Zbtb20 regulates astrocyte specification in the mouse neocortex. Zbtb20 is highly expressed in late-stage neural precursor cells and their astrocytic progeny. [Nat Commun] Full Article
A Subcutaneous Cellular Implant for Passive Immunization against Amyloid-β Reduces Brain Amyloid and Tau Pathologies
When encapsulated cells were implanted before the onset of amyloid plaque deposition in TauPS2APP mice, chronic exposure to anti-amyloid-β antibodies dramatically reduced amyloid-β40 and amyloid-β42 levels in the brain, decreased amyloid plaque burden, and most notably, prevented phospho-tau pathology in the hippocampus. [Brain] Full Article
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Alternative Splicing of G9a Regulates Neuronal Differentiation
The authors found that the G9a methyltransferase is required for differentiation of the mouse neuronal cell line N2a and that exon 10 inclusion increases during neuronal differentiation of cultured cells, as well as in the developing mouse brain. [Cell Rep] Full Article
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Differential Response of Patient-Derived Primary Glioblastoma Cells to Environmental Stiffness
Scientists compared the rigidity-response of primary patient-derived glioblastoma lines. Cells were plated on polyacrylamide gels of defined rigidity that reflect the diversity of the brain tissue mechanical environment, and cell morphology and migration were analyzed by time-lapse microscopy. [Sci Rep] Full Article
The miR-20-Rest-Wnt Signaling Axis Regulates Neural Progenitor Cell Differentiation
Researchers screened the differential expression patterns of miRNAs between two dimensional cultured and three dimensional cultured neural progenitor cells (NPCs) using microarray analysis. Among these differentially expressed miRNAs, miR-20 was found to increase during differentiation of NPCs. [Sci Rep] Full Article
Establishment of In Vitro FUS-Associated Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Model Using Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Cell-derived motor neurons mimicked several neurodegenerative phenotypes including mis-localization of fused-in sarcoma (FUS) into cytosolic and stress granules under stress conditions, and cellular vulnerability. [Stem Cell Reports] Full Article
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Estradiol Facilitates Functional Integration of iPSC-Derived Dopaminergic Neurons into Striatal Neuronal Circuits via Activation of Integrin α5β1
Using wheat-germ agglutinin-based transsynaptic tracing, the authors showed that integrin α5 is selectively expressed in striatal neurons that are innervated by midbrain dopaminergic neurons. [Stem Cell Reports] Full Article
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Using Primate Neural Stem Cells Cultured in Self-Assembling Peptide Nanofiber Scaffolds to Repair Injured Spinal Cords in Rats
Neural stem cells (NSCs) and NSCs cultured in self-assembling peptide nanofiber scaffolds could be induced to differentiate into neurons, glial cells and oligodendrocytes in vitro. [Spinal Cord] Abstract
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CIRM Grant to Fund Proposed Stem Cell Trials for ALS
The Independent Citizens Oversight Committee of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) approved a $6.3 million grant to a research team from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and University of California, Davis to pursue a novel human embryonic stem cell-based therapy to rescue and restore neurons devastated by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. [University of California, San Diego] Press Release
City of Hope Research Team Receives $7.38 Million Grant from California’s Stem Cell Agency
City of Hope announced that a research team led by Yanhong Shi, Ph.D., director of the Division of Stem Cell Biology Research, has received a $7.38 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to develop a novel treatment for Canavan disease, a rare and fatal neurological disease that afflicts infants. [City of Hope (Business Wire)] Press Release
Stem Cell Researcher Tracy Grikscheit Awarded $7.1 Million by CIRM
Tracy C. Grikscheit, a principal investigator with USC Stem Cell and The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, has received a $7.1 million grant from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine Translational Research program to develop a cellular therapy for the treatment of nerve disorders of the digestive system. [Keck School of Medicine of USC] Press Release
U-M Neuroscientist Receives Javits Award to Continue Studying How Brain Tumors Thwart the Immune System
U-M neuroscientist Maria G. Castro, Ph.D., has been selected to receive the 2016 Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award, an honor that provides up to seven years of research funding for her brain tumor work. These funds will support Castro’s research with the ultimate aim to develop novel immunotherapies for brain cancer, studying basic immune-biology mechanisms leading to clinical implementation. [University of Michigan] Press Release
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