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Transcriptional Programming of Human Mechanosensory Neuron Subtypes from Pluripotent Stem Cells.
Cell reports - 21 Jan 2020
Nickolls Alec R, Lee Michelle M, Espinoza David F, Szczot Marcin, Lam Ruby M, Wang Qi, Beers Jeanette, Zou Jizhong, Nguyen Minh Q, Solinski Hans J, AlJanahi Aisha A, Johnson Kory R, Ward Michael E, Chesler Alexander T, Bönnemann Carsten G
Abstract excerpt
Efficient and homogeneous in vitro generation of peripheral sensory neurons may provide a framework for novel drug screening platforms and disease models of touch and pain. We discover that, by overexpressing NGN2 and BRN3A, human pluripotent stem cells can be transcriptionally programmed to differentiate into a surprisingly uniform culture of cold- and mechano-sensing neurons. Although such a neuronal subtype is...
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