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Altered energy metabolism in Fatal Familial Insomnia cerebral organoids is associated with astrogliosis and neuronal dysfunction.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jan 2023
Foliaki Simote T, Smith Anna, Schwarz Benjamin, Bohrnsen Eric, Bosio Catharine M, Williams Katie, Orrú Christina D, Lachenauer Hailey, Groveman Bradley R, Haigh Cathryn L
Abstract excerpt
Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a rare neurodegenerative disease caused by a dominantly inherited single amino acid substitution (D178N) within the prion protein (PrP). No in vitro human brain tissue model for this disease has previously been available. Consequently, how this mutation exerts its damaging effect on brain cells is still unknown. Using CRISPR-Cas9 engineered induced pluripotent stem cells, we made...
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