Journal
SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Volume 111, Issue -, Pages 4-14Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2020.05.026
Keywords
Brain organoid; Stem cell; Neurological disease; Disease modeling; 3D culture
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Funding
- National Institutes of Health [R37NS047344, R35NS1166843, R35NS097370, U19AI131130]
- Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation
- Blavatnik Family Fellowship in Biomedical Research
- SFARI
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Brain organoids, three-dimensional neural tissue structures generated from pluripotent stem cells, mimic the structure and diversity of cell types in the developing human brain. They offer opportunities to study various human neurological disorders and may lead to new therapeutic interventions with advancements in technology and analytical methods.
Neurological disorders are challenging to study given the complexity and species-specific features of the organ system. Brain organoids are three dimensional structured aggregates of neural tissue that are generated by self-organization and differentiation from pluripotent stem cells under optimized culture conditions. These brain organoids exhibit similar features of structural organization and cell type diversity as the developing human brain, creating opportunities to recapitulate disease phenotypes that are not otherwise accessible. Here we review the initial attempt in the field to apply brain organoid models for the study of many different types of human neurological disorders across a wide range of etiologies and pathophysiologies. Forthcoming advancements in both brain organoid technology as well as analytical methods have significant potentials to advance the understanding of neurological disorders and to uncover opportunities for meaningful therapeutic intervention.
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