Creating Patient-Specific Neural Cells for the in Vitro Study of Brain Disorders

  • Kristen J. Brennand
  • , M. Carol Marchetto
  • , Nissim Benvenisty
  • , Oliver Brüstle
  • , Allison Ebert
  • , Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte
  • , Ajamete Kaykas
  • , Madeline A. Lancaster
  • , Frederick J. Livesey
  • , Michael J. McConnell
  • , Ronald D. McKay
  • , Eric M. Morrow
  • , Alysson R. Muotri
  • , David M. Panchision
  • , Lee L. Rubin
  • , Akira Sawa
  • , Frank Soldner
  • , Hongjun Song
  • , Lorenz Studer
  • , Sally Temple
  • Flora M. Vaccarino, Jun Wu, Pierre Vanderhaeghen, Fred H. Gage, Rudolf Jaenisch

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Abstract

As a group, we met to discuss the current challenges for creating meaningful patient-specific in vitro models to study brain disorders. Although the convergence of findings between laboratories and patient cohorts provided us confidence and optimism that hiPSC-based platforms will inform future drug discovery efforts, a number of critical technical challenges remain. This opinion piece outlines our collective views on the current state of hiPSC-based disease modeling and discusses what we see to be the critical objectives that must be addressed collectively as a field.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)933-945
Number of pages13
JournalStem Cell Reports
Volume5
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Dec 2015

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