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Molecular diversity of midbrain development in mouse, human, and stem cells

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La Manno, Gioele, Gyllborg, Daniel, Codeluppi, Simone, Nishimura, Kaneyasu, Salto, Carmen, Zeisel, Amit, Borm, Lars E., Stott, Simon R.W. +7 more·2016·Cell

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Understanding human embryonic ventral midbrain is of major interest for Parkinson's disease. However, the cell types, their gene expression dynamics, and their relationship to commonly used rodent models remain to be defined. We performed single-cell RNA sequencing to examine ventral midbrain development in human and mouse. We found 25 molecularly defined human cell types, including five subtypes of radial glia-like cells and four progenitors. In the mouse, two mature fetal dopaminergic neuron subtypes diversified into five adult classes during postnatal development. Cell types and gene expression were generally conserved across species, but with clear differences in cell proliferation, developmental timing, and dopaminergic neuron development. Additionally, we developed a method to quantitatively assess the fidelity of dopaminergic neurons derived from human pluripotent stem cells, at a single-cell level. Thus, our study provides insight into the molecular programs controlling human midbrain development and provides a foundation for the development of cell replacement therapies.

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La Manno, G., Gyllborg, D., Codeluppi, S., Nishimura, K., Salto, C., Zeisel, A., Borm, L. E., Stott, S. R. W., Toledo, E. M., Villaescusa, J. C., Lönnerberg, P., Ryge, J., Barker, R. A., Arenas, E., & Linnarsson, S.
Affiliations
  • Karolinska Institutet (SE)
  • Science for Life Laboratory (SE)
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
  • Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
Corresponding author
  • Arenas, Ernest
  • Linnarsson, Sten
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-10
Volume
167
Issue
2
Pages
566-580.e19
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2528543174
Cited by
835
References
71
Citations by year
2026: 60 · 2025: 81 · 2024: 84 · 2023: 87 · 2022: 100 · 2021: 103 · 2020: 111 · 2019: 87 · 2018: 72 · 2017: 44 · 2016: 3
FWCI
35.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
  • Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion)
  • Apollo (University of Cambridge) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Apollo (cc-by)
Funders
Medical Research Council (MC_PC_12009)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
Keywords
Parkinson's disease, dopaminergic neurons, radial glia-like cells, neural progenitor cells, cell type diversity, species conservation, postnatal development, human pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons, cell replacement therapy, single-cell transcriptomics
MeSH terms
Cellular Reprogramming Techniques, Machine Learning, Animals, Cell Line, Humans, Mesencephalon, Neuroglia, Sequence Analysis, RNA, Pluripotent Stem Cells, Mice, Neurogenesis, Neural Stem Cells, Single-Cell Analysis, Dopaminergic Neurons

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