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Stem cell models of Alzheimer’s disease: progress and challenges

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Arber, Charles, Lovejoy, Christopher, Wray, Selina·2017·Alzheimer's Research & Therapy

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A major challenge to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been the lack of physiologically relevant in vitro models which capture the precise patient genome, in the cell type of interest, with physiological expression levels of the gene(s) of interest. Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology, together with advances in 2D and 3D neuronal differentiation, offers a unique opportunity to overcome this challenge and generate a limitless supply of human neurons for in vitro studies. iPSC-neuron models have been widely employed to model AD and we discuss in this review the progress that has been made to date using patient-derived neurons to recapitulate key aspects of AD pathology and how these models have contributed to a deeper understanding of AD molecular mechanisms, as well as addressing the key challenges posed by using this technology and what progress is being made to overcome these. Finally, we highlight future directions for the use of iPSC-neurons in AD research and highlight the potential value of this technology to neurodegenerative research in the coming years.

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  • Monolayer cultures of microglia have been widely used to study basic functions of microglia, such as migration and phagocytosis.

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Authors
Arber, C., Lovejoy, C., & Wray, S.
Affiliations
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology (GB)
Corresponding author
Wray, Selina
Venue
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
Published
2017-06-13
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
42-42
ISSN
1758-9193 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2624768339
Cited by
143
References
157
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 26 · 2018: 19
FWCI
2.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Alzheimer s Research & Therapy (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Alzheimer’s Research UK
  • National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research
  • National Institute for Health Research
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease, induced pluripotent stem cells, iPSC-derived neurons, patient-derived neurons, neuronal differentiation, in vitro disease model, neurodegeneration
MeSH terms
Alzheimer Disease, Animals, Cells, Cultured, Disease Models, Animal, Humans, Organoids, Tissue Engineering, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, Neural Stem Cells, Batch Cell Culture Techniques

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