Using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) to model human neuromuscular connectivity: Promise or reality?

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 122-130

  Thomson, Sophie R ^a   Wishart, Thomas M ^a,b   Patani, Rickie ^c,d   Chandran, Siddharthan ^a   Gillingwater, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; In vitro model; Neuromuscular junction; Spinal muscular atrophy; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

COCULTURE; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE FIBER CULTURE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SYNAPSES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84855447114     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01459.x     Document Type: Review

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