Organoids as a new model system to study neural tube defects.
FASEB J
; 35(4): e21545, 2021 04.
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| ID: mdl-33729606
ABSTRACT
The neural tube is the first critically important structure that develops in the embryo. It serves as the primordium of the central nervous system; therefore, the proper formation of the neural tube is essential to the developing organism. Neural tube defects (NTDs) are severe congenital defects caused by failed neural tube closure during early embryogenesis. The pathogenesis of NTDs is complicated and still not fully understood even after decades of research. While it is an ethically impossible proposition to investigate the in vivo formation process of the neural tube in human embryos, a newly developed technology involving the creation of neural tube organoids serves as an excellent model system with which to study human neural tube formation and the occurrence of NTDs. Herein we reviewed the recent literature on the process of neural tube formation, the progress of NTDs investigations, and particularly the exciting potential to use neural tube organoids to model the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the etiology of NTDs.
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Organoides
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Sistema Nervoso Central
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Embrião de Mamíferos
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Tubo Neural
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Defeitos do Tubo Neural
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Animals
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article