Differentiation of brain and retinal organoids from confluent cultures of pluripotent stem cells connected by nerve-like axonal projections of optic origin. Milan Fernando, Scott Lee, Jesse R. Wark, Di Xiao, Hani J. Kim, Grady C. Smith, Ted Wong, Erdahl T. Teber, Robin R. Ali, Pengyi Yang, Mark E. Graham, Anai Gonzalez-Cordero 2022, Stem Cell Reports; doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2022.04.003.
Bioelectric potential in next-generation organoids: electrical stimulation to enhance 3D structures of the Central Nervous System. Michelle O’Hara-Wright, Sahba Mobini, Anai Gonzalez-Cordero. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 17 May 2022; doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2022.901652.
Antioxidant and lipid supplementation improve the development of photoreceptor outer segments in pluripotent stem cell-derived retinal organoids. West EL, Majunder P, Naeem A, Fernando M, O'Hara-Wright M, Lanning E, Kloc M, Ribeiro J, Ovando-Roche P, Shum IO, Jumbu N, Sampson R, Hayes M, Bainbridge JWB, Georgiadis A, Smith AJ, Gonzalez-Cordero A, Ali RR. 2022, Stem Cell Reports. 2022 Mar 15:S2213-6711(22)00132-1. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2022.02.019.
Human iPSC-Derived Retinal Organoids and Retinal Pigment Epithelium for Novel Intronic RPGR Variant Assessment for Therapy Suitability. Chahine Karam F, Loi TH, Ma A, Nash BM, Grigg JR, Parekh D, Riley LG, Farnsworth E, Bennetts B, Gonzalez-Cordero A, Jamieson RV. 2022, J Pers Med. 2022 Mar 21;12(3):502. doi: 10.3390/jpm12030502.
AAV-p40 bioengineering platform for variant selection based on transgene expression. Westhaus A, Cabanes Creus M, Jonker T, Sallard E, Navarro RG, Zhu E, Baltazar G, Lee S, Wilmott P, Gonzalez-Cordero A, Santilli G, Thrasher AJ, Alexander IE, Lisowski L. 2022, Hum Gene Ther. 2022 Mar 17. doi: 10.1089/hum.2021.278.
Evaluation for Retinal Therapy for RPE65 Variation Assessed in hiPSC Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells. Nash BM, Loi TH, Fernando M, Sabri A, Robinson J, Cheng A, Eamegdool SS, Farnsworth E, Bennetts B, Grigg JR, Chung SK, Gonzalez-Cordero A, Jamieson RV. 2021, Stem Cells International. 2021:4536382. DOI: 10.1155/2021/4536382.
Nash BM, Loi TH, Fernando M, Sabri A, Robinson J, Cheng A, Eamegdool SS, Farnsworth E, Bennetts B, Grigg JR, Chung SK, Gonzalez-Cordero A, Jamieson RV. 2021 Evaluation for Retinal Therapy for RPE65 Variation Assessed in hiPSC Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells. Stem Cells Int. Dec 13;2021:4536382.
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