Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

CryoET reveals organelle phenotypes in huntington disease patient iPSC-derived and mouse primary neurons

  • Gong-Her Wu,
  • Charlene Smith-Geater,
  • Jesús G. Galaz-Montoya,
  • Yingli Gu,
  • Sanket R. Gupte,
  • Ranen Aviner,
  • Patrick G. Mitchell,
  • Joy Hsu,
  • Ricardo Miramontes,
  • Keona Q. Wang,
  • Nicolette R. Geller,
  • Cathy Hou,
  • Cristina Danita,
  • Lydia-Marie Joubert,
  • Michael F. Schmid,
  • Serena Yeung,
  • Judith Frydman,
  • William Mobley,
  • Chengbiao Wu,
  • Leslie M. Thompson,
  • Wah Chiu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36096-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Huntington’s disease (HD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by a genetic mutation in the huntingtin gene (HTT). Here, cryo electron tomography provides insights into the morphology of the cells derived from patients with HD and mouse models of the disease.