Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Improved modeling of human AD with an automated culturing platform for iPSC neurons, astrocytes and microglia

  • Reina Bassil,
  • Kenneth Shields,
  • Kevin Granger,
  • Ivan Zein,
  • Shirley Ng,
  • Ben Chih

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25344-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 21

Abstract

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Human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) cells have been used to model disease in specific cell types. Here, the authors develop an automated long-term culturing platform of human iPSC neurons, astrocytes, and microglia and use it to model some cellular aspects of Alzheimer’s disease.