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Synthetic Analyses of Single-Cell Transcriptomes from Multiple Brain Organoids and Fetal Brain
- Source :
- Cell Reports, Vol 30, Iss 6, Pp 1682-1689.e3 (2020), Cell reports
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2020.
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Abstract
- SUMMARY Human brain organoid systems offer unprecedented opportunities to investigate both neurodevelopmental and neurological disease. Single-cell-based transcriptomics or epigenomics have dissected the cellular and molecular heterogeneity in the brain organoids, revealing a complex organization. Similar but distinct protocols from different labs have been applied to generate brain organoids, providing a large resource to perform a comparative analysis of brain developmental processes. Here, we take a systematic approach to compare the single-cell transcriptomes of various human cortical brain organoids together with fetal brain to define the identity of specific cell types and differentiation routes in each method. Importantly, we identify unique developmental programs in each protocol compared to fetal brain, which will be a critical benchmark for the utility of human brain organoids in the future.<br />In Brief Tanaka et al. report integrative analyses of single-cell RNA-seq for human brain organoids derived from different protocols. They find a unique preference of cell differentiation routes across protocols and provide a benchmark for the use and the improvement of human brain organoids.<br />Graphical Abstract
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Male
Cell
Biology
Molecular heterogeneity
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Article
Fetal brain
Transcriptome
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Fetus
medicine
Organoid
Humans
lcsh:QH301-705.5
Epigenomics
Cell specific
Brain
Human brain
3. Good health
Organoids
030104 developmental biology
medicine.anatomical_structure
lcsh:Biology (General)
Female
Neuroscience
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22111247
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cell Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ff89a409ae4d4b4e2c4108ce296e29f7