{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Simone C"],"funding":["Telethon"],"pagination":["297-311"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4176534"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["3(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1 (SMARD1) is a motor neuron disease caused by mutations in the IGHMBP2 gene, without a cure. Here, we demonstrate that neural stem cells (NSCs) from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have therapeutic potential in the context of SMARD1. We show that upon transplantation NSCs can appropriately engraft and differentiate in the spinal cord of SMARD1 animals, ameliorating their phenotype, by protecting their endogenous motor neurons. To evaluate the effect of NSCs in the context of human disease, we generated human SMARD1-iPSCs motor neurons that had a significantly reduced survival and axon length. Notably, the coculture with NSCs ameliorate these disease features, an effect attributable to the production of neurotrophic factor"],"journal":["Stem cell reports"],"pubmed_title":["iPSC-Derived neural stem cells act via kinase inhibition to exert neuroprotective effects in spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1."],"pmcid":["PMC4176534"],"funding_grant_id":["GGP10062"],"pubmed_authors":["Riboldi G","Nizzardo M","Rizzo F","Salani S","Corti S","Bresolin N","Ruggieri M","Comi GP","Bucchia M","Simone C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"iPSC-Derived neural stem cells act via kinase inhibition to exert neuroprotective effects in spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1.","description":"Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1 (SMARD1) is a motor neuron disease caused by mutations in the IGHMBP2 gene, without a cure. Here, we demonstrate that neural stem cells (NSCs) from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have therapeutic potential in the context of SMARD1. We show that upon transplantation NSCs can appropriately engraft and differentiate in the spinal cord of SMARD1 animals, ameliorating their phenotype, by protecting their endogenous motor neurons. To evaluate the effect of NSCs in the context of human disease, we generated human SMARD1-iPSCs motor neurons that had a significantly reduced survival and axon length. Notably, the coculture with NSCs ameliorate these disease features, an effect attributable to the production of neurotrophic factor","dates":{"release":"2014-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2014 Aug","modification":"2026-05-04T23:36:28.542Z","creation":"2019-03-27T01:36:33Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4176534","cross_references":{"pubmed":["25254343"],"doi":["10.1016/j.stemcr.2014.06.004"]}}