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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

Hair Cell Generation in Cochlear Culture Models Mediated by Novel γ-Secretase Inhibitors.

Silvia T Erni, John C Gill, Carlotta Palaferri, Gabriella Fernandes, Michelle Buri, Katherine Lazarides, Denis Grandgirard, Albert S B Edge, Stephen L Leib, Marta Roccio

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Silvia T ErniNeuroinfection Laboratory, Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
John C GillAudion Therapeutics B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Carlotta PalaferriNeuroinfection Laboratory, Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Gabriella FernandesNeuroinfection Laboratory, Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Michelle BuriNeuroinfection Laboratory, Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Katherine LazaridesAudion Therapeutics B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Denis GrandgirardNeuroinfection Laboratory, Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Albert S B EdgeMassachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, United States.
Stephen L LeibNeuroinfection Laboratory, Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Marta RoccioCluster for Regenerative Neuroscience, Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
University of Bern · CHMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sensorineural hearing loss is prevalent within society affecting the quality of life of 460 million worldwide. In the majority of cases, this is due to insult or degeneration of mechanosensory hair cells in the cochlea. In adult mammals, hair cell loss is irreversible as sensory cells are not replaced spontaneously. Genetic inhibition of Notch signaling had been shown to induce hair cell formation by transdifferentiation of supporting cells in young postnatal rodents and provided an impetus for targeting Notch pathway with small molecule inhibitors for hearing restoration. Here, the oto-regenerative potential of different γ-secretase inhibitors (GSIs) was evaluated in complementary assay models, including cell lines, organotypic cultures of the organ of Corti and cochlear organoids to characterize two novel GSIs (CPD3 and CPD8). GSI-treatment induced hair cell gene expression in all these models and was effective in increasing hair cell numbers, in particular outer hair cells, both in baseline conditions and in response to ototoxic damage. Hair cells were generated from transdifferentiation of supporting cells. Similar findings were obtained in cochlear organoid cultures, used for the first time to probe regeneration following sisomicin-induced damage. Finally, effective absorption of a novel GSI through the round window membrane and hair cell induction was attained in a whole cochlea culture model and

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cochlear organoidsdrug therapygamma secretase inhibitorhair cell regenerationNotch signalingsensorineural hearing loss

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PMID34485296
PMCPMC8414802
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