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ArticleCommunications biology2022

Single-cell transcriptomics of human iPSC differentiation dynamics reveal a core molecular network of Parkinson's disease.

Gabriela Novak, Dimitrios Kyriakis, Kamil Grzyb, Michela Bernini, Sophie Rodius, Gunnar Dittmar, Steven Finkbeiner, Alexander Skupin

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Article in Communications biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Gabriela NovakThe Integrative Cell Signalling Group, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. gabriela.novak@alumni.utoronto.ca.ORCID 0000-0003-2719-3669
Dimitrios KyriakisThe Integrative Cell Signalling Group, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.ORCID 0000-0003-1643-2310
Kamil GrzybThe Integrative Cell Signalling Group, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Michela BerniniThe Integrative Cell Signalling Group, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Sophie RodiusDepartment of Infection and Immunity, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Strassen, Luxembourg.
Gunnar DittmarDepartment of Infection and Immunity, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Strassen, Luxembourg.ORCID 0000-0003-3647-8623
Steven FinkbeinerCenter for Systems and Therapeutics, the Gladstone Institutes and Departments of Neurology and Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3480-394X
Alexander SkupinThe Integrative Cell Signalling Group, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. alexander.skupin@uni.lu.ORCID 0000-0002-8955-8304
University of Luxembourg · LUGladstone Institutes · USLuxembourg Institute of Health · LU

Funding

The proteasome in aging and neurodegenerative diseaseP01AG054407 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI FINLEY, DANIEL J · 2018 to 2022
$14.0M
Dysfunction of the Autophagy-Lysosomal Pathway as a Common Mechanism of NeurodegenerationRF1AG058476 · NIA · J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES · PI FINKBEINER, STEVEN M · 2017 to 2018
$4.1M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG054407NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG058476
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second-most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons (mDA) in the midbrain. The underlying mechanisms are only partly understood and there is no treatment to reverse PD progression. Here, we investigated the disease mechanism using mDA neurons differentiated from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) carrying the ILE368ASN mutation within the PINK1 gene, which is strongly associated with PD. Single-cell RNA sequencing (RNAseq) and gene expression analysis of a PINK1-ILE368ASN and a control cell line identified genes differentially expressed during mDA neuron differentiation. Network analysis revealed that these genes form a core network, members of which interact with all known 19 protein-coding Parkinson's disease-associated genes. This core network encompasses key PD-associated pathways, including ubiquitination, mitochondrial function, protein processing, RNA metabolism, and vesicular transport. Proteomics analysis showed a consistent alteration in proteins of dopamine metabolism, indicating a defect of dopaminergic metabolism in PINK1-ILE368ASN neurons. Our findings suggest the existence of a network onto which pathways associated with PD pathology converge, and offers an inclusive interpretation of the phenotypic heterogeneity of PD.

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MutationTranscriptomeCell DifferentiationGene Expression ProfilingHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsNeurogenesisParkinson DiseaseProtein KinasesPTEN-Induced Putative KinaseSequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell AnalysisProtein KinasesPTEN-Induced Putative Kinase

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PMID35027645
PMCPMC8758783
OpenAlexW4206442947

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