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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2025

Midline assembloids reveal regulators of human axon guidance.

Massimo M Onesto, Neal D Amin, Chenjie Pan, Xiaoyu Chen, Ji-Il Kim, Noah Reis, Sabina Kanton, Alfredo M Valencia, Zuzana Hudacova, James P McQueen and 2 more

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Massimo M Onesto *Neurosciences Graduate Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9117-5145
Neal D Amin *Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2027-1329
Chenjie PanDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8455-4905
Xiaoyu ChenDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4009-8156
Ji-Il KimDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5710-7090
Noah ReisDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7258-2463
Sabina KantonDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Alfredo M ValenciaDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2432-9890
Zuzana HudacovaDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4419-4786
James P McQueenDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9136-865X
Marc Tessier-LavigneDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4403-1514
Sergiu P PașcaDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3216-3248

Funding

Human cellular model of midline crossing to study developmental neurological disordersR01NS136675 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Sergiu Pasca · 2025 to 2026
$1.2M
Modulating miR-218 in human motor neurons using assembloidsK08NS123544 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI AMIN, NEAL DILIP · 2022 to 2024
$653k
NINDS NIH HHS K08 NS123544NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS136675
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organizers orchestrate cell patterning and axon guidance in the developing nervous system. Although nonhuman models have led to fundamental discoveries about floor plate (FP)-mediated midline organization, an experimental model of the human FP would enable insights into human neurodevelopment and midline connectivity. Here, we developed organoids resembling human FP (hFpOs) and assembled them with human spinal cord organoids (hSpOs) to generate midline assembloids (hMAs). We demonstrate that hFpOs promote ventral patterning, commissural axon guidance, and bilateral connectivity. To investigate midline regulators, we profiled the hFpO secretome, identifying 27 human-enriched genes compared with mouse. In an arrayed CRISPR screen of hMAs, we discovered that loss of

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Axon GuidanceAxonsBody PatterningExodeoxyribonucleasesOrganoidsPhospholipase DPolypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferaseSpinal CordAnimalsHumansMiceN-AcetylgalactosaminyltransferasesExodeoxyribonucleasesGALNT2 protein, humanN-AcetylgalactosaminyltransferasesPhospholipase DPLD3 protein, humanPolypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase

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PMID40674484
PMCPMC12788182

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