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ArticleScience advances2025

Neurons derived from NeuroD1-expressing astrocytes transition through transit-amplifying intermediates but lack functional maturity.

Fangbing Chen, Xi Liu, Xiaowen Zhong, Xiaoqing Chen, Eva Nicholson, Kaiyi Liu, Huiyao Chen, Yifeng Lin, Yousheng Shu, Wenhao Zhou and 2 more

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Fangbing ChenInstitute of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4884-4419
Xi LiuInstitute for Translational Brain Research, Department of Neurosurgery, Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8720-5591
Xiaowen ZhongDepartment of Pediatrics, Brain Tumor Center, Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-5366-0143
Xiaoqing ChenDepartments of Neonatology, International Peace Maternity and Children Hospital of China Welfare Institution, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China.
Eva NicholsonDepartment of Pediatrics, Brain Tumor Center, Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-2486-270X
Kaiyi LiuInstitute of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, China.ORCID 0009-0001-6175-3765
Huiyao ChenCenter for Molecular Medicine, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4781-3941
Yifeng LinInstitute of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, China.
Yousheng ShuInstitute for Translational Brain Research, Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2834-2876
Wenhao ZhouKey Laboratory of Birth Defects, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8956-7238
Carol J SchuurmansSunnybrook Research Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3567-0058
Q Richard LuDepartment of Pediatrics, Brain Tumor Center, Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6846-9014

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In vivo conversion of nonneuronal cells into neurons is a proposed strategy to replace neurons lost to CNS injury or disease. Glia-to-neuron trans-differentiation by viral vector-mediated GFAP mini-promoter-driven NeuroD1 remains hotly debated. Developing inducible, lineage-traceable transgenic mice, we find that astrocyte-to-neuron conversion is restricted to a specific time window within the lesion core of injured spinal cord and brain. Spatiotemporal lineage-mapping combined with single-cell transcriptomics reveals that ectopic NeuroD1 induces astrocyte-to-neuron conversion specifically in lesion cores via transit-amplifying OLIG2

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AstrocytesBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsNeuronsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell LineageMiceMice, TransgenicBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsNeurod1 protein, mouse

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PMID40712017
PMCPMC12292922

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