Project information
Studying early development of Alzheimer's disease pathology using brain organoids

Information

This project doesn't include Faculty of Science. It includes Faculty of Medicine. Official project website can be found on muni.cz.
Project Identification
MUNI/LF-SUp/1221/2022
Project Period
1/2023 - 12/2023
Investor / Pogramme / Project type
Masaryk University
MU Faculty or unit
Faculty of Medicine

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting the population worldwide. Currently, iPSCs have been used to create cerebral organoids (COs), which can adequately mimic AD in vitro. These models can also mimic the early development of the brain, and they can thus help to understand the initiation steps and molecular mechanisms of AD. This project aims to uncover mechanisms that lead to the development of AD. We plan to derive COs from fAD iPSCs (and respective non-demented controls) and perform bulk mRNA sequencing of several timepoints during early neural development. Our preliminary data suggest that the early developmental phase and deregulated signaling pathways underlie the development of early-onset familial AD.

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Sustainable Development Goal No.  3 – Good health and well-being Sustainable Development Goal No.  4 – Quality education

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