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Prem S, Millonig JH, DiCicco-Bloom E. Dysregulation of Neurite Outgrowth and Cell Migration in Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders. ADVANCES IN NEUROBIOLOGY 2020; 25:109-153. [PMID: 32578146 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-45493-7_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Despite decades of study, elucidation of the underlying etiology of complex developmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), schizophrenia (SCZ), intellectual disability (ID), and bipolar disorder (BPD) has been hampered by the inability to study human neurons, the heterogeneity of these disorders, and the relevance of animal model systems. Moreover, a majority of these developmental disorders have multifactorial or idiopathic (unknown) causes making them difficult to model using traditional methods of genetic alteration. Examination of the brains of individuals with ASD and other developmental disorders in both post-mortem and MRI studies shows defects that are suggestive of dysregulation of embryonic and early postnatal development. For ASD, more recent genetic studies have also suggested that risk genes largely converge upon the developing human cerebral cortex between weeks 8 and 24 in utero. Yet, an overwhelming majority of studies in autism rodent models have focused on postnatal development or adult synaptic transmission defects in autism related circuits. Thus, studies looking at early developmental processes such as proliferation, cell migration, and early differentiation, which are essential to build the brain, are largely lacking. Yet, interestingly, a few studies that did assess early neurodevelopment found that alterations in brain structure and function associated with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) begin as early as the initial formation and patterning of the neural tube. By the early to mid-2000s, the derivation of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and later induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) allowed us to study living human neural cells in culture for the first time. Specifically, iPSCs gave us the unprecedented ability to study cells derived from individuals with idiopathic disorders. Studies indicate that iPSC-derived neural cells, whether precursors or "matured" neurons, largely resemble cortical cells of embryonic humans from weeks 8 to 24. Thus, these cells are an excellent model to study early human neurodevelopment, particularly in the context of genetically complex diseases. Indeed, since 2011, numerous studies have assessed developmental phenotypes in neurons derived from individuals with both genetic and idiopathic forms of ASD and other NDDs. However, while iPSC-derived neurons are fetal in nature, they are post-mitotic and thus cannot be used to study developmental processes that occur before terminal differentiation. Moreover, it is important to note that during the 8-24-week window of human neurodevelopment, neural precursor cells are actively undergoing proliferation, migration, and early differentiation to form the basic cytoarchitecture of the brain. Thus, by studying NPCs specifically, we could gain insight into how early neurodevelopmental processes contribute to the pathogenesis of NDDs. Indeed, a few studies have explored NPC phenotypes in NDDs and have uncovered dysregulations in cell proliferation. Yet, few studies have explored migration and early differentiation phenotypes of NPCs in NDDs. In this chapter, we will discuss cell migration and neurite outgrowth and the role of these processes in neurodevelopment and NDDs. We will begin by reviewing the processes that are important in early neurodevelopment and early cortical development. We will then delve into the roles of neurite outgrowth and cell migration in the formation of the brain and how errors in these processes affect brain development. We also provide review of a few key molecules that are involved in the regulation of neurite outgrowth and migration while discussing how dysregulations in these molecules can lead to abnormalities in brain structure and function thereby highlighting their contribution to pathogenesis of NDDs. Then we will discuss whether neurite outgrowth, migration, and the molecules that regulate these processes are associated with ASD. Lastly, we will review the utility of iPSCs in modeling NDDs and discuss future goals for the study of NDDs using this technology.
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- Smrithi Prem
- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology/Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
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McAllister JP, Guerra MM, Ruiz LC, Jimenez AJ, Dominguez-Pinos D, Sival D, den Dunnen W, Morales DM, Schmidt RE, Rodriguez EM, Limbrick DD. Ventricular Zone Disruption in Human Neonates With Intraventricular Hemorrhage. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2017; 76:358-375. [PMID: 28521038 DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nlx017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
To determine if ventricular zone (VZ) and subventricular zone (SVZ) alterations are associated with intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus, we compared postmortem frontal and subcortical brain samples from 12 infants with IVH and 3 nonneurological disease controls without hemorrhages or ventriculomegaly. Birth and expiration estimated gestational ages were 23.0-39.1 and 23.7-44.1 weeks, respectively; survival ranges were 0-42 days (median, 2.0 days). Routine histology and immunohistochemistry for neural stem cells (NSCs), neural progenitors (NPs), multiciliated ependymal cells (ECs), astrocytes (AS), and cell adhesion molecules were performed. Controls exhibited monociliated NSCs and multiciliated ECs lining the ventricles, abundant NPs in the SVZ, and medial vs. lateral wall differences with a complex mosaic organization in the latter. In IVH cases, normal VZ/SVZ areas were mixed with foci of NSC and EC loss, eruption of cells into the ventricle, cytoplasmic transposition of N-cadherin, subependymal rosettes, and periventricular heterotopia. Mature AS populated areas believed to be sites of VZ disruption. The cytopathology and extension of the VZ disruption correlated with developmental age but not with brain hemorrhage grade or location. These results corroborate similar findings in congenital hydrocephalus in animals and humans and indicate that VZ disruption occurs consistently in premature neonates with IVH.
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- James P McAllister
- From the Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (JPM, LCR, DMM, DDL); Instituto de Antomía, Histologia y Patologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile (MMG, EMR); Instituto de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Malaga, Malaga, Spain and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IBIMA), Malaga, Spain (AJJ, DDP); Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands (DS, WD); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (RES); and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (DDL)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (JPM, LCR, DMM, DDL); Instituto de Antomía, Histologia y Patologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile (MMG, EMR); Instituto de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Malaga, Malaga, Spain and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IBIMA), Malaga, Spain (AJJ, DDP); Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands (DS, WD); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (RES); and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (DDL)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (JPM, LCR, DMM, DDL); Instituto de Antomía, Histologia y Patologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile (MMG, EMR); Instituto de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Malaga, Malaga, Spain and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IBIMA), Malaga, Spain (AJJ, DDP); Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands (DS, WD); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (RES); and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (DDL)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (JPM, LCR, DMM, DDL); Instituto de Antomía, Histologia y Patologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile (MMG, EMR); Instituto de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Malaga, Malaga, Spain and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IBIMA), Malaga, Spain (AJJ, DDP); Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands (DS, WD); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (RES); and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (DDL)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (JPM, LCR, DMM, DDL); Instituto de Antomía, Histologia y Patologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile (MMG, EMR); Instituto de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Malaga, Malaga, Spain and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IBIMA), Malaga, Spain (AJJ, DDP); Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands (DS, WD); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (RES); and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (DDL)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (JPM, LCR, DMM, DDL); Instituto de Antomía, Histologia y Patologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile (MMG, EMR); Instituto de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Malaga, Malaga, Spain and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IBIMA), Malaga, Spain (AJJ, DDP); Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands (DS, WD); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (RES); and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (DDL)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (JPM, LCR, DMM, DDL); Instituto de Antomía, Histologia y Patologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile (MMG, EMR); Instituto de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Malaga, Malaga, Spain and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IBIMA), Malaga, Spain (AJJ, DDP); Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands (DS, WD); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (RES); and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (DDL)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (JPM, LCR, DMM, DDL); Instituto de Antomía, Histologia y Patologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile (MMG, EMR); Instituto de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Malaga, Malaga, Spain and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IBIMA), Malaga, Spain (AJJ, DDP); Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands (DS, WD); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (RES); and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (DDL)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (JPM, LCR, DMM, DDL); Instituto de Antomía, Histologia y Patologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile (MMG, EMR); Instituto de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Malaga, Malaga, Spain and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IBIMA), Malaga, Spain (AJJ, DDP); Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands (DS, WD); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (RES); and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (DDL)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (JPM, LCR, DMM, DDL); Instituto de Antomía, Histologia y Patologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile (MMG, EMR); Instituto de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Malaga, Malaga, Spain and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IBIMA), Malaga, Spain (AJJ, DDP); Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands (DS, WD); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (RES); and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (DDL)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (JPM, LCR, DMM, DDL); Instituto de Antomía, Histologia y Patologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile (MMG, EMR); Instituto de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Malaga, Malaga, Spain and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IBIMA), Malaga, Spain (AJJ, DDP); Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands (DS, WD); Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (RES); and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (DDL)
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Hu J, Lu J, Goyal A, Wong T, Lian G, Zhang J, Hecht JL, Feng Y, Sheen VL. Opposing FlnA and FlnB interactions regulate RhoA activation in guiding dynamic actin stress fiber formation and cell spreading. Hum Mol Genet 2017; 26:1294-1304. [PMID: 28175289 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddx047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Filamins are a family of actin-binding proteins responsible for diverse biological functions in the context of regulating actin dynamics and vesicle trafficking. Disruption of these proteins has been implicated in multiple human developmental disorders. To investigate the roles of different filamin isoforms, we focused on FlnA and FlnB interactions in the cartilage growth plate, since mutations in both molecules cause chondrodysplasias. Current studies show that FlnA and FlnB share a common function in stabilizing the actin cytoskeleton, they physically interact in the cytoplasm of chondrocytes, and loss of FlnA enhances FlnB expression of chondrocytes in the growth plate (and vice versa), suggesting compensation. Prolonged FlnB loss, however, promotes actin-stress fiber formation following plating onto an integrin activating substrate whereas FlnA inhibition leads to decreased actin formation. FlnA more strongly binds RhoA, although both filamins overlap with RhoA expression in the cell cytoplasm. FlnA promotes RhoA activation whereas FlnB indirectly inhibits this pathway. Moreover, FlnA loss leads to diminished expression of β1-integrin, whereas FlnB loss promotes integrin expression. Finally, fibronectin mediated integrin activation has been shown to activate RhoA and activated RhoA leads to stress fiber formation and cell spreading. Fibronectin stimulation in null FlnA cells impairs enhanced spreading whereas FlnB inhibited cells show enhanced spreading. While filamins serve a primary static function in stabilization of the actin cytoskeleton, these studies are the first to demonstrate a dynamic and antagonistic relationship between different filamin isoforms in the dynamic regulation of integrin expression, RhoGTPase activity and actin stress fiber remodeling.
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- Jianjun Hu
- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Wang PS, Chou FS, Ramachandran S, Xia S, Chen HY, Guo F, Suraneni P, Maher BJ, Li R. Crucial roles of the Arp2/3 complex during mammalian corticogenesis. Development 2016; 143:2741-52. [PMID: 27385014 PMCID: PMC5004905 DOI: 10.1242/dev.130542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2015] [Accepted: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
The polarity and organization of radial glial cells (RGCs), which serve as both stem cells and scaffolds for neuronal migration, are crucial for cortical development. However, the cytoskeletal mechanisms that drive radial glial outgrowth and maintain RGC polarity remain poorly understood. Here, we show that the Arp2/3 complex – the unique actin nucleator that produces branched actin networks – plays essential roles in RGC polarity and morphogenesis. Disruption of the Arp2/3 complex in murine RGCs retards process outgrowth toward the basal surface and impairs apical polarity and adherens junctions. Whereas the former is correlated with an abnormal actin-based leading edge, the latter is consistent with blockage in membrane trafficking. These defects result in altered cell fate, disrupted cortical lamination and abnormal angiogenesis. In addition, we present evidence that the Arp2/3 complex is a cell-autonomous regulator of neuronal migration. Our data suggest that Arp2/3-mediated actin assembly might be particularly important for neuronal cell motility in a soft or poorly adhesive matrix environment. Summary: During mouse cortical development, the Arp2/3 actin branching complex regulates process formation and the maintenance of radial glial cell polarity, as well as affecting neuronal migration.
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- Pei-Shan Wang
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 East 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 855 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 855 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Lieber Institute for Brain Development, 855 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 East 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Robert Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Lieber Institute for Brain Development, 855 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 4940 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, MD 21224, USA Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 725 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 East 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 855 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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