Publications

Phelan-McDermid syndrome (PMS) is a rare genetic disease characterized by a global developmental delay with autism spectrum disorder. PMS is caused by loss of function mutations in the SHANK3 gene leading to SHANK3 protein haploinsufficiency. This study describes the generation of isogenic clones...

Alteration in the development, maturation, and projection of dopaminergic neurons has been proposed to be associated with several neurological and psychiatric disorders. Therefore, understanding the signals modulating the genesis of human dopaminergic neurons is crucial to elucidate disease etio...

Lesch-Nyhan disease (LND) is a X-linked genetic disease affecting boys characterized by complex neurological and neuropsychiatric symptoms. LND is caused by loss of function mutations in the HPRT1 gene leading to decrease activity of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase enzyme (HGPRT) ...

CRISPR/Cas9 editing systems are currently used to generate mutations in a particular gene to mimic a genetic disorder in vitro. Such "disease in a dish" models based on human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) offer the opportunity to have access to virtually all cell types of the human body. However...