Novel epigenetic clock for fetal brain development predicts prenatal age for cellular stem cell models and derived neurons.
Leonard C. Steg, Gemma L. Shireby, Jennifer L. Imm, Jonathan P. Davies, Alice Franklin, Robert J. Flynn, Seema Chandramohan Namboori, Akshay Bhinge, Aaron R. Jeffries, Joe Burrage, Grant W. A. Neilson, Emma Walker, Leo Perfect, Jack Price, Grainne Mary McAlonan, , Eilis J. Hannon
The paper develops a novel epigenetic clock for fetal brain development to predict prenatal age in iPSCs and derived neurons, showing they remain epigenetically fetal despite differentiation.
Molecular Brain · Jun 26, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience