The neuron-glial interactions in neurodegeneration are not well understood due to inadequate tools and methods. Here, we describe optimized protocols to obtain induced neurons, oligodendrocyte precursor cells, and oligodendrocytes from human pluripotent stem cells and provide examples of the values of these methods in understanding cell-type-specific contributions in Alzheimer’s disease.
Assetta, B., Tang, C., Bian, J., O'Rourke, R., Connolly, K., Brickler, T., Chetty, S., Huang, Y. A. Generation of Human Neurons and Oligodendrocytes from Pluripotent Stem Cells for Modeling Neuron-Oligodendrocyte Interactions. J. Vis. Exp. (165), e61778, doi:10.3791/61778 (2020).