Rosati, Jessica http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4483-386X
Ferrari, Daniela
Altieri, Filomena
Tardivo, Silvia
Ricciolini, Claudia
Fusilli, Caterina http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7497-0657
Zalfa, Cristina
Profico, Daniela C.
Pinos, Francesca
Bernardini, Laura
Torres, Barbara
Manni, Isabella
Piaggio, Giulia http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2114-1892
Binda, Elena
Copetti, Massimiliano
Lamorte, Giuseppe
Mazza, Tommaso http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0434-8533
Carella, Massimo
Gelati, Maurizio
Valente, Enza Maria
Simeone, Antonio
Vescovi, Angelo L.
Article History
Received: 12 February 2018
Revised: 30 July 2018
Accepted: 1 August 2018
First Online: 17 September 2018
Conflict of interest
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The hiPSCs were derived from skin biopsies of two healthy human subjects who signed fully informed consent forms. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the standards of the Ethics Committee of the Institute “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”. Human foetal brain tissue specimens, all derived from the forebrain, were routinely collected from foetuses that had undergone natural, spontaneous in utero death (miscarriage) at gestational ages beyond the eighth post-conceptional week. Tissue procurement was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Institute “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza” and was possible exclusively after receiving the mother’s informed written consent. Furthermore, specimen collection and medical procedures were in full accord with the Helsinki declaration (WMA Declaration of Helsinki—Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects).