Cross-species transcriptomic analysis of rodent model fidelity to human mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
Joonho Kim, Sangbo Lee, Bora Kim, Kyoung Hoon Jeong, Soojin Park, Soomi Cho, Hoon-Chul Kang, Won-Joo Kim, Sangwoo Kim · 2026
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Description
Joonho Kim's team weighed rodent seizure models against human mesial temple-side lobe seizure gene readouts to judge which model best mirrors the human disease. Mesial temple-side lobe seizures are a common drug-stubborn form, and many rodent models reproduce seahorse-shaped seizure-making, but small-scale fidelity was unclear.
The team integrated 694 human cases across twelve data sets with 362 rodent samples across thirteen data sets. They showed junction failure plus elevated nerve swelling and glia growth in chronic drug-stubborn disease. In-brain kainate best mimicked seahorse-hardening cases, while piercing path prodding matched non-hardening cases through junction rewiring, guiding model selection.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Joonho Kim, Sangbo Lee, Bora Kim, Kyoung Hoon Jeong, Soojin Park, Soomi Cho, Hoon-Chul Kang, Won-Joo Kim, Sangwoo Kim |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 77 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |