Human organoids: tools for understanding biology and treating diseases

F Schutgens, H Clevers - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Organoids are in vitro–cultured three-dimensional structures that recapitulate key aspects of
in vivo organs. They can be established from pluripotent stem cells and from adult stem …

[PDF][PDF] A patient-derived glioblastoma organoid model and biobank recapitulates inter-and intra-tumoral heterogeneity

F Jacob, RD Salinas, DY Zhang, PTT Nguyen… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Glioblastomas exhibit vast inter-and intra-tumoral heterogeneity, complicating the
development of effective therapeutic strategies. Current in vitro models are limited in …

Microfluidics for drug development: from synthesis to evaluation

Y Liu, L Sun, H Zhang, L Shang, Y Zhao - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Drug development is a long process whose main content includes drug synthesis, drug
delivery, and drug evaluation. Compared with conventional drug development procedures …

[PDF][PDF] Long-term expansion of functional mouse and human hepatocytes as 3D organoids

H Hu, H Gehart, B Artegiani, C LÖpez-Iglesias… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
The mammalian liver possesses a remarkable regenerative ability. Two modes of damage
response have been described:(1) The" oval cell" response emanates from the biliary tree …

Resolving the fibrotic niche of human liver cirrhosis at single-cell level

P Ramachandran, R Dobie, JR Wilson-Kanamori… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Liver cirrhosis is a major cause of death worldwide and is characterized by extensive
fibrosis. There are currently no effective antifibrotic therapies available. To obtain a better …

[PDF][PDF] Tumor evolution and drug response in patient-derived organoid models of bladder cancer

SH Lee, W Hu, JT Matulay, MV Silva, TB Owczarek… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Bladder cancer is the fifth most prevalent cancer in the US, yet is understudied, and few
laboratory models exist that reflect the biology of the human disease. Here, we describe a …

High-resolution 3D imaging of fixed and cleared organoids

JF Dekkers, M Alieva, LM Wellens, HCR Ariese… - Nature protocols, 2019 - nature.com
In vitro 3D organoid systems have revolutionized the modeling of organ development and
diseases in a dish. Fluorescence microscopy has contributed to the characterization of the …

An organoid biobank for childhood kidney cancers that captures disease and tissue heterogeneity

C Calandrini, F Schutgens, R Oka, T Margaritis… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Kidney tumours are among the most common solid tumours in children, comprising distinct
subtypes differing in many aspects, including cell-of-origin, genetics, and pathology. Pre …

Patient-derived organoids from endometrial disease capture clinical heterogeneity and are amenable to drug screening

M Boretto, N Maenhoudt, X Luo, A Hennes… - Nature cell …, 2019 - nature.com
Endometrial disorders represent a major gynaecological burden. Current research models
fail to recapitulate the nature and heterogeneity of these diseases, thereby hampering …

Xenograft and organoid model systems in cancer research

M Bleijs, M van de Wetering, H Clevers, J Drost - The EMBO journal, 2019 - embopress.org
Patient‐derived tumour xenografts and tumour organoids have become important preclinical
model systems for cancer research. Both models maintain key features from their parental …