[HTML][HTML] Multi-lineage human iPSC-derived platforms for disease modeling and drug discovery

A Sharma, S Sances, MJ Workman, CN Svendsen - Cell stem cell, 2020 - cell.com
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) provide a powerful platform for disease
modeling and have unlocked new possibilities for understanding the mechanisms governing …

Stem-cell-based embryo models for fundamental research and translation

J Fu, A Warmflash, MP Lutolf - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
Despite its importance, understanding the early phases of human development has been
limited by availability of human samples. The recent emergence of stem-cell-derived embryo …

Human neural tube morphogenesis in vitro by geometric constraints

E Karzbrun, AH Khankhel, HC Megale, SMK Glasauer… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Understanding human organ formation is a scientific challenge with far-reaching medical
implications,. Three-dimensional stem-cell cultures have provided insights into human cell …

Production of human spinal-cord organoids recapitulating neural-tube morphogenesis

JH Lee, H Shin, MR Shaker, HJ Kim, SH Park… - Nature Biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
Human spinal-cord-like tissues induced from human pluripotent stem cells are typically
insufficiently mature and do not mimic the morphological features of neurulation. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Primate gastrulation and early organogenesis at single-cell resolution

J Zhai, J Guo, H Wan, L Qi, L Liu, Z Xiao, L Yan… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Our understanding of human early development is severely hampered by limited access to
embryonic tissues. Due to their close evolutionary relationship with humans, nonhuman …

[HTML][HTML] Human embryonic development: from peri-implantation to gastrulation

J Zhai, Z Xiao, Y Wang, H Wang - Trends in cell biology, 2022 - cell.com
The basic body plan of the mammalian embryo is established through gastrulation, a pivotal
early postimplantation event during which the three major germ layers (endoderm …

[HTML][HTML] Human embryo research, stem cell-derived embryo models and in vitro gametogenesis: Considerations leading to the revised ISSCR guidelines

AT Clark, A Brivanlou, J Fu, K Kato, D Mathews… - Stem Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
Summary The ISSCR Guidelines for Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation were last
revised in 2016. Since then, rapid progress has been made in research areas related to in …

Vascularization of human brain organoids

TK Matsui, Y Tsuru, K Hasegawa, K Kuwako - Stem Cells, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Human brain organoids are three-dimensional tissues that are generated in vitro from
pluripotent stem cells and recapitulate the early development of the human brain. Brain …

[HTML][HTML] Neurulation of the cynomolgus monkey embryo achieved from 3D blastocyst culture

J Zhai, Y Xu, H Wan, R Yan, J Guo, R Skory, L Yan… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Neural tube (NT) defects arise from abnormal neurulation and result in the most common
birth defects worldwide. Yet, mechanisms of primate neurulation remain largely unknown …

Cell spheroids as a versatile research platform: formation mechanisms, high throughput production, characterization and applications

MC Decarli, R Amaral, DP Dos Santos, LB Tofani… - …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture has tremendous advantages to closely mimic
the in vivo architecture and microenvironment of healthy tissue and organs, as well as of …