Organoids: The current status and biomedical applications

S Yang, H Hu, H Kung, R Zou, Y Dai, Y Hu… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Organoids are three‐dimensional (3D) miniaturized versions of organs or tissues that are
derived from cells with stem potential and can self‐organize and differentiate into 3D cell …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced human developmental toxicity and teratogenicity assessment using human organoid models

M Li, J Gong, L Gao, T Zou, J Kang, H Xu - … and Environmental Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Tremendous progress has been made in the field of toxicology leading to the advance of
developmental toxicity assessment. Conventional animal models and in vitro two …

The uses of transcriptomics and lipidomics indicated that direct contact with graphene oxide altered lipid homeostasis through ER stress in 3D human brain organoids

X Liu, C Yang, P Chen, L Zhang, Y Cao - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The potential uses of graphene-based nanomaterials (NMs) in various fields lead to the
concern about their neurotoxicity, considering that graphene-based NMs are capable to …

[HTML][HTML] Organoids and organoids-on-a-chip as the new testing strategies for environmental toxicology-applications & advantages

C Hu, S Yang, T Zhang, Y Ge, Z Chen, J Zhang… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
An increasing number of harmful environmental factors are causing serious impacts on
human health, and there is an urgent need to accurately identify the toxic effects and …

Toward the next generation of vascularized human neural organoids

M Li, L Gao, L Zhao, T Zou, H Xu - Medicinal research reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thanks to progress in the development of three‐dimensional (3D) culture technologies,
human central nervous system (CNS) development and diseases have been gradually …

Silver nanoparticles exposure induces developmental neurotoxicity in hiPSC-derived cerebral organoids

Y Huang, L Guo, C Cao, R Ma, Y Huang… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are used in various research fields. Although the neurotoxicity
of AgNPs has been explored in animal models and 2D cell-culture models, including human …

The uses of 3D human brain organoids for neurotoxicity evaluations: A review

Y Cao - Neurotoxicology, 2022 - Elsevier
Neurotoxicity studies aim at understanding the toxic effects and mechanisms of toxicants to
human central nervous systems (CNS). However, human brains are the most complex …

20 years of polybrominated diphenyl ethers on toxicity assessments

Y Lan, X Gao, H Xu, M Li - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) serve as brominated flame retardants which
continue to receive considerable attention because of their persistence, bioaccumulation …

Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate exposure impairs cortical development in hESC-derived cerebral organoids

L Yang, J Zou, Z Zang, L Wang, Z Du, D Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), a ubiquitous environmental endocrine
disruptor, is widely used in consumer products. Increasing evidence implies that DEHP …

Engineering human midbrain organoid microphysiological systems to model prenatal PFOS exposure

C Tian, H Cai, Z Ao, L Gu, X Li, VC Niu… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), a class of synthetic chemicals detected in various
environmental compartments, has been associated with dysfunctions of the human central …