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ArticleCell death & disease2014

Ex vivo culture of intestinal crypt organoids as a model system for assessing cell death induction in intestinal epithelial cells and enteropathy.

T Grabinger, L Luks, F Kostadinova, C Zimberlin, J P Medema, M Leist, T Brunner

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 124 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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124citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

124 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 209 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

T GrabingerChair of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
L LuksChair of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
F KostadinovaChair of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
C ZimberlinLaboratory for Experimental Oncology and Radiobiology, Center for Experimental Molecular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
J P MedemaLaboratory for Experimental Oncology and Radiobiology, Center for Experimental Molecular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
M LeistDoerenkamp-Zbinden Chair of In-Vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.ORCID 0000000237788693
T BrunnerChair of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
University of Konstanz · DEAmsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) not only have a critical function in the absorption of nutrients, but also act as a physical barrier between our body and the outside world. Damage and death of the epithelial cells lead to the breakdown of this barrier function and inflammation due to access of the immune system to compounds of the intestinal flora. Intestinal epithelial damage is frequently associated with various inflammatory disorders, chemo- and radiotherapy as well as drug-mediated toxicity. Until recently, intestinal epithelial-damaging activities of drugs and treatments could be tested only in vivo in animal models because of the poor survival rate of primary IECs ex vivo. The three-dimensional culture and outgrowth of intestinal crypt stem cells into organoids have offered new possibilities to culture and study IECs ex vivo. Here we demonstrate that intestinal organoids are a useful and physiologically relevant model system to study cell death and survival in IECs. We further describe a number of microscopy-based as well as colorimetric methods to monitor and score survival and death of intestinal organoids. Finally, the comparison of organoids isolated from gene-deficient mice and wild-type mice allows investigating the role of specific genes in the regulation of IEC death. Owing to their comparable structure and behavior, intestinal organoids may serve as an interesting and physiologically relevant surrogate system for large- and mid-scale in vitro testing of intestinal epithelium-damaging drugs and toxins, and for the investigation of cell death pathways.

Indexed as

ApoptosisAnimalsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsBcl-2-Like Protein 11Biological AssayCaco-2 CellsCamptothecinCisplatinDose-Response Relationship, DrugEpithelial CellsHumansIntestinal DiseasesIntestinal MucosaIntestine, SmallIrinotecanMembrane ProteinsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsBCL2L11 protein, humanBcl2l11 protein, mouseBcl-2-Like Protein 11CamptothecinCisplatinIrinotecanMembrane ProteinsProto-Oncogene ProteinsTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Identifiers

PMID24832600
PMCPMC4047863
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