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ArticleJCI insight2017

Human hepatic organoids for the analysis of human genetic diseases.

Yuan Guan, Dan Xu, Phillip M Garfin, Ursula Ehmer, Melissa Hurwitz, Greg Enns, Sara Michie, Manhong Wu, Ming Zheng, Toshihiko Nishimura and 2 more

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Article in JCI insight, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 125 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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125citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

125 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 230 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Novel emerging cell and organoid systems for the study of drug metabolism and toxicity in humans.Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yuan GuanDepartment of Anesthesia.
Dan XuDepartment of Anesthesia.
Phillip M GarfinDepartment of Pediatrics.
Ursula EhmerDepartment of Pediatrics.
Melissa HurwitzDepartment of Pediatrics.
Greg EnnsDepartment of Pediatrics.
Sara MichieDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
Manhong WuDepartment of Anesthesia.
Ming ZhengDepartment of Anesthesia.
Toshihiko NishimuraDepartment of Anesthesia.
Julien SageDepartment of Pediatrics.
Gary PeltzDepartment of Anesthesia.
Pediatrics and Genetics · USCentral Institute for Experimental Animals · JPStanford University · US

Funding

Spectrum Stanford Center for clinical and Translational Research and EducationUL1TR001085 · NCATS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CULLEN, MARK RICHARD, GREENBERG, HARRY BERNARD · 2013 to 2017
$37.1M
The RB pathway in liver cancerR01CA114102 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI SAGE, JULIEN · 2006 to 2016
$2.9M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001085NCI NIH HHS R01 CA114102
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We developed an in vitro model system where induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) differentiate into 3-dimensional human hepatic organoids (HOs) through stages that resemble human liver during its embryonic development. The HOs consist of hepatocytes, and cholangiocytes, which are organized into epithelia that surround the lumina of bile duct-like structures. The organoids provide a potentially new model for liver regenerative processes, and were used to characterize the effect of different JAG1 mutations that cause: (a) Alagille syndrome (ALGS), a genetic disorder where NOTCH signaling pathway mutations impair bile duct formation, which has substantial variability in its associated clinical features; and (b) Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), which is the most common form of a complex congenital heart disease, and is associated with several different heritable disorders. Our results demonstrate how an iPSC-based organoid system can be used with genome editing technologies to characterize the pathogenetic effect of human genetic disease-causing mutations.

Indexed as

Alagille SyndromeCell DifferentiationGenetic Diseases, InbornHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsJagged-1 ProteinLiverOrganoidsPoint MutationReceptors, NotchSignal TransductionTetralogy of FallotJAG1 protein, humanJagged-1 ProteinReceptors, NotchGenetic diseasesGeneticsHepatology

Identifiers

PMID28878125
PMCPMC5621886
OpenAlexW2752871428

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