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ArticleNeurogastroenterology and motility2018

Xenotransplantation of human intestine into mouse abdomen or subcutaneous tissue: Novel platforms for the study of the human enteric nervous system.

N Nagy, N Marsiano, R S Bruckner, M Scharl, M J Gutnick, S Yagel, E Arciero, A M Goldstein, N Y Shpigel

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Article in Neurogastroenterology and motility, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

N NagyDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
N MarsianoThe Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
R S BrucknerDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
M ScharlDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
M J GutnickThe Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
S YagelDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
E ArcieroDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
A M GoldsteinDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
N Y ShpigelThe Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-2560-3783
Hebrew University of Jerusalem · ILHarvard University · USUniversity of Zurich · CHSemmelweis University · HU

Funding

Developmentally Informed Approach to Cell-based Therapy for Enteric NeuropathiesR01DK103785 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI GOLDSTEIN, ALLAN M · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK103785
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCurrent efforts to develop stem cell therapy as a novel treatment for neurointestinal diseases are limited by the unavailability of a model system to study cell transplantation in the human intestine. We propose that xenograft models support enteric nervous system (ENS) development in the fetal human intestine when transplanted into mice subcutaneously or intra-abdominally.

methodsFetal human small and large intestine were grafted onto the small intestinal mesentery and into the subcutaneous tissue of immunodeficient mice for up to 4 months. Intestinal cytoarchitecture and ENS development were studied using immunohistochemistry. KEY

resultsIn both abdominal and subcutaneous grafts, the intestine developed normally with formation of mature epithelial and mesenchymal layers. The ENS was patterned in two ganglionated plexuses containing enteric neurons and glia, including cholinergic and nitrergic neuronal subtypes. c-Kit-immunoreactive interstitial cells of Cajal were present in the gut wall. CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES: Abdominal xenografts represent a novel model that supports the growth and development of fetal human intestine. This in vivo approach will be a useful method to study maturation of the ENS, the pathophysiology of neurointestinal diseases, and the long-term survival and functional differentiation of neuronal stem cells for the treatment of enteric neuropathies.

Indexed as

Transplantation, HeterologousAbdomenAnimalsEnteric Nervous SystemFetal Tissue TransplantationHumansIntestinesMice, SCIDSubcutaneous Tissueenteric nervous systementeric neuropathiesfetal human intestinexenotransplant

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PMID28884943
PMCPMC5823721
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