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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019

Generation, transcriptome profiling, and functional validation of cone-rich human retinal organoids.

Sangbae Kim, Albert Lowe, Rachayata Dharmat, Seunghoon Lee, Leah A Owen, Jun Wang, Akbar Shakoor, Yumei Li, Denise J Morgan, Andre A Hejazi and 5 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 111 papers.

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111citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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111 citing papers in PubMed, 181 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Sangbae KimHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
Albert LoweDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461.
Rachayata DharmatHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.ORCID 0000-0001-6969-4459
Seunghoon LeeDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
Leah A OwenDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132.
Jun WangHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
Akbar ShakoorDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132.
Yumei LiHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
Denise J MorganDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132.
Andre A HejaziDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132.
Ales CveklDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461.
Margaret M DeAngelisDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132.
Z Jimmy ZhouDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
Rui ChenHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030; ruichen@bcm.edu wei.liu@einstein.yu.edu.
Wei LiuDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461; ruichen@bcm.edu wei.liu@einstein.yu.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4199-5406
Baylor College of Medicine · USUniversity of Utah · USAlbert Einstein College of Medicine · USYale University · US

Funding

WORD PROCESSORP30CA013330 · NCI · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI THOMAS E ROHAN · 1985 to 2026
$111.2M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN CELLULAR &MOLEC. BIOLOGY &GENETICST32GM007491 · NIGMS · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI QUERY, CHARLES C · 1985 to 2021
$17.0M
VISION RESEARCH CENTERP30EY002520 · NEI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Samuel M Wu · 1985 to 2026
$14.8M
University of Utah, Core Vision Research GrantP30EY014800 · NEI · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI PAUL STEVEN BERNSTEIN · 2005 to 2026
$14.6M
PAX-6 AS A KEY REGULATOR OF LENS DEVELOPMENTR01EY012200 · NEI · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI CVEKL, ALES · 2000 to 2025
$13.1M
Transcriptional Control of the Mouse aA-crystallin locusR01EY014237 · NEI · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI Ales Cvekl · 2003 to 2026
$11.0M
GENETICS OF EARLY ONSET RETINAL DISEASESR01EY018571 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI RUI CHEN · 2008 to 2026
$7.2M
Yale Core Grant for Vision ResearchP30EY026878 · NEI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI In-Jung Kim · 2016 to 2026
$7.1M
Molecular Basis of Human Visual System DisordersR01EY022356 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI RUI CHEN · 2012 to 2026
$6.1M
Yale Core Grant For Vision ResearchP30EY000785 · NEI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI TIAN, NING · 1985 to 2010
$5.8M
Gene regulation of retinal cell differentiationR01EY022645 · NEI · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI WEI LIU · 2013 to 2026
$4.6M
Synaptic Function and Organization of the Mammalian RetinaR01EY017353 · NEI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHOU, Z JIMMY · 2006 to 2016
$3.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA013330NEI NIH HHS P30 EY000785NEI NIH HHS P30 EY002520NEI NIH HHS P30 EY014800NEI NIH HHS P30 EY026878NEI NIH HHS R01 EY012200NEI NIH HHS R01 EY014237NEI NIH HHS R01 EY017353NEI NIH HHS R01 EY018571NEI NIH HHS R01 EY022356NEI NIH HHS R01 EY022645NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026065NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007491NIH HHS S10 OD018033NIH HHS S10 OD023469
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rod and cone photoreceptors are light-sensing cells in the human retina. Rods are dominant in the peripheral retina, whereas cones are enriched in the macula, which is responsible for central vision and visual acuity. Macular degenerations affect vision the most and are currently incurable. Here we report the generation, transcriptome profiling, and functional validation of cone-rich human retinal organoids differentiated from hESCs using an improved retinal differentiation system. Induced by extracellular matrix, aggregates of hESCs formed single-lumen cysts composed of epithelial cells with anterior neuroectodermal/ectodermal fates, including retinal cell fate. Then, the cysts were

Indexed as

OrganoidsRetinal Cone Photoreceptor CellsCell DifferentiationCell LineEmbryonic Stem CellsHumansRetinaRNA, MessengerSingle-Cell AnalysisTranscriptomeRNA, Messengercone and rod photoreceptorretinal differentiationretinal organoidRNA-seqsingle cell

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PMID31072937
PMCPMC6561190
OpenAlexW2944813712

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