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ArticleACS omega2020

Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Hepatocytes Show Higher Transcriptional Correlation with Adult Liver Tissue than with Fetal Liver Tissue.

Nidal Ghosheh, Barbara Küppers-Munther, Annika Asplund, Christian X Andersson, Petter Björquist, Tommy B Andersson, Helena Carén, Stina Simonsson, Peter Sartipy, Jane Synnergren

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Article in ACS omega, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Nidal GhoshehSchool of Bioscience, Systems Biology Research Center, University of Skövde, 541 28 Skövde, Sweden.
Barbara Küppers-MuntherTakara Bio Europe AB, Arvid Wallgrens Backe 20, 413 46 Gothenburg, Sweden.
Annika AsplundTakara Bio Europe AB, Arvid Wallgrens Backe 20, 413 46 Gothenburg, Sweden.
Christian X AnderssonTakara Bio Europe AB, Arvid Wallgrens Backe 20, 413 46 Gothenburg, Sweden.
Petter BjörquistVeriGraft AB, Arvid Wallgrens Backe 20, 413 46 Gothenburg, Sweden.
Tommy B AnderssonCardiovascular Renal and Metabolism, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal 431 83, Sweden.
Helena CarénSahlgrenska Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden.
Stina SimonssonInstitute of Biomedicine, Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden.
Peter SartipySchool of Bioscience, Systems Biology Research Center, University of Skövde, 541 28 Skövde, Sweden.
Jane SynnergrenSchool of Bioscience, Systems Biology Research Center, University of Skövde, 541 28 Skövde, Sweden.
Takara (Sweden) · SEUniversity of Skövde · SEKarolinska Institutet · SESahlgrenska University Hospital · SEUniversity of Gothenburg · SE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocytes (hPSC-HEP) display many properties of mature hepatocytes, including expression of important genes of the drug metabolizing machinery, glycogen storage, and production of multiple serum proteins. To this date, hPSC-HEP do not, however, fully recapitulate the complete functionality of in vivo mature hepatocytes. In this study, we applied versatile bioinformatic algorithms, including functional annotation and pathway enrichment analyses, transcription factor binding-site enrichment, and similarity and correlation analyses, to datasets collected from different stages during hPSC-HEP differentiation and compared these to developmental stages and tissues from fetal and adult human liver. Our results demonstrate a high level of similarity between the in vitro differentiation of hPSC-HEP and in vivo hepatogenesis. Importantly, the transcriptional correlation of hPSC-HEP with adult liver (AL) tissues was higher than with fetal liver (FL) tissues (0.83 and 0.70, respectively). Functional data revealed mature features of hPSC-HEP including cytochrome P450 enzymes activities and albumin secretion. Moreover, hPSC-HEP showed expression of many genes involved in drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. Despite the high similarities observed, we identified differences of specific pathways and regulatory players by analyzing the gene expression between hPSC-HEP and AL. These findings will aid future intervention and improvement of in vitro hepatocyte differentiation protocol in order to generate hepatocytes displaying the complete functionality of mature hepatocytes. Finally, on the transcriptional level, our results show stronger correlation and higher similarity of hPSC-HEP to AL than to FL. In addition, potential targets for further functional improvement of hPSC-HEP were also identified.

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PMID32201767
PMCPMC7081255
OpenAlexW3009483118

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