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ArticleMethods in cell biology2020

Generation of multi-cellular human liver organoids from pluripotent stem cells.

Wendy L Thompson, Takanori Takebe

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Article in Methods in cell biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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2 authors.

Wendy L ThompsonDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States; Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
Takanori TakebeDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States; Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States; Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States; Institute of Research, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: takanori.takebe@cchmc.org.

Funding

Stem Cell/Organoid and Genome Editing CoreP30DK078392 · NIDDK · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI Alexander Miethke · 2007 to 2026
$24.4M
Modeling diabetes using an integrated plate systemUH3DK119982 · NIDDK · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI LEE, MOO-YEAL, WELLS, JAMES M · 2020 to 2022
$5.4M
Engineering multi-organs in a dishDP2DK128799 · NIDDK · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI TAKEBE, TAKANORI · 2020 to 2020
$2.3M
Modeling diabetes using an integrated plate systemUG3DK119982 · NIDDK · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI LEE, MOO-YEAL, WELLS, JAMES M · 2018 to 2019
$1.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS DP2 DK128799NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK078392NIDDK NIH HHS UG3 DK119982NIDDK NIH HHS UH3 DK119982
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A growing number of in vitro hepatic models exist to study human genetics, liver biology, disease modeling and drug development and range from 2D hepatocytes to 3D multi-cellular tissues that are derived from human stem cells. However, stem cell-based models generally suffer from batch-, clone- and donor-dependent variability, hindering broader usage in diverse biomedical applications. To circumvent this challenge, we herein describe a reproducible protocol to generate human liver organoids in 20-25 days derived from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs). These organoids are intra-luminally polarized to form canalicular structures and are comprised of mainly hepatic epithelial cells, co-differentiated with stellate-like and hepatic macrophage-like cells that enables hepatic inflammatory disease modeling in vitro. These multi-lineage liver organoids express hepatocyte genes, secrete albumin and have vital metabolic functions. This protocol utilizes PSC derived 3D human liver organoids as a renewable, reproducible and personalized cell source, thus facilitating disease modeling and mechanistic studies with a future goal of developing novel therapeutics against currently intractable diseases.

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Cell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationFatty AcidsHumansLiverOrganoidsPluripotent Stem CellsFatty AcidsHuman liver organoidsPluripotent stem cellsSelf-organizationSteatohepatitis

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PMID32586449
PMCPMC8011941

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