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ArticleScientific reports2020

Multiscale 3D phenotyping of human cerebral organoids.

Alexandre Albanese, Justin M Swaney, Dae Hee Yun, Nicholas B Evans, Jenna M Antonucci, Silvia Velasco, Chang Ho Sohn, Paola Arlotta, Lee Gehrke, Kwanghun Chung

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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55 citing papers in PubMed, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Alexandre Albanese *Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Justin M Swaney *Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Dae Hee YunInstitute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Nicholas B EvansInstitute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Jenna M AntonucciInstitute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Silvia VelascoDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Chang Ho SohnInstitute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Paola ArlottaDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Lee GehrkeInstitute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Kwanghun ChungInstitute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA. khchung@mit.edu.
Harvard University · USIIT@MIT · USHarvard–MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology · US

Funding

Res Support CoreP50MH094271 · NIMH · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI HENSCH, TAKAO K · 2011 to 2022
$18.6M
MOLECULAR BASIS OF VIRAL INFECTIVITYT32AI007245 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI Aaron Gregory Schmidt · 1985 to 2026
$11.3M
Towards integrated 3D reconstruction of whole human brains at subcellular resolutionU01MH117072 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI CHUNG, KWANGHUN · 2018 to 2022
$8.8M
Virology Core: MIT Center for Human Tissue Models for Infectious Diseases (MIT.HTMID)U19AI131135 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI GEHRKE, LEE · 2017 to 2021
$8.7M
Proteome-Driven Holistic Reconstruction of Organ-Wide Multi-Scale NetworksDP2ES027992 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI CHUNG, KWANGHUN · 2016 to 2021
$2.8M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007245NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI131135NIEHS NIH HHS DP2 ES027992NIH HHS 1-DP2-ES027992NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH094271NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH117072
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain organoids grown from human pluripotent stem cells self-organize into cytoarchitectures resembling the developing human brain. These three-dimensional models offer an unprecedented opportunity to study human brain development and dysfunction. Characterization currently sacrifices spatial information for single-cell or histological analysis leaving whole-tissue analysis mostly unexplored. Here, we present the SCOUT pipeline for automated multiscale comparative analysis of intact cerebral organoids. Our integrated technology platform can rapidly clear, label, and image intact organoids. Algorithmic- and convolutional neural network-based image analysis extract hundreds of features characterizing molecular, cellular, spatial, cytoarchitectural, and organoid-wide properties from fluorescence microscopy datasets. Comprehensive analysis of 46 intact organoids and ~ 100 million cells reveals quantitative multiscale "phenotypes" for organoid development, culture protocols and Zika virus infection. SCOUT provides a much-needed framework for comparative analysis of emerging 3D in vitro models using fluorescence microscopy.

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BrainCell DifferentiationCerebral CortexHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMicroscopy, FluorescenceNerve NetNeuronsOrganoidsPhenotypePluripotent Stem Cells

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PMID33293587
PMCPMC7723053
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