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ArticleStem cell reports2021

Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Intestinal Organoids Model SARS-CoV-2 Infection Revealing a Common Epithelial Inflammatory Response.

Aditya Mithal, Adam J Hume, Jonathan Lindstrom-Vautrin, Carlos Villacorta-Martin, Judith Olejnik, Esther Bullitt, Anne Hinds, Elke Mühlberger, Gustavo Mostoslavsky

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Article in Stem cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Aditya MithalCenter for Regenerative Medicine of Boston University and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA; Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Adam J HumeNational Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA; Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Jonathan Lindstrom-VautrinCenter for Regenerative Medicine of Boston University and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Carlos Villacorta-MartinCenter for Regenerative Medicine of Boston University and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Judith OlejnikNational Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA; Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Esther BullittDepartment of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Anne HindsThe Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Elke MühlbergerNational Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA; Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA. Electronic address: muehlber@bu.edu.
Gustavo MostoslavskyCenter for Regenerative Medicine of Boston University and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA; Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA; Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02218, USA. Electronic address: gmostosl@bu.edu.

Funding

Regulatory Compliance CoreUC7AI095321 · NIAID · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI Kelly A Nee · 2014 to 2026
$159.3M
Project-005UL1TR001430 · NCATS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI BAIR-MERRITT, MEGAN H, CENTER, DAVID M. · 2015 to 2024
$52.3M
Synergistic Mechanisms of chronic Innate Immune Activation in Microglia by Opiates and HIV InfectionR01DA051889 · NIDA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI CHENG, CHRISTINE, GUMMULURU, SURYARAM · 2020 to 2024
$3.5M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001430NIAID NIH HHS UC7 AI095321NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA051889NIH HHS 1R01DA051889-01NIH HHS N0175N92020C00005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection leading to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) usually results in respiratory disease, but extrapulmonary manifestations are of major clinical interest. Intestinal symptoms of COVID-19 are present in a significant number of patients, and include nausea, diarrhea, and viral RNA shedding in feces. Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived intestinal organoids (HIOs) represent an inexhaustible cellular resource that could serve as a valuable tool to study SARS-CoV-2 as well as other enteric viruses that infect the intestinal epithelium. Here, we report that SARS-CoV-2 productively infects both proximally and distally patterned HIOs, leading to the release of infectious viral particles while stimulating a robust transcriptomic response, including a significant upregulation of interferon-related genes that appeared to be conserved across multiple epithelial cell types. These findings illuminate a potential inflammatory epithelial-specific signature that may contribute to both the multisystemic nature of COVID-19 as well as its highly variable clinical presentation.

Indexed as

Cell LineColonCOVID-19Epithelial CellsHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsInflammationIntestinal MucosaModels, BiologicalOrganoidsSARS-CoV-2Virus Replicationextrapulmonary COVID-19host responsehuman induced pluripotent stem cellsintestinal and colonic organoidsintestinal epithelial cellsSARS-CoV-2

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PMID33852884
PMCPMC8042780

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