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ArticleCurrent issues in molecular biology2022

Developing Biliary Atresia-like Model by Treating Human Liver Organoids with Polyinosinic:Polycytidylic Acid (Poly (I:C)).

Patrick Ho-Yu Chung, Rosana Ottakandathil Babu, Zhongluan Wu, Kenneth Kak-Yuen Wong, Paul Kwong-Hang Tam, Vincent Chi-Hang Lui

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Article in Current issues in molecular biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Bioengineered Bile Duct for Liver Regenerative Medicine and Bile Duct Reconstruction.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2025
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  2. Organoids in biliary atresia.World journal of pediatric surgery · 2025
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Patrick Ho-Yu ChungDepartment of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2382-5681
Rosana Ottakandathil BabuMRC WIMM Centre for Computational Biology, Medical Research Council, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (WIMM), John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
Zhongluan WuDepartment of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Kenneth Kak-Yuen WongDepartment of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Paul Kwong-Hang TamDepartment of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Vincent Chi-Hang LuiDepartment of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
University of Hong Kong · HKJohn Radcliffe Hospital · GB

Funding

Health and Medical Research Fund 2020, Food and Health Bureau, Hong Kong SAR 08191976
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: We explored the feasibility of creating BA-like organoids by treating human liver organoids with Polyinosinic:Polycytidylic acid (Poly I:C). Methods: Organoids were developed from the liver parenchyma collected during Kasai portoenterostomy (BA) and surgery for other liver disorders (non-BA). The non-BA organoids were co-cultured with poly I:C (40 µg/mL). The organoid morphology from both samples was compared on day 17. RNA-sequencing was performed to examine the transcriptomic differences. Results: Non-BA liver organoids developed into well-expanded spherical organoids with a single-cell layer of epithelial cells and a single vacuole inside. After poly I:C treatment, the majority of these organoids developed into an aberrant morphology with a high index of similarity to BA organoids which are multi-vacuoled and/or unexpanded. RNA-sequencing analysis revealed that 19 inflammatory genes were commonly expressed in both groups. Conditional cluster analysis revealed several genes (SOCS6, SOCS6.1, ARAF, CAMK2G, GNA1C, ITGA2, PRKACA, PTEN) that are involved in immune-mediated signaling pathway had a distinct pattern of expression in the poly I:C treated organoids. This resembled the expression pattern in BA organoids (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Poly I:C treated human liver organoids exhibit morphology and genetic signature highly compatible to organoids developed from BA liver samples. They are potential research materials to study immune-mediated inflammation in BA.

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biliary atresiainflammationliverorganoidsPolyinosinic:Polycytidylic acidtranscriptomic

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PMID35723330
PMCPMC8928947
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