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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2024

Spatially Self-Organized Three-Dimensional Neural Concentroid as a Novel Reductionist Humanized Model to Study Neurovascular Development.

Yoke Chin Chai, San Kit To, Susan Simorgh, Samantha Zaunz, YingLi Zhu, Karan Ahuja, Alix Lemaitre, Roya Ramezankhani, Bernard K van der Veer, Keimpe Wierda and 4 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yoke Chin ChaiStem Cell Institute Leuven, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, O&N4, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9913-257X
San Kit ToStem Cell Institute Leuven, Department of Development and Regeneration, Leuven Institute for Single Cell Omics (LISCO), KU Leuven, O&N4, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Susan SimorghStem Cell Institute Leuven, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, O&N4, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Samantha ZaunzStem Cell Institute Leuven, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, O&N4, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
YingLi ZhuStem Cell Institute Leuven, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, O&N4, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Karan AhujaStem Cell Institute Leuven, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, O&N4, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Alix LemaitreStem Cell Institute Leuven, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, O&N4, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Roya RamezankhaniStem Cell Institute Leuven, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, O&N4, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Bernard K van der VeerLaboratory for Stem Cell and Developmental Epigenetics, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, O&N4, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Keimpe WierdaElectrophysiology Expert Unit, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Stefaan VerhulstLiver Cell Biology Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, 1090, Belgium.
Leo A van GrunsvenLiver Cell Biology Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, 1090, Belgium.
Vincent PasqueStem Cell Institute Leuven, Department of Development and Regeneration, Leuven Institute for Single Cell Omics (LISCO), KU Leuven, O&N4, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Catherine VerfaillieStem Cell Institute Leuven, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, O&N4, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Rega Institute for Medical Research · BEVIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research · BEVrije Universiteit Brussel · BE

Funding

Alzheimer's Association AARG-NTF-19-616888
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although human pluripotent stem cell (PSC)-derived brain organoids have enabled researchers to gain insight into human brain development and disease, these organoids contain solely ectodermal cells and are not vascularized as occurs during brain development. Here it is created less complex and more homogenous large neural constructs starting from PSC-derived neuroprogenitor cells (NPC), by fusing small NPC spheroids into so-called concentroids. Such concentroids consisted of a pro-angiogenic core, containing neuronal and outer radial glia cells, surrounded by an astroglia-dense outer layer. Incorporating PSC-derived endothelial cells (EC) around and/or in the concentroids promoted vascularization, accompanied by differential outgrowth and differentiation of neuronal and astroglia cells, as well as the development of ectodermal-derived pericyte-like mural cells co-localizing with EC networks. Single nucleus transcriptomic analysis revealed an enhanced neural cell subtype maturation and diversity in EC-containing concentroids, which better resemble the fetal human brain compared to classical organoids or NPC-only concentroids. This PSC-derived "vascularized" concentroid brain model will facilitate the study of neurovascular/blood-brain barrier development, neural cell migration, and the development of effective in vitro vascularization strategies of brain mimics.

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Endothelial CellsPluripotent Stem CellsBrainCell DifferentiationHumansNeurogenesisblood-brain barrierbrain organoidsneurovascularvascularization

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PMID38037510
PMCPMC10837345
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