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ArticleiScience2024

Exploring immune response toward transplanted human kidney tissues assembled from organoid building blocks.

Thiago J Borges, Yoshikazu Ganchiku, Jeffrey O Aceves, Ronald van Gaal, Sebastien G M Uzel, Ivy A Rosales, Jonathan E Rubins, Kenichi Kobayashi, Ken Hiratsuka, Murat Tekguc and 6 more

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Article in iScience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Current Progress of Tissue Engineering With Stem Cells in Urology Updated Review in 2025.International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Thiago J BorgesCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United states.
Yoshikazu GanchikuCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United states.
Jeffrey O AcevesPaulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United states.
Ronald van GaalPaulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United states.
Sebastien G M UzelPaulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United states.
Ivy A RosalesCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United states.
Jonathan E RubinsPaulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United states.
Kenichi KobayashiWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United states.
Ken HiratsukaWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United states.
Murat TekgucNephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United states.
Guilherme T RibasCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United states.
Karina LimaCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United states.
Rodrigo B GassenCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United states.
Ryuji MorizaneWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United states.
Jennifer A LewisPaulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United states.
Leonardo V RiellaCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United states.

Funding

Ex Vivo Generation of Functional Kidney Tissues for TransplantationUC2DK126023 · NIDDK · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI LEWIS, JENNIFER A. · 2020 to 2024
$4.0M
Recreating Kidney Organogenesis in vitro with Human Pluripotent Stem CellsDP2DK133821 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MORIZANE, RYUJI · 2019 to 2019
$2.5M
Role of Siglec-E in Regulating AlloimmunityR01AI143887 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI RIELLA, LEONARDO V. · 2019 to 2023
$2.1M
Biomanufacturing of Vascularized Kidney Tissues: A Foundational Step towards Building a KidneyR56DK122380 · NIDDK · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI LEWIS, JENNIFER A. · 2019 to 2019
$530k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI143887NIDDK NIH HHS DP2 DK133821NIDDK NIH HHS R56 DK122380NIDDK NIH HHS UC2 DK126023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increasing scarcity of organs and the significant morbidity linked to dialysis require the development of engineered kidney tissues from human-induced pluripotent stem cells. Integrative approaches that synergize scalable kidney organoid differentiation, tissue biomanufacturing, and comprehensive assessment of their immune response and host integration are essential to accomplish this. Here, we create engineered human kidney tissues composed of organoid building blocks (OBBs) and transplant them into mice reconstituted with allogeneic human immune cells. Tissue-infiltrating human immune cells are composed of effector T cells and innate cells. This immune infiltration leads to kidney tissue injury characterized by reduced microvasculature, enhanced kidney cell apoptosis, and an inflammatory gene signature comparable to kidney organ transplant rejection in humans. Upon treatment with the immunosuppressive agent rapamycin, the induced immune response is greatly suppressed. Our model is a translational platform to study engineered kidney tissue immunogenicity and develop therapeutic targets for kidney rejection.

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BioengineeringHealth sciencesImmunologyTissue engineering

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PMID39398250
PMCPMC11471229

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