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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Genetically Engineered Brain Organoids Recapitulate Spatial and Developmental States of Glioblastoma Progression.

Matthew Ishahak, Rowland H Han, Devi Annamalai, Timothy Woodiwiss, Colin McCornack, Ryan T Cleary, Patrick A DeSouza, Xuan Qu, Sonika Dahiya, Albert H Kim and 1 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Matthew IshahakDivision of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8127, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7494-6048
Rowland H HanDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Devi AnnamalaiDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Timothy WoodiwissDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Iowa Healthcare, 1800 John Pappajohn Pavilion, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
Colin McCornackDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Ryan T ClearyDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Patrick A DeSouzaDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Xuan QuDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Sonika DahiyaDivision of Neuropathology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8118, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Albert H KimDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Jeffrey R MillmanDivision of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8127, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0426-3492

Funding

Washington University Center for Cellular ImagingP30CA091842 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TIMOTHY J. EBERLEIN · 2001 to 2026
$128.0M
DIABETES &RELATED METABOLIC DISEASEST32DK007120 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MARCO COLONNA, Maria Sara Remedi · 1986 to 2026
$15.7M
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY NEUROSURGERY RESIDENT RESEARCH EDUCATION PROGRAMR25NS090978 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ZIPFEL, GREGORY J · 2015 to 2023
$2.1M
NAD+ Pathway Signaling in Glioblastoma Tumor Growth and Therapy ResistanceR01NS106612 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KIM, ALBERT HONG-JAE · 2019 to 2023
$2.1M
Replacement of a 4.7-T Small-Animal MRI Scanner with a 9.4-T SystemS10OD026913 · OD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ACKERMAN, JOSEPH J. H. · 2019 to 2019
$2.0M
Mechanisms of SOX2 Regulation in GlioblastomaR01NS128470 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Albert Hong-Jae Kim · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
Regulation of Glioblastoma Stem-Like Cells by CDC20-Anaphase-Promoting ComplexR01NS094670 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KIM, ALBERT HONG-JAE · 2016 to 2020
$1.7M
Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center Siteman Investment ProgramAmerican Cancer Society PF-21-149-01-CDPChristopher Davidson and Knight Family FundEdward Mallinckrodt, Jr. FoundationHope Center for Neurological DisordersNCI NIH HHS P30 CA091842NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007120NIH HHS R01 NS094670NIH HHS R01 NS106612NIH HHS R01 NS128470NIH HHS R25NS090978NIH HHS S10 OD026913NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS094670NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS106612NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS128470NINDS NIH HHS R25 NS090978Rita Levi-Montalcini Postdoctoral Fellowship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive form of brain cancer that is highly resistant to therapy due to significant intra-tumoral heterogeneity. The lack of robust in vitro models to study early tumor progression has hindered the development of effective therapies. Here, this study develops engineered GBM organoids (eGBOs) harboring GBM subtype-specific oncogenic mutations to investigate the underlying transcriptional regulation of tumor progression. Single-cell and spatial transcriptomic analyses revealed that these mutations disrupt normal neurodevelopment gene regulatory networks resulting in changes in cellular composition and spatial organization. Upon xenotransplantation into immunodeficient mice, eGBOs form tumors that recapitulate the transcriptional and spatial landscape of human GBM samples. Integrative single-cell trajectory analysis of both eGBO-derived tumor cells and patient GBM samples reveal the dynamic gene expression changes in developmental cell states underlying tumor progression. This analysis of eGBOs provides an important validation of engineered cancer organoid models and demonstrates their utility as a model of GBM tumorigenesis for future preclinical development of therapeutics.

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BrainBrain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaOrganoidsAnimalsDisease ProgressionGenetic EngineeringHumansMicebrain organoidsgenetic engineeringglioblastomasingle‐cell RNA sequencingspatial sequencing

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PMID39836549
PMCPMC11905097

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