Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39901045›Full record

ReviewNature medicine2025

Clinical applications of human organoids.

Monique M A Verstegen, Rob P Coppes, Anne Beghin, Paolo De Coppi, Mattia F M Gerli, Nienke de Graeff, Qiuwei Pan, Yoshimasa Saito, Shaojun Shi, Amir A Zadpoor and 1 more

Abstract readReview
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in Nature medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 102 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
102citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

102 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. [Organoid-based strategies and challenges in tissue regeneration].Zhonghua shao shang yu chuang mian xiu fu za zhi · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Review
  4. Animal-Free Intestinal Epithelial 2D "Organoid-Sheet" Cultures Using Invasin.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2027
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Article
  12. Review
  13. Article
  14. Review
  15. Beyond DNA damage: 3D tumor models and the integrin mechanobiology of radioresistance.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2026
    Review
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Adoptive transfer of VSIG4Journal of translational medicine · 2026
    Article
  20. Article

42 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

11 authors.

Monique M A VerstegenDepartment of Surgery, Erasmus MC Transplant Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. m.verstegen@erasmusmc.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9908-6673
Rob P CoppesDepartments of Biomedical Sciences and Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5503-1064
Anne BeghinMechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Paolo De CoppiStem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Section, Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1659-0207
Mattia F M GerliDivision of Surgery and Interventional Science, Department of Surgical Biotechnology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9331-7394
Nienke de GraeffDepartment of Medical Ethics and Health Law, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Qiuwei PanDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9982-6184
Yoshimasa SaitoDivision of Pharmacotherapeutics, Keio University Faculty of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan.
Shaojun ShiDepartment of Organ Transplantation, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Amir A ZadpoorDepartment of Biomechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime, and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Delft, the Netherlands.
Luc J W van der LaanDepartment of Surgery, Erasmus MC Transplant Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0651-5334

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organoids are innovative three-dimensional and self-organizing cell cultures of various lineages that can be used to study diverse tissues and organs. Human organoids have dramatically increased our understanding of developmental and disease biology. They provide a patient-specific model to study known diseases, with advantages over animal models, and can also provide insights into emerging and future health threats related to climate change, zoonotic infections, environmental pollutants or even microgravity during space exploration. Furthermore, organoids show potential for regenerative cell therapies and organ transplantation. Still, several challenges for broad clinical application remain, including inefficiencies in initiation and expansion, increasing model complexity and difficulties with upscaling clinical-grade cultures and developing more organ-specific human tissue microenvironments. To achieve the full potential of organoid technology, interdisciplinary efforts are needed, integrating advances from biology, bioengineering, computational science, ethics and clinical research. In this Review, we showcase pivotal achievements in epithelial organoid research and technologies and provide an outlook for the future of organoids in advancing human health and medicine.

Indexed as

OrganoidsAnimalsCell Culture TechniquesHumansRegenerative Medicine

Identifiers

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.