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ArticleCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2025

Organoids in disease modeling and regenerative medicine.

Ryuji Morizane, Mart M Lamers

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Article in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Development of ovine hepatic organoids: a powerfulFrontiers in veterinary science · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ryuji MorizaneNephrology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA. rmorizane@mgh.harvard.edu.
Mart M LamersProgramme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore, 169857, Singapore. mart@duke-nus.edu.sg.

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
Vascularized kidney organoids on chip for efficacy and toxicity testing of somatic genome editingU01DK127587 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI LEWIS, JENNIFER A., MORIZANE, RYUJI · 2020 to 2022
$2.1M
Development of a fluidic chip model of PKD to elucidate cystogenic signals using kidney organoidsR21DK129909 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MORIZANE, RYUJI · 2022 to 2022
$216k
NIDDK NIH HHS DP2 DK133821NIDDK NIH HHS R21 DK129909NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK127587NIDDK NIH HHS UC2 DK126023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organoid technology has the potential to revolutionize biomedical research by providing more physiologically relevant models for studying human development, disease mechanisms, and therapeutic development. Derived from stem cells, organoids self-organize into three-dimensional tissues that replicate the structures and functions of their in vivo counterparts. Their ability to mimic organ-specific microstructures offers new tools for investigating organogenesis, modeling genetic disorders, and screening potential therapeutics using human cells. Additionally, organoids hold promise for regenerative medicine as potential transplantable tissues for repairing or replacing damaged organs. However, challenges such as batch variability, standardization, vascularization, long-term viability, and lack of immune cells remain, hindering their clinical translation and use in disease studies. Recent efforts have focused on improving reproducibility, incorporating bioengineering techniques for enhanced maturation, and optimizing differentiation methods. This collection highlights recent advances in the respiratory, renal, and retinal organoid systems. From refining cryopreservation methods to using organoid models for virus neutralization and inflammatory studies, these contributions emphasize the potential of organoids in translational research and regenerative medicine.

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Models, BiologicalOrganoidsRegenerative MedicineAnimalsCell DifferentiationCryopreservationHumans

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PMID40257505
PMCPMC12011692

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