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ArticleCommunications biology2025

Tissue-engineered neuromuscular organoids.

Beatrice Auletta, Pietro Chiolerio, Giada Cecconi, Lucia Rossi, Luigi Sartore, Francesca Cecchinato, Gilda Barbato, Agnese Lauroja, Edoardo Maghin, Maria Easler and 16 more

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Article in Communications biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors.

Beatrice AulettaDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Pietro ChiolerioDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Giada CecconiDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Lucia RossiDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-1703-1354
Luigi SartoreDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-4003-9681
Francesca CecchinatoDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Gilda BarbatoNeuromuscular Engineering lab, Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica, Città della Speranza, Padova, Italy.
Agnese LaurojaNeuromuscular Engineering lab, Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica, Città della Speranza, Padova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-6827-3558
Edoardo MaghinTissue Engineering lab, Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica, Città della Speranza, Padova, Italy.
Maria EaslerNeuromuscular Engineering lab, Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica, Città della Speranza, Padova, Italy.
Paolo RaffaNeuromuscular Engineering lab, Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica, Città della Speranza, Padova, Italy.
Silvia AngiolilloDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Wei QinDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Roberta FrisonDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-8074-0918
Sonia CalabròDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Chiara VillaStem Cell Laboratory, Dino Ferrari Center, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Onelia GaglianoDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Cecilia LaterzaDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Davide CacchiarelliTelethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Armenise/Harvard Laboratory of Integrative Genomics, Pozzuoli, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9621-6716
Matilde CesconDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Monica GiomoDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7690-1054
Yvan TorrenteStem Cell Laboratory, Dino Ferrari Center, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Camilla LuniDepartment of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM), University of Bologna, Via Terracini 28, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1211-9629
Martina PiccoliTissue Engineering lab, Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica, Città della Speranza, Padova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6211-0051
Nicola ElvassoreDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7029-6287
Anna UrciuoloDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. anna.urciuolo@unipd.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7571-9747

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skeletal muscle development, homeostasis, and function rely on complex interactions among multiple cell types and the extracellular matrix (ECM). Developing in vitro models that recapitulate both intrinsic cellular and extrinsic ECM elements of innervated skeletal muscle is crucial for advancing basic biology and disease modeling studies. Here, we combine tissue engineering approaches with human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) technology to create tissue-engineered neuromuscular organoids (t-NMOs). Using decellularized muscles as scaffolds, hiPSCs differentiate to form organoids that establish a continuum with the provided biomaterial. After 30 days, t-NMOs exhibit compartmentalized neural and muscular components that establish functional interactions, allowing muscle contraction. We demonstrate the model's potential by creating Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patient-specific t-NMOs, that recapitulate the reduced skeletal muscle contraction and altered calcium dynamics typical of the disease. Altogether, our study presents a tissue-engineered organoid that model the human neuromuscular system (dys)function, highlighting the potential of applying the ECM in organoid engineering.

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Induced Pluripotent Stem CellsMuscle, SkeletalOrganoidsTissue EngineeringCell DifferentiationExtracellular MatrixHumansMuscle ContractionMuscular Dystrophy, DuchenneNeuromuscular JunctionTissue Scaffolds

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PMID40684029
PMCPMC12276242

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