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ArticleNature communications2025

An iPSC-based in vitro model recapitulates human thymic epithelial development and multi-lineage specification.

Yann Pretemer, Yuxian Gao, Kaho Kanai, Takuya Yamamoto, Kohei Kometani, Manami Ozaki, Karin Nishigishi, Tadashi Ikeda, Huaigeng Xu, Akitsu Hotta and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Authors and funding

11 authors.

Yann PretemerCenter for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-7760-7234
Yuxian GaoCenter for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Kaho KanaiCenter for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Takuya YamamotoCenter for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0022-3947
Kohei KometaniCenter for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4281-4371
Manami OzakiCenter for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Karin NishigishiCenter for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Tadashi IkedaDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Huaigeng XuCenter for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Akitsu HottaCenter for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2619-7441
Yoko HamazakiCenter for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. yoko.hamazaki@cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3911-5708

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP20bm0704043Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP23bm1123022hJapan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP23bm1323001MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 20K06469MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 22J13683MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 22KJ1841MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 23KK0136MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 25K18473
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thymic epithelial cells (TEC) are crucial in supporting T cell development, but their high heterogeneity and difficulty of isolation pose obstacles to their study in humans. Particularly, how diverse TEC lineages arise from a common progenitor remains poorly understood. To address this, here we establish a human iPSC-based model of thymus organogenesis capable of deriving these lineages in vitro. Through controlled retinoid signaling followed by self-directed differentiation, we obtain FOXN1

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Cell LineageEpithelial CellsInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsThymus GlandAIRE ProteinCell DifferentiationCoculture TechniquesForkhead Transcription FactorsHumansModels, BiologicalOrganogenesisThymocytesT-LymphocytesTranscription FactorsAIRE ProteinForkhead Transcription FactorsTranscription FactorsWhn protein

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PMID40855082
PMCPMC12378236

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