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ArticleFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2026

Choroid plexus organoids mimic amyloid uptake at the blood-cerebrospinal fluid-barrier.

C Municio, K Sapidou, E J Apsley, M Fernandez-Otero, C E Arber, S Wray, E Carro, L Pellegrini

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C MunicioNeurobiology of Alzheimer's Disease Unit, Functional Unit for Research into Chronic Diseases, Network Centre for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
K SapidouCentre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
E J ApsleyCentre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
M Fernandez-OteroCentre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
C E ArberDepartment of Neurodegenerative Disease, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
S WrayDepartment of Neurodegenerative Disease, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
E CarroNeurobiology of Alzheimer's Disease Unit, Functional Unit for Research into Chronic Diseases, Network Centre for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
L PellegriniCentre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.

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The choroid plexus (ChP) is a specialised tissue of the central nervous system that produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), maintains cerebral homeostasis and forms the blood-CSF barrier (B-CSF-B), a key interface that regulates the exchange of substances between the blood and the brain. Despite its physiological importance, the involvement of the ChP in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), remains poorly understood. This is largely due to the reliance on murine models and the limited availability of human brain tissue. Recent advances in human stem-cell derived ChP organoids now offer a more physiologically relevant model to interrogate ChP role in human health and disease. Given that in AD pathology beta-amyloid (Aβ) accumulation has been linked to early disruption of brain barriers, studying the B-CSF-B is particularly relevant. Transthyretin (TTR), the predominant protein secreted by the ChP, is thought to play a role in the transport and clearance of Aβ, although its exact mechanisms are not yet fully elucidated. Here, we propose the use of ChP organoids to investigate the role of the B-CSF-B in amyloid uptake which may contribute to barrier dysfunction and disease progression in AD.

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Alzheimer’s diseaseamyloid-betablood-cerebrospinal fluid-barrier (B-CSF-B)choroid plexus (ChP)organoid

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