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Comparative Evaluation of hiPSC-Derived Brain Organoids as Platforms for Assessing Thyroid Hormone System Disrupting Chemicals.

Valeria Fernandez Vallone, Lina Hellwig, Eddy Rijntjes, Nicolai von Kügelgen, Rajas Sane, Robert Opitz, Peter Kühnen, Josef Köhrle, Philipp Mergenthaler, Harald Stachelscheid

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Article in Cells, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Valeria Fernandez ValloneCore Unit Pluripotent Stem Cells and Organoids, Berlin Institute of Health, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3875-9170
Lina HellwigCenter for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4430-8384
Eddy RijntjesInstitut für Experimentelle Endokrinologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8870-8545
Nicolai von KügelgenInstitut für Experimentelle Endokrinologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8116-9032
Rajas SaneInstitut für Experimentelle Endokrinologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Robert OpitzDepartment for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3143-0997
Peter KühnenDepartment for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Josef KöhrleInstitut für Experimentelle Endokrinologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9187-9078
Philipp MergenthalerCenter for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9753-6711
Harald StachelscheidCore Unit Pluripotent Stem Cells and Organoids, Berlin Institute of Health, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9283-4605

Funding

Charité Foundation StC-VF-2024-59Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft CRC/TR 296 LOCOTACTEinstein Foundation EC3REinstein Foundation EJF-2020-602, EVF-2021-619, EVF-2021-619-2, EVF-BUA-2022-694Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung 2019_A34EU Horizon 2020 program 825161Volkswagen Foundation 9A866
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyroid hormones (THs) are essential regulators of human brain development, and disrupted TH availability during pregnancy or early life is linked to adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. Concerns that environmental chemicals interfere with TH signalling have increased the need for human-relevant in vitro systems to identify thyroid hormone system-disrupting chemicals (THSDCs) for risk assessment. Here, we compared two human-induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived brain organoid models for THSDC assessment: (i) human cortical organoids (COs) generated by unguided differentiation, offering higher architectural complexity but lower throughput; and (ii) neural stem cell-derived organoids (NSCOs), designed for scalability with reduced cellular diversity. Both models expressed key TH handling components, including the transporter

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BrainEndocrine DisruptorsInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsOrganoidsThyroid HormonesCell DifferentiationHumansIodide PeroxidaseNeural Stem CellsEndocrine DisruptorsIodide PeroxidaseThyroid Hormonesbrain organoidsendpointsNAMsthyroid hormone system disruptionvalidation

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PMCPMC13256479

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