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ArticleCell reports. Medicine2026

ABO: A 3D stroma-supported culture platform enabling full human B-lymphopoiesis for disease modeling and gene therapy development.

Merijn Braams, Martijn Cordes, Sandra A Vloemans, Bas de Mooij, Sandra de Bruin-Versteeg, Ashley Wachtmeester, Anton W Langerak, Karin Pike-Overzet, Frank J T Staal, Kirsten Canté-Barrett and 1 more

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Merijn BraamsDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300RC Leiden, the Netherlands; Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Martijn CordesDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300RC Leiden, the Netherlands; Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300RC Leiden, the Netherlands.
Sandra A VloemansDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300RC Leiden, the Netherlands.
Bas de MooijDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300RC Leiden, the Netherlands.
Sandra de Bruin-VersteegDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300RC Leiden, the Netherlands.
Ashley WachtmeesterDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300RC Leiden, the Netherlands.
Anton W LangerakDepartment of Immunology, Laboratory Medical Immunology, Erasmus Medical Center, University Medical Center Rotterdam, 3015GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Karin Pike-OverzetDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300RC Leiden, the Netherlands.
Frank J T StaalDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300RC Leiden, the Netherlands; Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300RC Leiden, the Netherlands. Electronic address: f.j.t.staal@lumc.nl.
Kirsten Canté-BarrettDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300RC Leiden, the Netherlands; Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands. Electronic address: k.cante@lumc.nl.
Sander de KivitDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300RC Leiden, the Netherlands; Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands. Electronic address: s.de_kivit@lumc.nl.

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Abstract

Defective B cell development underlies a large proportion of inborn errors of immunity. Progress in understanding disease mechanisms and therapy development remains limited because current human in vitro models incompletely recapitulate B-lymphopoiesis. We present a three-dimensional aggregate culture platform composed of human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) and mouse bone marrow (BM) stromal cells as an assay for efficient B cell output (ABO). ABOs support progression through pro-B, pre-B, immature, and transitional B cell stages, with a transcriptional profile and B cell receptor (BCR) repertoire diversity resembling human B cell ontogeny. ABO-derived B cells exhibit functional BCR signaling and differentiate into class-switched memory B cells and antibody-secreting cells following CD40-mediated stimulation. ABOs reproduce the B cell developmental arrest observed in HSPCs from patients with RAG1-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), which is corrected by a RAG1 gene therapy lentiviral vector. Thus, ABOs provide a clinically relevant platform for modeling B cell immunodeficiencies and evaluating therapeutic strategies.

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B-LymphocytesCell Culture TechniquesGenetic TherapyLymphopoiesisModels, BiologicalAnimalsCell DifferentiationHematopoietic Stem CellsHomeodomain ProteinsHumansMiceReceptors, Antigen, B-CellSevere Combined ImmunodeficiencyStromal CellsHomeodomain ProteinsRAG-1 proteinReceptors, Antigen, B-CellB cell developmentbone marrow stromal cellsgene therapyhematopoietic stem and progenitor cellsinborn errors of immunityRAG1 deficiencysevere combined immunodeficiency

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PMID42314684
PMCPMC13400188

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