Organoid News Volume 2.46 | Dec 16 2021

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    Vol. 2.46 – 16 December, 2021
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    Differential Pre-Malignant Programs and Microenvironment Chart Distinct Paths to Malignancy in Human Colorectal Polyps

    Researchers presented a single-cell transcriptomic and imaging atlas of the two most common human colorectal polyps, conventional adenomas and serrated polyps, and their resulting colorectal cancer counterparts.
    [Cell]

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    Theratyping Cystic Fibrosis In Vitro in ALI Culture and Organoid Models Generated from Patient-Derived Nasal Epithelial Conditionally Reprogrammed Stem Cells

    Scientists exploited an innovative cellular approach allowing highly efficient in vitro expansion of airway epithelial stem cells through conditional reprogramming from nasal brushing of cystic fibrosis patients.
    [European Respiratory Journal]

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    Single-Cell Transcriptomics Captures Features of Human Midbrain Development and Dopamine Neuron Diversity in Brain Organoids

    Investigators established a midbrain organoid culture system to study the developmental trajectory from pluripotent stem cells to mature dopamine neurons.
    [Nature Communications]

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    Grouped-Seq for Integrated Phenotypic and Transcriptomic Screening of Patient-Derived Tumor Organoids

    Scientists translated a newly developed pooled RNA-seq methodology onto a superhydrophobic microwell array chip to realize an assay of genome-wide RNA output unified with phenotypic data.
    [Nucleic Acids Research]

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    Parity-Induced Changes to Mammary Epithelial Cells Control NKT Cell Expansion and Mammary Oncogenesis

    The authors illustrated how pregnancy-induced changes modulate the communication between mammary epithelial cells and the immune microenvironment and established a causal link between pregnancy, the immune microenvironment, and mammary oncogenesis.
    [Cell Reports]

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    Characterization and Staging of Outer Plexiform Layer Development in Human Retina and Retinal Organoids

    By applying outer plexiform layer (OPL) staging criteria to human retinal organoids derived from human embryonic and iPSC, scientists observed comparable maturation from OPL-Stage 0 at day 100 in culture up to OPL-Stage 3 by day 160.
    [Development]

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    Halofuginone Sensitizes Lung Cancer Organoids to Cisplatin via Suppressing PI3K/AKT and MAPK Signaling Pathways

    Investigators found that halofuginone inhibited the proliferation, induced G0/G1 phase arrest, and promoted apoptosis in lung cancer cells in a dose-dependent manner.
    [Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology]

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    In-Depth Comparison of Matrigel Dissolving Methods on Proteomic Profiling of Organoids

    Researchers comprehensively compared three popular Matrigel dissolving methods and investigated the effect of undissolved Matrigel proteins on proteomic profiles of organoids.
    [Molecular & Cellular Proteomics]

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    Relevance of Biopsy-Derived Pancreatic Organoids in the Development of Efficient Transcriptomic Signatures to Predict Adjuvant Chemosensitivity in Pancreatic Cancer

    Investigators generated a prospective cohort of 27 consecutive biopsied derived pancreatic organoids and included them in the signature identification strategy.
    [Translational Oncology]

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    REVIEWS

    Preclinical Models for the Study of Lung Cancer Pathogenesis and Therapy Development

    Work in model systems has provided insights into the biology of lung cancer subtypes and their origins, contributed to our understanding of the mechanisms that underlie tumor progression, and revealed new therapeutic vulnerabilities.
    [Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine]

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    Modeling Developmental Brain Diseases Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Brain Organoids – Progress and Perspective

    The advent of brain organoid technology has provided a new means to study the cause and progression of developmental brain diseases in vitro.
    [Journal of Molecular Biology]

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    Towards Organoid Culture without Matrigel

    The authors discuss promising Matrigel-free methods for the generation and maintenance of organoids that use decellularized ECM, synthetic hydrogels, or gel-forming recombinant proteins.
    [Communications Biology]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Cerevel Therapeutics and Herophilus Announce Collaboration to Evaluate Novel Neuroimmune Modulating Therapeutic Strategies for Schizophrenia

    Cerevel Therapeutics announced a phased multi-year, joint research collaboration in neuropsychiatry. The collaboration integrates the deep expertise in neuroscience drug discovery at Cerevel Therapeutics with state-of-the-art disease models and the AI-enabled deep phenotyping from Herophilus.
    [Cerevel Therapeutics]

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    Collaboration between “Institut Du Thorax” and HCS Pharma: Improving the Management of Hypercholesterolemia Using a Relevant and Innovative Organoid-Based In Vitro Liver Model

    Launched in 2016, the adventure is coming to an end after five years of work carried out within the CHOlesterol Personalized INnovation, and with a strong collaboration between HCS Pharma and l’Institut du thorax.
    [HCS Pharma]

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