Organoid News Volume 3.00 | Jan 6 2021

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    Lineage Recording in Human Cerebral Organoids

    Scientists established iTracer, a lineage recorder that combined reporter barcodes with inducible CRISPR–Cas9 scarring and was compatible with single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.
    [Nature Methods]

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    Human Alveolar Type 2 Epithelium Transdifferentiates into Metaplastic KRT5+ Basal Cells

    Researchers demonstrated that human alveolar type 2 cells (hAEC2s), unlike murine AEC2s, transdifferentiated into basal cells in response to fibrotic signaling in the lung mesenchyme, in vitro and in vivo.
    [Nature Cell Biology]

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    Establishment of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Skin Organoids Enabled Pathophysiological Model of SARS-CoV-2 Infection

    A proteome map of COVID-19 skin was established and the susceptibility of human-iPSC-derived skin organoids with hair follicles and nervous system was investigated, to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
    [Advanced Science]

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    Microengineered Multi-Organoid System from hiPSCs to Recapitulate Human Liver-Islet Axis in Normal and Type 2 Diabetes

    Scientists developed a new microfluidic multi-organoid system that recapitulated the human liver-pancreatic islet axis in normal and disease states.
    [Advanced Science]

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    Human iPSC-Derived Fallopian Tube Organoids with BRCA1 Mutation Recapitulate Early-Stage Carcinogenesis

    Researchers generated human fallopian tube epithelial (FTE) organoids from BRCA1 mutation carriers that provided a faithful physiological in vitro model of FTE lesion generation and early carcinogenesis.
    [Cell Reports]

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    ID2 Controls Differentiation of Enteroendocrine Cells in Mouse Small Intestine

    To assess the functions of ID2 in the adult mouse small intestine, investigators used single-cell RNA sequencing, genetically modified mice, and organoid assays.
    [Acta Physiologica]

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    Deletion of kif3a in CK19 Positive Cells Leads to Primary Cilia Loss, Biliary Cell Proliferation and Cystic Liver Lesions in TAA-Treated Mice

    Biliary progenitor cells were isolated and grown as organoids from gallbladders. Cells and tissue were analyzed using histology, immunohistochemistry and Western blot assays.
    [Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease]

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    Effect of Duty Cycles of Tumor-Treating Fields on Glioblastoma Cells and Normal Brain Organoids

    The authors evaluated the effects of tumor‑treating fields with different duty cycles on glioma spheroid cells and normal brain organoids.
    [International Journal of Oncology]

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    Ionizing Radiation Alters Organoid Forming Potential and Replenishment Rate in a Dose/Dose-Rate Dependent Manner

    Researchers assessed the response to radiation dose and dose-rate by measuring both organoid-forming potential and the percentage of stem cells in the crypts.
    [Journal of Radiation Research]

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    Challenges of Organoid Research

    Organoids hold promise for the study of atypical cellular, molecular, and genetic features that underscore neurological diseases.
    [Annual Review of Neuroscience]

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    Organoid and Microfluidics-Based Platforms for Drug Screening in COVID-19

    Investigators summarize available models as well as novel drug screening approaches, from simple to more advanced platforms.
    [Drug Discovery Today]

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    Modeling Somatic Mutations Associated with Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Human Brain Organoids

    Brain organoids capture the developmental progression of the human brain and contain human-enriched progenitor cell types.
    [Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics and PhenoVista Biosciences Announce Strategic Alliance to Improve the Drug Discovery Process

    FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, Inc. and PhenoVista Biosciences announced a strategic alliance to improve the drug discovery process, by using iPSCs in screening.
    [FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, Inc. (GlobeNewswire, Inc.)]

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    University of Wisconsin Ophthalmology Professor Receives $75,000 Grant to Support International Collaborations on Eye Research

    Dr. Steven DeVries, a professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Wisconsin, has received an International Research Collaborators Award from Research to Prevent Blindnes that will allow him to learn from scientists at Ritsumeikan University in Japan about the process of growing 3D retinal organoids from stem cells.
    [Ophthalmology Times]

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