Organoid News Volume 3.04 | Feb 3 2022

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    Vol. 3.04 – 3 February, 2022
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    Amplification of Human Interneuron Progenitors Promotes Brain Tumors and Neurological Defects

    Investigators generated a human model for tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) by growing cerebral organoids from patients who carried mutations in TSC2.
    [Science]

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    IL-17RA-Signaling in Lgr5+ Intestinal Stem Cells Induces Expression of Transcription Factor ATOH1 to Promote Secretory Cell Lineage Commitment

    The authors used multiple conditional deletion models to identify a role for IL-17A in secretory epithelial cell differentiation in the gut.
    [Immunity]

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    Cone Photoreceptors in Human Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Organoids Demonstrate Intrinsic Light Responses That Mimic Those of Primate Fovea

    Investigators showed strong, graded, repetitive, and wavelength-specific light-evoked responses from retinal organoid cones.
    [Cell Stem Cell]

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    Forskolin-Induced Organoid Swelling Is Associated with Long-Term CF Disease Progression

    Individual cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator function was defined by forskolin-induced swelling, measured as the relative size increase of intestinal organoids after stimulation with 0.8 µM forskolin, quantified as area under the curve.
    [European Respiratory Journal]

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    Generation of the Organotypic Kidney Structure by Integrating Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Renal Stroma

    By elucidating the in vivo molecular features of the renal stromal lineage at a single-cell resolution level, researchers established an in vitro induction protocol for stromal progenitors from mouse PSCs.
    [Nature Communications]

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    Kidney Organoids Recapitulate Human Basement Membrane Assembly in Health and Disease

    Researchers investigated the dynamics of basement membrane assembly in human PSC-derived kidney organoids.
    [eLife]

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    Efficient and Error-Free Fluorescent Gene Tagging in Human Organoids without Double-Strand DNA Cleavage

    Scientists showed that in-trans paired nicking allowed for fast, highly efficient, and indel-free fluorescent gene tagging in human normal and cancer organoids.
    [PLoS Biology]

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    High-Definition DIC Imaging Uncovers Transient Stages of Pathogen Infection Cycles on the Surface of Human Adult Stem Cell-Derived Intestinal Epithelium

    Investigators developed a method for live-cell imaging of microbial infection dynamics on human adult stem cell-derived intestinal epithelial cell layers.
    [mBio]

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    Attenuation of SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Losartan in Human Kidney Organoids

    Using iPSC derived kidney organoids, SARS-CoV-1, SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV tropism, defined by the paired expression of a host receptor and protease, was identified primarily amongst proximal tubule cells.
    [iScience]

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    REVIEWS

    Human Organoids and Organs-on-Chips for Addressing COVID-19 Challenges

    The recent progress of organoids and organs-on-chips for virology research is summarized and their utility in meeting the COVID-19 pandemic is highlighted.
    [Advanced Science]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Novo Nordisk Foundation Invests $343M to Build Stem-Cell Research Center

    Novo Nordisk Foundation will invest up to $343 million over a ten-year period to establish an international research center focused on stem cell medicine.
    [BNovo Nordisk Foundation (Process International)]

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    Luxembourg Students to Send “Mini Brains” to the ISS

    The ISS will include an experiment by five students from the Luxembourg Center of System Biomedicine at Belval, who have been growing so-called “organoids”, mini brains that will be able to grow in micro gravity and thus help advance research in the fight against Parkinson’s disease.
    [RTL Luxembourg]

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