Organoid News Volume 3.10 | Mar 17 2022

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    3D-Organoid Culture Supports Differentiation of Human CAR+ iPSCs into Highly Functional CAR T Cells

    The authors reported that iPSCs reprogramed from CD62L+ naive and memory T cells followed by CD19-chimeric antigen receptor engineering and 3D-organoid system differentiation conferred products with conventional CD8αβ-positive CAR T cell characteristics.
    [Cell Stem Cell]

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    Organoid Screening Reveals Epigenetic Vulnerabilities in Human Colorectal Cancer

    To gain insights into the pharmacobiology of human colorectal cancer, investigators created a robust drug screening platform for patient-derived colorectal organoids.
    [Nature Chemical Biology]

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    A Microphysiological Model of Human Trophoblast Invasion during Implantation

    Scientists developed an implantation-on-a-chip that was capable of reconstructing the 3D structural organization of the maternal-fetal interface to model the invasion of specialized fetal extravillous trophoblasts into the maternal uterus.
    [Nature Communications]

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    Generation of Human Tonsil Epithelial Organoids as an Ex Vivo Model for SARS-CoV-2 Infection

    The basal layer cells of tonsil epithelial cell–derived organoids expressed molecules essential for SARS-CoV-2 entry, such as angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, transmembrane serine protease 2 and furin, being susceptible to the viral infection.
    [Biomaterials]

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    In Vivo Imaging of Mammary Epithelial Cell Dynamics in Response to Lineage-Biased Wnt/β-Catenin Activation

    Researchers showed that β-catenin stabilization, when targeted to either the mammary luminal or basal epithelial lineage, led to cellular rearrangements that precipitates the formation of hyperplastic lesions that underqwnt squamous transdifferentiation.
    [Cell Reports]

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    Human Cerebral Organoids Reveal Progenitor Pathology in EML1-Linked Cortical Malformation

    Scientists used cerebral organoids derived from patients and genome edited-iPSCs to address pathophysiological changes associated with a complex malformation of human cortical development caused by mutations in the echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 1 (EML1) gene.
    [EMBO Reports]

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    Pulmonary Fibrosis Model Using Micro-CT Analyzable Human PSC–Derived Alveolar Organoids Containing Alveolar Macrophage-Like Cells

    Investigators suggested that micro-computed tomography (CT) analyzable PSC-derived alveolar human lung organoids were a promising in vitro model to predict lung toxicity manifestations, including fibrosis.
    [Cell Biology and Toxicology]

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    Microglia Integration into Human Midbrain Organoids Leads to Increased Neuronal Maturation and Functionality

    Researchers described an approach to derive microglia from human iPSCs and integrated them into iPSC-derived midbrain organoids.
    [Glia]

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    Superoxide Dismutase Isozymes in Cerebral Organoids from Autism Spectrum Disorder Patients

    Whole brain organoids were created from induced pluripotent stem cells from healthy individuals and individuals suffering from autism.
    [Journal of Neural Transmission]

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    RSV-Induced Changes in a 3-Dimensional Organoid Model of Human Fetal Lungs

    The authors sought to measure respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) replication, cytopathic effects, and protein expression in human lung organoids reproducing architecture and transcriptional profiles of human fetal lungs during the first trimester of gestation.
    [PLoS One]

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    REVIEWS

    Clinical Translation of Patient-Derived Tumor Organoids — Bottlenecks and Strategies

    Scientists identify the major bottlenecks preventing patient-derived tumour organoids (PDTOs) from being used in clinical setting. Unsuitable methods of tissue acquisition, disparities in establishment rates and a lengthy timeline are the limiting factors for use of PDTOs in clinical application.
    [Biomarker Research]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Promega Corporation and FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance Novel Assay Development

    Promega Corporation and FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, Inc., a leading global developer and manufacturer of human iPSC technologies, announced a strategic collaboration to advance novel assay development for drug discovery.
    [Promega Corporation]

    Press Release

    SLU Physician-Scientist Receives NIH Funding for Short Bowel Syndrome Research

    A Saint Louis University (SLU) School of Medicine physician-scientist has received funding from the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study Short Bowel Syndrome.
    [Saint Louis University]

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