Human pluripotent-stem-cell-derived organoids for drug discovery and evaluation

JJ Vandana, C Manrique, LA Lacko, S Chen - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) and three-dimensional organoids have ushered in a
new era for disease modeling and drug discovery. Over the past decade, significant …

Human organoid models to study SARS-CoV-2 infection

Y Han, L Yang, LA Lacko, S Chen - Nature methods, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is one of the deadliest pandemics in history. SARS …

[HTML][HTML] Vascular cells improve functionality of human cardiac organoids

HK Voges, SR Foster, L Reynolds, BL Parker… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Crosstalk between cardiac cells is critical for heart performance. Here we show that vascular
cells within human cardiac organoids (hCOs) enhance their maturation, force of contraction …

Bromodomain and extraterminal (BET) proteins: biological functions, diseases and targeted therapy

ZQ Wang, ZC Zhang, YY Wu, YN Pi, SH Lou… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
BET proteins, which influence gene expression and contribute to the development of cancer,
are epigenetic interpreters. Thus, BET inhibitors represent a novel form of epigenetic …

[HTML][HTML] Post-COVID-19 syndrome: involvement and interactions between respiratory, cardiovascular and nervous systems

V Visco, C Vitale, A Rispoli, C Izzo, N Virtuoso… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Though the acute effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection have been extensively reported, the long-
term effects are less well described. Specifically, while clinicians endure to battle COVID-19 …

Alterations in microbiota of patients with COVID-19: potential mechanisms and therapeutic interventions

B Wang, L Zhang, Y Wang, T Dai, Z Qin… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
The global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is currently ongoing. It is
caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A high …

Integrating organoids and organ-on-a-chip devices

Y Zhao, S Landau, S Okhovatian, C Liu… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Organoids and organs-on-chips are two rapidly emerging 3D cell culture techniques that
aim to bridge the gap between in vitro 2D cultures and animal models to enable clinically …

Cardiac tissue model of immune-induced dysfunction reveals the role of free mitochondrial DNA and the therapeutic effects of exosomes

RXZ Lu, N Rafatian, Y Zhao, KT Wagner… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Despite tremendous progress in the development of mature heart-on-a-chip models, human
cell–based models of myocardial inflammation are lacking. Here, we bioengineered a …

Limited oxygen in standard cell culture alters metabolism and function of differentiated cells

J Tan, S Virtue, DM Norris, OJ Conway, M Yang… - The EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
The in vitro oxygen microenvironment profoundly affects the capacity of cell cultures to
model physiological and pathophysiological states. Cell culture is often considered to be …

Long COVID and hypertension-related disorders: a report from the Japanese Society of Hypertension Project Team on COVID-19

C Matsumoto, S Shibata, T Kishi, S Morimoto… - Hypertension …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstracts The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affects infected patients even after the
acute phase and impairs their health and quality of life by causing a wide variety of …