Single-cell sequencing of develo** human gut reveals transcriptional links to childhood Crohn's disease

R Elmentaite, ADB Ross, K Roberts, KR James… - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
Human gut development requires the orchestrated interaction of differentiating cell types.
Here, we generate an in-depth single-cell map of the develo** human intestine at 6–10 …

Hedgehog signaling in intestinal development and homeostasis

KD Walton, DL Gumucio - Annual review of physiology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway plays several diverse regulatory and patterning roles
during organogenesis of the intestine and in the regulation of adult intestinal homeostasis. In …

Distinct populations of crypt-associated fibroblasts act as signaling hubs to control colon homeostasis

MD Brügger, T Valenta, H Fazilaty, G Hausmann… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Despite recent progress in recognizing the importance of mesenchymal cells for the
homeostasis of the intestinal system, the current picture of how these cells communicate with …

A bioengineering perspective on modelling the intestinal epithelial physiology in vitro

M Antfolk, KB Jensen - Nature Communications, 2020 - nature.com
The small intestine is a specialised organ, essential for nutrient digestion and absorption. It
is lined with a complex epithelial cell layer. Intestinal epithelial cells can be cultured in three …

Differentiation of human intestinal organoids with endogenous vascular endothelial cells

EM Holloway, JH Wu, M Czerwinski, CW Sweet, A Wu… - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
Human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived intestinal organoids (HIOs) lack some cellular
populations found in the native organ, including vasculature. Using single-cell RNA …

Dysregulation of the NRG1/ERBB pathway causes a developmental disorder with gastrointestinal dysmotility in humans

TL Le, L Galmiche, J Levy… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is the most frequent developmental anomaly of the enteric
nervous system, with an incidence of 1 in 5000 live births. Chronic intestinal pseudo …

4D materials with photoadaptable properties instruct and enhance intestinal organoid development

FM Yavitt, BE Kirkpatrick, MR Blatchley… - … biomaterials science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Intestinal organoids are self-organized tissue constructs, grown in vitro, that resemble the
structure and function of the intestine and are often considered promising as a prospective …

Smooth muscle-specific MMP17 (MT4-MMP) regulates the intestinal stem cell niche and regeneration after damage

M Martín-Alonso, S Iqbal, PM Vornewald… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Smooth muscle is an essential component of the intestine, both to maintain its structure and
produce peristaltic and segmentation movements. However, very little is known about other …

Mesenchymal niches for digestive organ development, homeostasis, and disease

AKH Loe, A Rao-Bhatia, JE Kim, TH Kim - Trends in Cell Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Mesenchymal–epithelial crosstalk plays a crucial role in organ development and stem cell
function. However, the identity of the mesenchymal cells involved in this exchange was …

Chromatin regulatory dynamics of early human small intestinal development using a directed differentiation model

YH Hung, S Huang, MK Dame, Q Yu… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The establishment of the small intestinal (SI) lineage during human embryogenesis ensures
functional integrity of the intestine after birth. The chromatin dynamics that drive SI lineage …