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Microglia innately develop within cerebral organoids

Cerebral organoids are 3D stem cell-derived models that can be utilized to study the human brain. The current consensus is that cerebral organoids consist of cells derived from the neuroectodermal lineage. This limits their value and applicability, as mesodermal-derived microglia are important playe...

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Autores principales: Ormel, Paul R., Vieira de Sá, Renata, van Bodegraven, Emma J., Karst, Henk, Harschnitz, Oliver, Sneeboer, Marjolein A. M., Johansen, Lill Eva, van Dijk, Roland E., Scheefhals, Nicky, Berdenis van Berlekom, Amber, Ribes Martínez, Eduardo, Kling, Sandra, MacGillavry, Harold D., van den Berg, Leonard H., Kahn, René S., Hol, Elly M., de Witte, Lot D., Pasterkamp, R. Jeroen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6177485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30301888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06684-2
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Sumario:Cerebral organoids are 3D stem cell-derived models that can be utilized to study the human brain. The current consensus is that cerebral organoids consist of cells derived from the neuroectodermal lineage. This limits their value and applicability, as mesodermal-derived microglia are important players in neural development and disease. Remarkably, here we show that microglia can innately develop within a cerebral organoid model and display their characteristic ramified morphology. The transcriptome and response to inflammatory stimulation of these organoid-grown microglia closely mimic the transcriptome and response of adult microglia acutely isolated from post mortem human brain tissue. In addition, organoid-grown microglia mediate phagocytosis and synaptic material is detected inside them. In all, our study characterizes a microglia-containing organoid model that represents a valuable tool for studying the interplay between microglia, macroglia, and neurons in human brain development and disease.