Exploring tissue architecture using spatial transcriptomics

A Rao, D Barkley, GS França, I Yanai - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Deciphering the principles and mechanisms by which gene activity orchestrates complex
cellular arrangements in multicellular organisms has far-reaching implications for research …

Spatial components of molecular tissue biology

G Palla, DS Fischer, A Regev, FJ Theis - Nature Biotechnology, 2022 - nature.com
Methods for profiling RNA and protein expression in a spatially resolved manner are rapidly
evolving, making it possible to comprehensively characterize cells and tissues in health and …

Modeling post-implantation stages of human development into early organogenesis with stem-cell-derived peri-gastruloids

L Liu, S Oura, Z Markham, JN Hamilton, RM Skory, L Li… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
In vitro stem cell models that replicate human gastrulation have been generated, but they
lack the essential extraembryonic cells needed for embryonic development, morphogenesis …

Clinical and translational values of spatial transcriptomics

L Zhang, D Chen, D Song, X Liu, Y Zhang… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
The combination of spatial transcriptomics (ST) and single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-
seq) acts as a pivotal component to bridge the pathological phenomes of human tissues with …

Periodic formation of epithelial somites from human pluripotent stem cells

M Sanaki-Matsumiya, M Matsuda, N Gritti… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
During embryonic development, epithelial cell blocks called somites are periodically formed
according to the segmentation clock, becoming the foundation for the segmental pattern of …

An in vitro model of early anteroposterior organization during human development

N Moris, K Anlas, SC van den Brink, A Alemany… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The body plan of the mammalian embryo is shaped through the process of gastrulation, an
early developmental event that transforms an isotropic group of cells into an ensemble of …

Integration of spatial and single-cell transcriptomic data elucidates mouse organogenesis

T Lohoff, S Ghazanfar, A Missarova, N Koulena… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Molecular profiling of single cells has advanced our knowledge of the molecular basis of
development. However, current approaches mostly rely on dissociating cells from tissues …

A brief history of organoids

C Corrò, L Novellasdemunt… - American Journal of …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
In vitro cell cultures are crucial research tools for modeling human development and
diseases. Although the conventional monolayer cell cultures have been widely used in the …

Bioprinting for the biologist

AC Daly, ME Prendergast, AJ Hughes, JA Burdick - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Building tissues from scratch to explore entirely new cell configurations could revolutionize
fundamental understanding in biology. Bioprinting is an emerging technology to do this …

Rethinking organoid technology through bioengineering

E Garreta, RD Kamm, SM Chuva de Sousa Lopes… - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
In recent years considerable progress has been made in the development of faithful
procedures for the differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs). An important step …