Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

An organoid biobank for childhood kidney cancers that captures disease and tissue heterogeneity

  • Camilla Calandrini,
  • Frans Schutgens,
  • Rurika Oka,
  • Thanasis Margaritis,
  • Tito Candelli,
  • Luka Mathijsen,
  • Carola Ammerlaan,
  • Ravian L. van Ineveld,
  • Sepide Derakhshan,
  • Sanne de Haan,
  • Emmy Dolman,
  • Philip Lijnzaad,
  • Lars Custers,
  • Harry Begthel,
  • Hindrik H. D. Kerstens,
  • Lindy L. Visser,
  • Maarten Rookmaaker,
  • Marianne Verhaar,
  • Godelieve A. M. Tytgat,
  • Patrick Kemmeren,
  • Ronald R. de Krijger,
  • Reem Al-Saadi,
  • Kathy Pritchard-Jones,
  • Marcel Kool,
  • Anne C. Rios,
  • Marry M. van den Heuvel-Eibrink,
  • Jan J. Molenaar,
  • Ruben van Boxtel,
  • Frank C. P. Holstege,
  • Hans Clevers,
  • Jarno Drost

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15155-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Pre-clinical cell culture models capturing the heterogeneity of childhood kidney tumours are limited. Here, the authors establish and characterise an organoid biobank of tumour and matched normal organoid cultures from over 50 children with different subtypes of kidney cancer.