Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Transplantable human thyroid organoids generated from embryonic stem cells to rescue hypothyroidism

  • Mírian Romitti,
  • Adrien Tourneur,
  • Barbara de Faria da Fonseca,
  • Gilles Doumont,
  • Pierre Gillotay,
  • Xiao-Hui Liao,
  • Sema Elif Eski,
  • Gaetan Van Simaeys,
  • Laura Chomette,
  • Helene Lasolle,
  • Olivier Monestier,
  • Dominika Figini Kasprzyk,
  • Vincent Detours,
  • Sumeet Pal Singh,
  • Serge Goldman,
  • Samuel Refetoff,
  • Sabine Costagliola

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34776-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Hypothyroidism is a common condition that cannot always be satisfactorily treated through continued hormone replacement. Here the authors report the generation of transplantable thyroid organoids derived from human embryonic stem cells that can restore plasma thyroid hormone in athyreotic mice.