Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Human multilineage pro-epicardium/foregut organoids support the development of an epicardium/myocardium organoid

  • Mariana A. Branco,
  • Tiago P. Dias,
  • Joaquim M. S. Cabral,
  • Perpetua Pinto-do-Ó,
  • Maria Margarida Diogo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34730-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Stem cell models of organogenesis are a valuable tool for the study of human development, but often lack the context of tissue-tissue interaction. Here they generate human multi-lineage organoids comprising pro-epicardium, septum transversum, and liver bud, which they co-culture with heart organoids to generate a physiologically relevant model of organogenesis.