Communications Biology (Oct 2021)

Induction of inverted morphology in brain organoids by vertical-mixing bioreactors

  • Dang Ngoc Anh Suong,
  • Keiko Imamura,
  • Ikuyo Inoue,
  • Ryotaro Kabai,
  • Satoko Sakamoto,
  • Tatsuya Okumura,
  • Yoshikazu Kato,
  • Takayuki Kondo,
  • Yuichiro Yada,
  • William L. Klein,
  • Akira Watanabe,
  • Haruhisa Inoue

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02719-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Dang Ngoc Anh Suong et al find that vertical mixing generates iPSC-derived brain organoids displaying an inverted structure with neurons localising at the centre and neural progenitors at the outside. This study illustrates the influence of fluid mechanics relevant to the direction of primary cilia on stem cell differentiation.