多系沟通可以调节人肝的发育
J Gray Camp1, Keisuke Sekine2, Tobias Gerber1
1Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig 04103, Germany.
Nature
|June 15, 2017
概括
三维肝脏器官比二维培养更好地模型人类肝脏的发育. 血管内皮生长因子 (VEGF) 信号促进肝细胞分化和器官发育.
科学领域:
- 发育生物学
- 干细胞生物学
- 有机器人技术
背景情况:
- 两个维的分化无法捕捉器官生成的复杂性.
- 三维器官提供了更好的模型,但血统相互作用尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较2D和3D肝脏发育模型.
- 研究肝脏器官中的异型相互作用.
- 了解人类肝脏的发育情况.
主要方法:
- 单细胞RNA测序
- 三维肝芽器官衍生
- 受体 - 连接体配对分析
- 高通量抑制剂测定
主要成果:
- 肝器官模仿胎儿的肝脏发育.
- 有机体中的肝细胞表现出明显的血统进展.
- VEGF信号增强了内皮网络和肝细胞分化.
结论:
- 三维器官揭示了人类肝脏的发展.
- 沟通对于有机生物的发展至关重要.
- 有机模型可以阐明发育过程.
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