Defined serum-free culture of human infant small intestinal organoids with predetermined doses of Wnt3a and R-spondin1 from surgical specimens.
Yuka MatsumotoHiroyuki KogaMirei TakahashiKazuto SudaTakanori OchiShogo SeoGo MiyanoYuichiro MiyakeHideaki NakajimaShiho YoshidaTakafumi MikamiTadaharu OkazakiNobutaka HattoriAtsuyuki YamatakaTetsuya NakamuraPublished in: Pediatric surgery international (2021)
SI cells can be grown as organoids under defined conditions. This could provide a reproducible and customizable method of using surgical specimens for the study of intestinal maturation and their relevance to pediatric diseases.