A Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-based Platform to Study SARS-CoV-2 Tropism and Model Virus Infection in Human Cells and Organoids
Yang L, Han Y, Nilsson-Payant BE, Gupta V, Wang P, Duan X, Tang X, Zhu J, Zhao Z, Jaffré F, Zhang T, Kim TW, Harschnitz O, Redmond D, Houghton S, Liu C, Naji A, Ciceri G, Guttikonda S, Bram Y, Nguyen DT, Cioffi M, Chandar V, Hoagland DA, Huang Y, Xiang J, Wang H, Lyden D, Borczuk A, Chen HJ, Studer L, Pan FC, Ho DD, tenOever BR, Evans T, Schwartz RE, Chen S. A Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-based Platform to Study SARS-CoV-2 Tropism and Model Virus Infection in Human Cells and Organoids. Cell Stem Cell 2020, 27: 125-136.e7. PMID: 32579880, PMCID: PMC7303620, DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2020.06.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionHuman disease-relevant cellsSARS-CoV-2 tropismCOVID-19 pathophysiologyExpression of chemokinesRecent clinical studiesHuman pancreatic beta cellsCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2Pancreatic beta cellsLiver organoidsPancreatic endocrine cellsRespiratory failureDopaminergic neuronsClinical studiesPrimary human isletsVirus infectionAutopsy samplesBeta cellsHuman isletsEndocrine cellsOrgan systemsInfectionCholangiocyte organoidsDisease-relevant cellsHedgehog Signaling Demarcates a Niche of Fibrogenic Peribiliary Mesenchymal Cells
Gupta V, Gupta I, Park J, Bram Y, Schwartz RE. Hedgehog Signaling Demarcates a Niche of Fibrogenic Peribiliary Mesenchymal Cells. Gastroenterology 2020, 159: 624-638.e9. PMID: 32289375, PMCID: PMC8204800, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.03.075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCholestatic injuryStellate cellsLiver tissueStromal cellsLiver diseaseBile ductBiliary treePortal tractsMesenchymal cellsPrimary sclerosing cholangitisAlcoholic liver diseaseEpithelial cellsMyofibroblast phenotypeQuantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reactionBile duct ligationReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionTranscription-polymerase chain reactionCanals of HeringControl liver tissueHedgehog signalingSclerosing cholangitisHepatic injuryHepatocellular injuryNonalcoholic steatohepatitisPortal fibroblasts