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Long-term, hormone-responsive organoid cultures of human endometrium in a chemically defined medium

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These organoids expand long-term, are genetically stable and differentiate following treatment with reproductive hormones, and provide a foundation to study common diseases, such as endometriosis and endometrial cancer, as well as the physiology of early gestation.
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Turco et al. derive long-term genetically stable organoids from normal endometrium and the decidua that recapitulate characteristics of in vivo uterine glands, respond to hormones and differentiate into secretory and ciliated endometrial cells.

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Organoids in cancer research

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Human organoids: model systems for human biology and medicine.

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Pre-eclampsia: pathophysiology and clinical implications

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Trophoblast organoids as a model for maternal–fetal interactions during human placentation

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Long-term expansion of epithelial organoids from human colon, adenoma, adenocarcinoma, and Barrett's epithelium.

TL;DR: A technology that can be used to study infected, inflammatory, or neoplastic tissues from the human gastrointestinal tract is developed that might have applications in regenerative biology through ex vivo expansion of the intestinal epithelia.
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In vitro expansion of single Lgr5+ liver stem cells induced by Wnt-driven regeneration

TL;DR: Findings indicate that previous observations concerning Lgr5+ stem cells in actively self-renewing tissues can also be extended to damage-induced stem Cells in a tissue with a low rate of spontaneous proliferation.
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Designer matrices for intestinal stem cell and organoid culture

TL;DR: Modular synthetic hydrogel networks are used to define the key extracellular matrix parameters that govern intestinal stem cell (ISC) expansion and organoid formation, and show that separate stages of the process require different mechanical environments and ECM components.
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