Periodic formation of epithelial somites from human pluripotent stem cells

Somitogenesis has been well characterized in model organisms, resulting in detailed description of the somite segmentation clock. Here they generate somitogenic organoids from human pluripotent stem cells that recapitulate somitogenesis, periodic segmentation, and proper polarity.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marina Sanaki-Matsumiya, Mitsuhiro Matsuda, Nicola Gritti, Fumio Nakaki, James Sharpe, Vikas Trivedi, Miki Ebisuya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29967-1