Comparison of extrahepatic cholangiocyte organoids and freshly isolated common bile duct cholangiocytes
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ABSTRACT: Despite the impact of bile duct disorders, treatment options remain very limited. Poor access to biliary tissue and restrictions in long-term culture or significant expansion of primary cholangiocytes have posed major challenges for research in the field. These limitations have so far precluded large scale experiments such as transcriptomic and genome-wide analyses which are urgently needed to better understand biliary physiology and pathophysiology. To address this issue, we have developed a novel system for the isolation and propagation of primary cholangiocytes from the extrahepatic bile ducts. The resulting Extrahepatic Cholangiocyte Organoids (ECOs) maintain their genetic stability, transcriptomic profile and function over long term culture and are compatible with regenerative medicine applications such as biliary reconstruction. We established a novel protocol for the isolation and propagation of primary cholangiocytes from the extrahepatic biliary tree in the form of extrahepatic cholangiocyte organoids (ECOs). The aim of this experiment was to provide in depth characterisation of the transcriptome of ECOs during long term culture. We compare the transcriptome of ECOs cultured for 1 passage (P1), 10 passages (P10) and 20 passages (P20) with freshly isolated primary cholangiocytes from the common bile duct. Embryonic Stem Cells (ES) cells are used as a negative control=
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Alessandro Bertero
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-4591 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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