Project description:We developed a monolayer culture system for small intestinal organoids, and then placed the culture plate on a rotator to generate a constant flow in the overlay medium. This mechanical stimulation facilitated the formation of villus-like structures from the monolayer of small intestinal organoids.
Project description:The goal of this study was to compare global RNA expression data obtained from: i) duodenal organoids cultured in conventional plastic-adherent Matrigel drop overlaid with growth medium; ii) Duodenum Intestine-Chips derived from organoids in the presence of constant flow and stretch; iii) human adult duodenum tissue and to verify whether Duodenum Intestine-Chip faithfully recapitulates human adult duodenum tissue and to better understand how much it differs from the organoids from which it’s derived.
Project description:Here, we used single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) to profile intestinal epithelial only organoids (also known as enteroids) from human fetal duodenum after one passage of in vitro growth. Organoids were grown in the standard 25% LWRN media with either 100 ng/ml of epidermal growth factor (EGF) or 1 ng/ml of EPIREGULIN (EREG) added.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of duodenum from non-obese patients and patients with morbid obesity comparing non-insulin resistance vs. insulin resistande. Goal was to determine the involvement of the duodenum in the development of insulin resistance and the possible influence of obesity.