Hiroshi Nakagawa, Yuta Kasagi, Tatiana A Karakasheva, Takeo Hara, Bailey Aaron, Masataka Shimonosono, Takashi Kijima, Veronique Giroux, Dominique Bailey, Benjamin Wilkins, Julian A Abrams, Gary W Falk, Seema S Aceves, Jonathan M Spergel, Kathryn E Hamilton, Kelly A Whelan, Amanda B Muir
The homeostatic proliferation-differentiation gradient in the esophageal epithelium is perturbed under inflammatory disease conditions such as gastroesophageal reflux disease and eosinophilic esophagitis. Herein we describe the protocols for rapid generation (<14 days) and characterization of single-cell-derived, three-dimensional (3D) esophageal organoids from human subjects and mice with normal esophageal mucosa or inflammatory disease conditions. While 3D organoids recapitulate normal epithelial renewal, proliferation, and differentiation, non-cell autonomous reactive epithelial changes under inflammatory conditions are evaluated in the absence of the inflammatory milieu...
March 2020: Current Protocols in Stem Cell Biology