T2

Dental epithelial organoids

Academic laboratories (e.g. Hemeryck et al., KU Leuven / UHasselt) · component · Animal result

Status

Human dental epithelial organoids recreate enamel-forming developmental tissue. A powerful model of cell behaviour; the work sits at the organoid/model boundary, not at a replacement tooth.

What would change this assessment

Organoid-derived enamel tissue of native thickness and orientation, integrated in a living jaw.

Tier history

  • 2022-02-26 T2 Human-tooth epithelial organoids established with a stemness phenotype and differentiation potential, including in vivo assessment; a developmental model, not a replacement tooth.

Sources on file

  1. Hemeryck L, Hermans F, Chappell J, et al. (2022). Organoids from human tooth showing epithelial stemness phenotype and differentiation potential. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 79(3):153. doi:10.1007/s00018-022-04183-8

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