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ArticleNature materials2025

Human immune organoids to decode B cell response in healthy donors and patients with lymphoma.

Zhe Zhong, Manuel Quiñones-Pérez, Zhonghao Dai, Valeria M Juarez, Eshant Bhatia, Christopher R Carlson, Shivem B Shah, Anjali Patel, Zhou Fang, Thomas Hu and 21 more

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Article in Nature materials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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43 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

31 authors.

Zhe ZhongPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-8659-3040
Manuel Quiñones-PérezPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7476-3666
Zhonghao DaiPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2543-269X
Valeria M JuarezPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8670-015X
Eshant BhatiaPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Christopher R CarlsonPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Shivem B ShahVagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9439-6509
Anjali PatelWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Zhou FangPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Thomas HuPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Mayar AllamPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1550-2316
Sakeenah L HicksDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Mansi GuptaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-5475-3838
Sneh Lata GuptaEmory Vaccine Center, Emory School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Ethan WeeksGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5077-1936
Stephanie D VagelosSchool of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Alejandro MolinaSchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Adriana Mulero-RussePetit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3731-8963
Ana Mora-BozaPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Devyani J JoshiEmory Vaccine Center, Emory School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5285-7725
Rafick P SekalyEmory Vaccine Center, Emory School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7816-4828
Todd SulchekPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Steven L GoudyWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Jens WrammertEmory Vaccine Center, Emory School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Krishnendu RoyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9972-0950
Jeremy M BossDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Ahmet F CoskunPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5797-1524
Christopher D ScharerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7716-8504
Andrés J GarcíaPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6602-2518
Jean L KoffWinship Cancer Center, Emory School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4414-0489
Ankur SinghPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. ankur.singh@gatech.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3501-2277

Funding

Hydrogel-based Organoids of African-American Lymphomas to Study B Cell Receptor Pathway InhibitorsR01CA266052 · NCI · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI JEAN L KOFF, Ankur Singh · 2022 to 2026
$2.7M
T32 CTEng (Cellular and Tissue Engineering) Training ProgramT32GM145735 · NIGMS · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Edward A. Botchwey, Andres J Garcia · 2022 to 2026
$2.3M
Hydrogel-based lymphoid tissues for generation of activated human B cells and delivery in vivoR01AI186314 · NIAID · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Ankur Singh · 2024 to 2026
$2.3M
Hydrogel-Based Aged Immune Organoids to Study Epigenetics and Trajectory of B CellsR01AI181282 · NIAID · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Ankur Singh · 2024 to 2026
$2.2M
Lymphoid Experimental Therapeutics Platform to Study Cooperative Signaling inHuman LymphomasR01CA238745 · NCI · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SINGH, ANKUR · 2020 to 2024
$2.2M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA238745NCI NIH HHS R01 CA266052NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI181282NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI186314NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM145735Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibodies are produced when naive B cells differentiate into plasma cells within germinal centres (GCs) of lymphoid tissues. Patients with B cell lymphoma on effective immunotherapies exhibit diminished antibody production, leading to higher infection rates and reduced vaccine efficacy, even after B cell recovery. Current ex vivo models fail to sustain long-term GC reactions and effectively test B cell responses. Here we developed synthetic hydrogels mimicking the lymphoid tissue microenvironment, enabling human GCs from tonsils and peripheral blood mononuclear cell-derived B cells. Immune organoids derived from peripheral blood mononuclear cells maintain GC B cells and plasma cells longer than tonsil-derived ones and exhibit unique B cell programming, including GC compartments, somatic hypermutation, immunoglobulin class switching and B cell clones. Chemical inhibition of transcriptional and epigenetic processes enhances plasma cell formation. While integrating polarized CXCL12 protein in a lymphoid organ-on-chip modulates GC responses in healthy donor B cells, it fails with B cells derived from patients with lymphoma. Our system allows rapid, controlled modelling of immune responses and B cell disorders.

Indexed as

B-LymphocytesLymphomaLymphoma, B-CellOrganoidsGerminal CenterHumansHydrogelsLeukocytes, MononuclearPalatine TonsilPlasma CellsHydrogels

Identifiers

PMID39506098
PMCPMC11866935

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