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SynthesisCells2025

Brain Organoid Transplantation: A Comprehensive Guide to the Latest Advances and Practical Applications-A Systematic Review.

Yu-Ping Shen, Zaal Kokaia

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Using Brain Organoids to Explore Human Neurobiology.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Yu-Ping ShenLaboratory of Stem Cells and Restorative Neurology, Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University, 22184 Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-9195-5464
Zaal KokaiaLaboratory of Stem Cells and Restorative Neurology, Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University, 22184 Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-2296-2449

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain organoid technology has seen significant development in recent years. This self-organized, three-dimensional, organ-oriented brain tissue model can recapitulate the process of neurogenesis and consists of diverse cell types and cellular architecture. Transplanting brain organoids in vivo could be a potential tool from bench to clinical research and has been studied for many purposes. To investigate and summarize the methodology, findings, and applications of this novel technique from current evidence, we conducted this systematic review by searching PubMed and the Embase databases for the literature ranging from 2013 to 2024. A total of 480 articles were identified, and 24 of them met the inclusion criteria. The results revealed that brain organoid transplantation had promising graft survival, neural proliferation, differentiation, and maturation, axonal growth, and functional integration into the host neuronal circuit, and has been applied to multiple applications, such as therapeutic usage, cell study platforms, and disease modeling. However, heterogeneity among studies, some significant challenges, and ethical issues remain to be considered. This comprehensive review will provide an update of what is known about this powerful, innovative method and discuss some practical aspects for future research.

Indexed as

BrainOrganoidsAnimalsHumansNeurogenesisbrain organoidsdisease modelingneuroscienceorgan-on-a-chipregenerationstem cellstransplantation

Identifiers

PMID40710327
PMCPMC12293213

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