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ArticleScience advances2025

Murine vascular organoids are responsive and adaptable 3D systems with cellular heterogeneity and dynamic plasticity.

Sophie Guelfi, Krish Skandha Gopalan, Pieter Maene, Dorothy John Robbert, Carla Pallarés-Moratalla, Gerlanda Vella, Max Nobis, Larissa Mourao, Pierre Bourdely, Bernard K van der Veer and 4 more

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Mesoscale maladaptation in disease organoids.Disease models & mechanisms · 2026
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  6. Organoids glimpse: the nexus for diverse tumor heterogeneity.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Sophie GuelfiLaboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Therapeutic Resistance, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-3579-4969
Krish Skandha GopalanLaboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Therapeutic Resistance, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0003-3629-3597
Pieter MaeneLaboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Therapeutic Resistance, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9332-7245
Dorothy John RobbertLaboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Therapeutic Resistance, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9791-7338
Carla Pallarés-MoratallaLaboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Therapeutic Resistance, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-2975-5066
Gerlanda VellaLaboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Therapeutic Resistance, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium.
Max NobisDepartment of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1861-1390
Larissa MouraoDepartment of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8046-5366
Pierre BourdelyDepartment of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-4162-1490
Bernard K van der VeerLaboratory for Stem Cell and Developmental Epigenetics, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-2576-7529
Kian Peng KohDepartment of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-2523-5175
Massimiliano MazzoneDepartment of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8824-4015
Colinda L G J ScheeleDepartment of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8999-5451
Gabriele BergersLaboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Therapeutic Resistance, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3545-5171

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blood vascular organoids (BVOs) have emerged as powerful tools for interrogating endothelial heterogeneity, function, and organ-specific cues during development, homeostasis, and disease. Here, we describe the stepwise generation and characterization of murine BVOs from different embryonic stem cells and introduce a fluorescent tracer system to follow their formation and maturation, visualizing functional and perfused vessels after transplantations into mice. Single-cell RNA sequencing, FACS, and whole-mount immunohistochemistry revealed a heterogeneous and dynamic trajectory of multiple endothelial, mesenchymal, and macrophage clusters in mBVOs at growth spike and full maturation. Endothelial cells inferred high plasticity toward arterial, venous, capillary, and tip/stalk cells and a neural-like identity at full maturation state. mBVOs responded to inflammatory cues and VEGF blockade in vitro and could be assembled with tumor spheroids in which tumor cells mimicked the same vascular growth pattern as observed in vivo. Our results highlight mBVOs as adaptable in vitro platforms, unlocking various applications and avenues for discovery in vascular biology.

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Blood VesselsCell PlasticityOrganoidsAnimalsCell DifferentiationEndothelial CellsMiceNeovascularization, PhysiologicSingle-Cell Analysis

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PMID41134892
PMCPMC12551706

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