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Development of the Sexual Organs in the Embryo and Fetus
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2024
Development of the reproductive organs in an embryo starts from a bipotential state. This means the early embryo can develop either male or female reproductive organs. The formation of these organs begins with the growth of gonadal ridges that arise from the intermediate mesoderm during the fifth week of development. Near the gonadal ridges, two duct systems are present: the mesonephric ducts (Wolffian ducts) and paramesonephric ducts (Müllerian ducts). These ducts form the basis for the male...
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Utilization of Stop-flow Micro-tubing Reactors for the Development of Organic Transformations
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2018
A protocol for organic reaction screening using stop-flow micro-tubing (SFMT) reactors employing gaseous reactants and/or visible-light mediated reactions is presented.
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Developing 3D Organized Human Cardiac Tissue within a Microfluidic Platform
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2021
The goal of this protocol is to explain and demonstrate the development of a three-dimensional (3D) microfluidic model of highly aligned human cardiac tissue, composed of stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes co-cultured with cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) within a biomimetic, collagen-based hydrogel, for applications in cardiac tissue engineering, drug screening, and disease modeling.
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Development of Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalysts using Chiral Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
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2020
Here, we present a protocol for active site validation of metal-organic framework catalysts by comparing stoichiometric and catalytic carbonyl-ene reactions to find out whether a reaction takes place on the inner or outer surface of metal-organic frameworks.
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Whole Organ Tissue Culture
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2023
Whole organs can be cultured ex vivo using specialized bioreactors with the goal of repairing or replacing entire organs. This method uses a donor organ that is stripped of all cells, leaving behind the three-dimensional structure, which is then repopulated with new cells. This video demonstrates the whole organ culture of lungs and shows how a dynamic culture that mimics the mechanical stimulation in the body is needed to induce native tissue properties.
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Signaling pathways provide developmental instructions that influence which embryonic cells adopt particular fates. These signals help coordinate cell proliferation, migration, and differentiation rather than acting as isolated events. Their activity contributes to the organized formation of tissues, allowing groups of cells to acquire roles that support the architecture and eventual function of a developing organ.
Interactions among developing tissues help shape organ architecture through coordinated morphogenesis, the process by which tissues change form and organize spatially. These relationships allow neighboring cell populations to influence one another as structures emerge. Studying them explains how organ shape and arrangement arise from coordinated activity rather than from the behavior of individual cells alone.
Cell proliferation increases the developing cell population, migration positions cells within forming tissues, and differentiation gives cells specialized characteristics. Organ development depends on coordinating all three processes so that cells are produced, placed, and assigned appropriate roles. Disruption in this coordination can affect tissue organization and may contribute to congenital abnormalities.
Specialized function emerges as cells receive developmental signals, adopt distinct fates, and differentiate within an organized tissue environment. Morphogenesis then arranges those cells into an organ architecture suited to its role. Consequently, organ development links molecular signaling and cell behavior with the functional specialization required for health after development.
Organ development research can identify how altered signaling, cell behavior, or tissue interactions affect the formation of organs. Because development depends on coordinated proliferation, migration, differentiation, and morphogenesis, examining these processes helps connect developmental disruptions with abnormal organ architecture. This provides a biological framework for understanding how congenital abnormalities arise.
Knowledge of organ development supports disease modeling by providing developmental mechanisms that can be examined in research systems. It also informs organoid formation, in which developmental principles guide the creation of organized, organ-related structures for study. These applications help researchers investigate how organs form and how developmental processes relate to disease.
Regenerative medicine draws on principles of organ development to consider how damaged tissues might be repaired or replaced. Understanding signaling, cell fate, differentiation, and tissue organization can guide strategies for recreating functional biological structures. This connection makes developmental biology relevant not only to embryonic growth but also to efforts addressing tissue damage and organ loss.