01:07Isolation of Esophageal Progenitor Cells and Fibroblasts
05:02Establishment and Culture of Esophageal Organoids
06:31Organoid Processing for Whole Mount Staining
09:22Results: Isolation of Progenitor Cells and Fibroblast Subpopulations, Organoid Co-Cultures, and Whole-Mount Staining of Fibroblast-Organoid Interactions
Organoid-fibroblast co-cultures provide a model to study the in vivo stem cell niche. Here, a protocol for esophageal organoid-fibroblast co-cultures is described. Additionally, whole mount imaging is used to visualize the fibroblast-organoid interaction.