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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15155-6
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- European Research Council (ERC) [671174]
- Dutch Cancer Society (KWF)/Alpe d'HuZes Bas Mulder Award [10218]
- Foundation Children Cancer Free [KiKa 292]
- Oncode Institute
- Foundation Children Cancer Free (KiKa core funding)
- European Research Council (ERC) [671174] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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Kidney tumours are among the most common solid tumours in children, comprising distinct subtypes differing in many aspects, including cell-of-origin, genetics, and pathology. Pre-clinical cell models capturing the disease heterogeneity are currently lacking. Here, we describe the first paediatric cancer organoid biobank. It contains tumour and matching normal kidney organoids from over 50 children with different subtypes of kidney cancer, including Wilms tumours, malignant rhabdoid tumours, renal cell carcinomas, and congenital mesoblastic nephromas. Paediatric kidney tumour organoids retain key properties of native tumours, useful for revealing patient-specific drug sensitivities. Using single cell RNA-sequencing and high resolution 3D imaging, we further demonstrate that organoid cultures derived from Wilms tumours consist of multiple different cell types, including epithelial, stromal and blastemal-like cells. Our organoid biobank captures the heterogeneity of paediatric kidney tumours, providing a representative collection of well-characterised models for basic cancer research, drug-screening and personalised medicine. Pre-clinical cell culture models capturing the heterogeneity of childhood kidney tumours are limited. Here, the authors establish and characterise an organoid biobank of tumour and matched normal organoid cultures from over 50 children with different subtypes of kidney cancer.
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