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NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 5, Pages 279-293Publisher
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s41577-019-0248-y
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Much of our knowledge regarding the interactions between epithelial tissues and the immune system has been gathered from animal models and co-cultures with cell lines. However, unique features of human cells cannot be modelled in mice, and cell lines are often transformed or genetically immortalized. Organoid technology has emerged as a powerful tool to maintain epithelial cells in a near-native state. In this Review, we discuss how organoids are being used in immunological research to understand the role of epithelial cell-immune cell interactions in tissue development and homeostasis, as well as in diseases such as cancer. Organoid technology has emerged as a powerful tool to maintain epithelial cells in a near-native state that can be used to better understand the interactions between epithelial cells and the immune system in tissue development, homeostasis, infection and cancer.
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