Editorial
Current research and challenge of human retinal organoid differentiation
Luo Ziming, Ge Jian
Published 2020-10-10
Cite as Chin J Exp Ophthalmol, 2020, 38(10): 809-812. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115989-20200721-00518
Abstract
The retinal organoid is one of the most widely studied organoids in vitro, which is an "organ in a dish" with a highly similar tissue structure to those in vivo.Since it was first reported, the differentiation methods of retinal organoids have been continously developed to improve the differentiation efficiency and achieve further maturation.Retinal organoids have a broad application prospect as developmental and disease models, as well as seed cells for replacement therapy.However, there are still some problems to be solved, including the universality, effectiveness, heterogeneity of retinal organoid differentiation, as well as the difference between retinal organoids development and the real fetal retinal development.Researchers should investigate the regulational mechanism during organoid development from molecular, genetic, cellular and histological structure levels in order to promote the clinical practices of organoid culture technology.
Key words:
Stem cells; Retinal organoid; Induced differentiation
Contributor Information
Luo Ziming
State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA94304, USA
Ge Jian
State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China