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Masaaki Funata

Takeda (Japan)

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Self-Organization of Sinusoidal Vessels in Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Human Liver Bud Organoids

Norikazu Saiki, Yasunori Nio, Yosuke Yoneyama, Shuntaro Kawamura, Kentaro Iwasawa, Eri Kawakami, Kohei Araki, Junko Fukumura, Tsuyoshi Sakairi, Tamaki Kono, Rio Ohmura, Masaru Koido, Masaaki Funata, Wendy L. Thompson, Pamela Cruz‐Encarnacion, , Takanori Takebe

This study develops a method to generate human liver bud organoids with functional sinusoidal vessels, demonstrating their potential for coagulation disorder therapies.

Nature Biomedical Engineering · Jun 25, 2025Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology