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Rodrigo Madeiro da Costa

Leuven Stem Cell InstituteORCID 0000-0001-5646-8858Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioengineering· 1 Developmental Biology· 1 Neuroscience· 1

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Organism:human· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Assay:scRNA-seq· 1

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Burak ToprakhisariD· 2 shared Catherine M. VerfaillieiD· 2 shared Ayla Smout· 1 shared Birhanu BelayiD· 1 shared Bruna S. Paulsen· 1 shared Elise Anne van OsiD· 1 shared Felipe Rodrigues da SilvaiD· 1 shared Gabriela VitóriaiD· 1 shared

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BioengineeringBiofabricationPeer-reviewedApr 15, 2026

Organobodies: A robust and size-controllable system for generating scalable hiPSC-derived liver organoids for drug toxicity screening

Mostafa Kiamehr, Stefano Manzini, Burak Toprakhisar…·Catherine M. Verfaillie

This paper introduces a scalable 3D liver model using hiPSC-derived organoids to predict drug toxicity, showing comparable functionality to primary hepatocytes.

2 citations

humanbulk RNA-seq

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Developmental BiologyCell Death and DiseasePeer-reviewedJan 14, 2021

PU.1 drives specification of pluripotent stem cell-derived endothelial cells to LSEC-like cells

Jonathan De Smedt, Elise Anne van Os, Irene Talón…·Catherine M. Verfaillie

The paper introduces a computational tool to identify key transcription factors in lineage specification and validates PU.1 as a master regulator for generating LSEC-like cells from pluripotent stem cells.

39 citations

humanscRNA-seq

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NeuroscienceFrontiers in Molecular NeurosciencePeer-reviewedAug 22, 2018

Generation Of iPSC-Derived Human Peripheral Sensory Neurons Releasing Substance P Elicited By TRPV1 Agonists

Marília Zaluar P. Guimarães, Rodrigo De Vecchi, Gabriela Vitória…·Stevens Kastrup Rehen

This study describes a method to generate functional human peripheral sensory neurons from hiPSCs that release substance P in response to TRPV1 agonists.

53 citations

humanbulk RNA-seq

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