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. 2024 Mar 10;10(6):e27627. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27627

Table 4.

The 20 most-cited organoid articles ranked in order of the number of citations received.

Rank Article Topics No. of citations Citations over year
Author (first) Journal
P1 P2 P3
1 Single Lgr5 stem cells build crypt-villus structures in vitro without a mesenchymal niche Disease modeling 4,411 17 870 3,518 Sato, Toshiro Nature
2 Cerebral organoids model human brain development and microcephaly Disease modeling 2,920 0 257 2,654 Lancaster, Madeline A. Nature
3 Long-term Expansion of Epithelial Organoids From Human Colon, Adenoma, Adenocarcinoma, and Barrett's Epithelium Disease modeling 2,308 0 240 2,058 Sato, Toshiro Gastroenterology
4 Paneth cells constitute the niche for Lgr5 stem cells in intestinal crypts Disease modeling 1,761 0 566 1,194 Sato, Toshiro Nature
5 Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Engineered Human Tissues Using Clinical-Grade Soluble Human ACE2 Basic research 1,461 0 0 1,461 Monteil, Vanessa Cell
6 Prospective Derivation of a Living Organoid Biobank of Colorectal Cancer Patients Biobanking 1,432 0 24 1,406 Van de Wetering, Marc Cell
7 Organoid Models of Human and Mouse Ductal Pancreatic Cancer Disease modeling 1,307 0 36 1,268 Boj, Sylvia F. Cell
8 Distinct populations of inflammatory fibroblasts and myofibroblasts in pancreatic cancer Basic research 1,299 0 0 1,294 Ohlund, Daniel Journal of Experimental Medicine
9 Directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into intestinal tissue in vitro Disease modeling 1,299 0 273 1,022 Spence, Jason R. Nature
10 Brain-Region-Specific Organoids Using Mini-bioreactors for Modeling ZIKV Exposure Disease modeling 1,296 0 0 1,294 Qian, Xuyu Cell
11 Lgr5(+ve) Stem Cells Drive Self-Renewal in the Stomach and Build Long-Lived Gastric Units In Vitro Disease modeling 1,115 0 354 759 Barker, Nick Cell Stem Cell
12 SARS-CoV-2 productively infects human gut enterocytes Basic research 1,068 0 0 1,067 Lamers, Mart M. Science
13 In vitro expansion of single Lgr5(+) liver stem cells induced by Wnt-driven regeneration Precision medicine 1,019 0 177 842 Huch, Meritxell Nature
14 Patient-derived organoids model treatment response of metastatic gastrointestinal cancers Precision medicine 1,004 0 0 1,000 Vlachogiannis, Georgios Science
15 Organoid Cultures Derived from Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer Disease modeling 993 0 43 948 Gao, Dong Cell
16 Long-Term Culture of Genome-Stable Bipotent Stem Cells from Adult Human Liver Disease modeling 973 0 33 937 Huch, Meritxell Cell Science
17 A Living Biobank of Breast Cancer Organoids Captures Disease Heterogeneity Biobanking 971 0 0 967 Sachs, Norman Cell
18 Dependency of a therapy-resistant state of cancer cells on a lipid peroxidase pathway Basic research 968 0 0 963 Viswanathan, Vasanthi S. Nature
19 Functional Repair of CFTR by CRISPR/Cas9 in Intestinal Stem Cell Organoids of Cystic Fibrosis Patients Basic research 943 0 140 803 Schwank, Gerald Cell Stem Cell
20 Kidney organoids from human iPS cells contain multiple lineages and model human nephrogenesis Disease modeling 929 0 2 925 Takasato, Minoru Nature

P1, period 1: 2003 to 2009; P2, period 2: 2010 to 2015; P3, period 3: 2016 to 2023.