Single cell RNA-sequencing analysis of human hepatic organoids derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells

Liver is a central organ for drug and xenobiotics metabolism in human body. Due to the differences in interspecies metabolism, human model system for liver metabolism is necessary. However, the hepatic model systems derived from human pluripotent stem cells for metabolic screening and assays did not recapitulate the most of metabolic capabilities of human liver or primary human hepatocytes to date. In this study, we developed human hepatic endoderm organoids which are expandable and subsequently differentiated human hepatic organoids having metabolic capabilities. To investigate the cellular composition and properties of human hepatic organoids in single cell level, we performed single cell RNA-sequencing. Overall design: human hepatic organoid derived from hiPSCs and cultured in suspension