Epithelial spheres in 3D culture contain beating multiciliated cells. Time-lapse microscopy of spherical colonies derived in 3D Matrigel from sorted Day14 Nkx2-1+ vs. – precursors, reveals beating multiciliated cells. The video was recorded after ≥3 weeks of 3D culture.
Maria Serra, Konstantinos-Dionysios Alysandratos, Finn Hawkins, Katherine B. McCauley, Anjali Jacob, Jinyoung Choi, Ignacio S. Caballero, Marall Vedaie, Anita A. Kurmann, Laertis Ikonomou, Anthony N. Hollenberg, John M. Shannon, and Darrell N. Kotton
Development
2017. 144:3879-3893; doi: 10.1242/dev.150193