Table 1 Summary of exsisting construction strategies of tooth, mucosa and oral cancer assembled organoids based on co-culture technology (in chronological order)

From: Organoids in the oral and maxillofacial region: present and future

Organoid type

Cell type

Ratio of cells

Scaffold

Characterization strategies

Reference

Tooth organoid

Tooth Root Organoid

DPSCs and PDLSCs

1:1

Scaffold-free engineered construct

Histological and microcomputed tomography analyses; quantitative image analysis of immunofluorescent staining, etc.

Calabrese TC et al.18

Prevascularized dental pulp organoid

hDPSCs and Ecs

2:8

Matrigel

Hematoxylin-eosin staining and transmission electron microscopy imaging; using fluorescence microscope, etc.

Liu F et al.100

IeAM organoid

ieAM cells derived from hiPSCs and hDPSCs

Not mentioned

Matrigel

Confocal imaging, etc.

Alghadeer A et al.63

Human ameloblast organoid

hiPSCs and mouse dental mesenchyme

Not mentioned

Matrigel

Calcium imaging (Fluo-4 AM), confocal imaging, etc.

Kim KH et al.24

Tooth assembloid

DESCs and DPSCs

Not mentioned

Matrigel

Single-cell transcriptomics, histochemical, immunostaining and TEM analysis, etc.

Hermans F et al.44

Tooth germ organoid

hDPSCs and pDE

Not mentioned

GelMA HMPs

Using fluorescence microscope, etc.

Kilic Bektas C et al.103

Tooth mesenchymal-epithelial organoid

ERM and DPSCs

2:1

Matrigel

Using transmission electron microscopy, scRNA-seq analysis, etc.

Hemeryck L et al.43

Dental pulp organoid

hDPCs and ECs

3:1

hDP-ECM

Using a laser confocal microscope or fluorescence microscope, etc.

Xu X et al.99

Oral cancer organoid

OMM organoid

OMM cells and CD8+ TILs / CD45+ PBMCs

1:5 or 1:10

Matrigel

Histology and immunofluorescent staining, RNA-seq, organoid xenograft, etc.

Sun L et al. 64

FAO

OSCC cells and CAFs

1:1

Matrigel

Immunofluorescence staining, etc.

Chen X et al.22

OSCC organoid

OSCC cells and CAFs

1:1

Matrigel

Immunofluorescence staining, etc.

Zhao H et al. 14

TSCC organoid

TSCC cells and CAFs

2:1

Matrigel

Using an inverted microscope, etc.

Almahmoudi R et al.52

OSF organoid

Vascularized FAO

oral epithelial cells, fibroblasts and HUVECs

1:3:1

Matrigel

Immunofluorescence, etc.

Yang X et al.72

SG organoid

 

SGOs and ADSCs

Not mentioned

BME

Proteomics analysis, etc.

Soto-Gamez A et al.129

 

SGECs and mvECs

3:8

Decellularized porcine gut matrix (SIS-muc)

Immunofluorescence imaging, etc.

Burghartz M et al.128

  1. PDLSCs periodontal ligament (PDL) stem/progenitor cells, ieAM cells induced early Ameloblast, HERS cells Hertwig’s epithelial root sheath cells, GelMA gelatin methacrylate, pDECs porcine dental epithelial cells, hDPCs human dental pulp cells, HUVECs human umbilical vein endothelial cells, hiPSCs human-induced pluripotent stem cells, hAO human ameloblast organoid, ECs endothelial cells, hDP-ECM human dental pulp derived extracellular matrix, OMM oral mucosal melanoma, TILs tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, PBMCs peripheral blood mononuclear cells, FAO fibroblast-attached organoid, OSCC oral squamous cell carcinoma, CAFs cancer-associated fibroblasts, CSCs cancer stem cells, TSCC tongue squamous cell carcinoma, OSF oral submucous fibrosis, ADSCs adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells, BME basement membrane extract, SGOs salivary gland organoids, SGECs salivary gland epithelial cells, mvECs microvascular endothelial cells