Research Article

Three-Dimensional Gastrointestinal Organoid Culture in Combination with Nerves or Fibroblasts: A Method to Characterize the Gastrointestinal Stem Cell Niche

Figure 1

Summary of three-dimensional methods to culture intestinal epithelium. (a) Tissue culture ex vivo. Arrowhead indicates stromal cells. (b) Organotypic cell culture. (c) Organoid culture. PAS staining. R-Spo, R-Spondin.