Review Article

Design Principles for Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Organoid Engineering

Table 1

Bioengineering approaches to control cell organization into PSC-derived organoids.

Self-organization controlSelf-assemblyScaffold-free approachesHanging drop method[7377]
V-bottomed and round-bottomed multiwell plates
Microwells
Scaffold for imposing external and internal architectureNanotopographyElectrospinning[88]
Electron beam
Selective etching
Nanoimprinting
3D printingNozzle[93, 94, 96, 188]
Laser
Inkjet
Manipulation of organoid assemblyDNA-programmed assembly of cells[100, 101]
3D bioprintingInkjet bioprinting[102110, 112, 113, 189]
Microextrusion systems
Laser-based direct-write techniques
Self-patterning and self-morphogenesisSpatiotemporal control of mechanical signalsSynthetic ECMAdhesion peptides[146148]
Peptide substrates
Combined hydrogels
DNA-directed assembly of shape-controlled units[149]
Light-mediated patterning[150, 151]
pH-mediated patterning[152]
Supramolecular “host-guest” interactions[153]
Enzymatic reaction-mediated patterning[154]
Spatiotemporal control of morphogen diffusionLight-mediated patterning[160, 161]
Microfluidic systems[163, 167]
Micro/nanoparticles[170172]