Research Progress, Challenges, and Breakthroughs of Organoids as Disease Models

Traditional cell lines and xenograft models have been widely recognized and used in research. As a new research model, organoids have made significant progress and development in the past 10 years. Compared with traditional models, organoids have more advantages and have been applied in cancer resea...

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Main Authors: Yisheng Huang, Zhijie Huang, Zhengming Tang, Yuanxin Chen, Mingshu Huang, Hongyu Liu, Weibo Huang, Qingsong Ye, Bo Jia
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f913016dfc5a486fba90ffd24e01810c
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Summary:Traditional cell lines and xenograft models have been widely recognized and used in research. As a new research model, organoids have made significant progress and development in the past 10 years. Compared with traditional models, organoids have more advantages and have been applied in cancer research, genetic diseases, infectious diseases, and regenerative medicine. This review presented the advantages and disadvantages of organoids in physiological development, pathological mechanism, drug screening, and organ transplantation. Further, this review summarized the current situation of vascularization, immune microenvironment, and hydrogel, which are the main influencing factors of organoids, and pointed out the future directions of development.