Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 12

Опубликована: Янв. 9, 2025

Liver cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, highlighting the need for innovative approaches to understand its complex biology and develop effective treatments. While traditional in vivo animal models have played vital role liver research, ethical concerns demand more human-relevant systems driven development advanced vitro models. Spheroids organoids emerged as powerful tools due their ability replicate tumor microenvironment facilitate preclinical drug development. are simpler 3D culture that partially recreate structure cell interactions. They can be used penetration studies high-throughput screening. Organoids derived from stem cells or patient tissues accurately emulate complexity functionality tissue. generated pluripotent adult cells, well specimens, providing personalized studying behavior responses. retain genetic variability original offer robust platform screening treatment strategies. However, both spheroids limitations, such absence functional vasculature immune components, which essential growth therapeutic The field modeling evolving, with ongoing efforts predictive reflect complexities human cancer. By integrating these tools, researchers gain deeper insights into accelerate novel

Язык: Английский