Recent advances on cell culture platforms for in vitro drug screening and cell therapies: from conventional to microfluidic strategies

BD Cardoso, EMS Castanheira… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The clinical translations of drugs and nanomedicines depend on coherent pharmaceutical
research based on biologically accurate screening approaches. Since establishing the 2D in …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the promising potential of induced pluripotent stem cells in cancer research and therapy

M Chehelgerdi, F Behdarvand Dehkordi… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
The advent of iPSCs has brought about a significant transformation in stem cell research,
opening up promising avenues for advancing cancer treatment. The formation of cancer is a …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro models for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Emerging platforms and their applications

MJ Ramos, L Bandiera, F Menolascina, JA Fallowfield - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) represents a global healthcare challenge,
affecting 1 in 4 adults, and death rates are predicted to rise inexorably. The progressive form …

[HTML][HTML] Liver organoids: recent developments, limitations and potential

SP Harrison, SF Baumgarten, R Verma, O Lunov… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Liver cell types derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) share the potential to
investigate development, toxicity, as well as genetic and infectious disease in ways currently …

[HTML][HTML] Future regenerative medicine developments and their therapeutic applications

AE Altyar, A El-Sayed, A Abdeen, M Piscopo… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although the currently available pharmacological assays can cure most pathological
disorders, they have limited therapeutic value in relieving certain disorders like myocardial …

Human liver cancer organoids: Biological applications, current challenges, and prospects in hepatoma therapy

L Chen, X Wei, D Gu, Y Xu, H Zhou - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Liver cancer and disease are among the most socially challenging global health concerns.
Although organ transplantation, surgical resection and anticancer drugs are the main …

Recent advances in three‐dimensional stem cell culture systems and applications

X Wu, J Su, J Wei, N Jiang, X Ge - Stem cells international, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cell culture is one of the most core and fundamental techniques employed in the fields of
biology and medicine. At present, although the two‐dimensional cell culture method is …

[HTML][HTML] NOX as a therapeutic target in liver disease

D Matuz-Mares, H Vázquez-Meza… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate hydrogen oxidase (NADPH oxidase or
NOX) plays a critical role in the inflammatory response and fibrosis in several organs such …

Development of a high-throughput micropatterned agarose scaffold for consistent and reproducible hPSC-derived liver organoids

S Jiang, F Xu, M Jin, Z Wang, X Xu, Y Zhou… - …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Liver organoids represent emerging human-relevant in vitro liver models that have a wide
range of biomedical applications in basic medical studies and preclinical drug discovery …

Modern therapeutic approaches to liver-related disorders

A Gardin, K Remih, E Gonzales, ER Andersson… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The liver is a key production and processing site that is essential for health. Liver dysfunction
can result in both systemic and liver-specific diseases. To combat these diseases, genetic …