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ReviewCNS neuroscience & therapeutics2023

Applications of organoid technology to brain tumors.

Jie Wen, Fangkun Liu, Quan Cheng, Nathaniel Weygant, Xisong Liang, Fan Fan, Chuntao Li, Liyang Zhang, Zhixiong Liu

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Review in CNS neuroscience & therapeutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jie WenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2323-5932
Fangkun LiuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Quan ChengDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2401-5349
Nathaniel WeygantAcademy of Integrative Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Xisong LiangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Fan FanDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Chuntao LiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Liyang ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4054-1667
Zhixiong LiuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0288-6306
Central South University · CNFujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lacking appropriate model impedes basic and preclinical researches of brain tumors. Organoids technology applying on brain tumors enables great recapitulation of the original tumors. Here, we compared brain tumor organoids (BTOs) with common models including cell lines, tumor spheroids, and patient-derived xenografts. Different BTOs can be customized to research objectives and particular brain tumor features. We systematically introduce the establishments and strengths of four different BTOs. BTOs derived from patient somatic cells are suitable for mimicking brain tumors caused by germline mutations and abnormal neurodevelopment, such as the tuberous sclerosis complex. BTOs derived from human pluripotent stem cells with genetic manipulations endow for identifying and understanding the roles of oncogenes and processes of oncogenesis. Brain tumoroids are the most clinically applicable BTOs, which could be generated within clinically relevant timescale and applied for drug screening, immunotherapy testing, biobanking, and investigating brain tumor mechanisms, such as cancer stem cells and therapy resistance. Brain organoids co-cultured with brain tumors (BO-BTs) own the greatest recapitulation of brain tumors. Tumor invasion and interactions between tumor cells and brain components could be greatly explored in this model. BO-BTs also offer a humanized platform for testing the therapeutic efficacy and side effects on neurons in preclinical trials. We also introduce the BTOs establishment fused with other advanced techniques, such as 3D bioprinting. So far, over 11 brain tumor types of BTOs have been established, especially for glioblastoma. We conclude BTOs could be a reliable model to understand brain tumors and develop targeted therapies.

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Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaBiological Specimen BanksHumansOrganoidsTechnologybrain metastasesbrain tumorglioblastomamedulloblastomameningiomaorganoidprecision medicinetumor microenvironment

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PMID37248629
PMCPMC10493676
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