In Vitro Models of Ovarian Cancer: Bridging the Gap between Pathophysiology and Mechanistic Models

Autor: Elliot Lopez, Sahil Kamboj, Changchong Chen, Zixu Wang, Sabrina Kellouche, Johanne Leroy-Dudal, Franck Carreiras, Ambroise Lambert, Carole Aimé
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Biomolecules, Vol 13, Iss 1, p 103 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2218-273X
DOI: 10.3390/biom13010103
Popis: Ovarian cancer (OC) is a disease of major concern with a survival rate of about 40% at five years. This is attributed to the lack of visible and reliable symptoms during the onset of the disease, which leads over 80% of patients to be diagnosed at advanced stages. This implies that metastatic activity has advanced to the peritoneal cavity. It is associated with both genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity, which considerably increase the risks of relapse and reduce the survival rate. To understand ovarian cancer pathophysiology and strengthen the ability for drug screening, further development of relevant in vitro models that recapitulate the complexity of OC microenvironment and dynamics of OC cell population is required. In this line, the recent advances of tridimensional (3D) cell culture and microfluidics have allowed the development of highly innovative models that could bridge the gap between pathophysiology and mechanistic models for clinical research. This review first describes the pathophysiology of OC before detailing the engineering strategies developed to recapitulate those main biological features.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals
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