Medulloblastoma and high-grade glioma organoids for drug screening, lineage tracing, co-culture and in vivo assay

C Lago, M Gianesello, L Santomaso, G Leva… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Medulloblastoma and high-grade glioma represent the most aggressive and frequent lethal
solid tumors affecting individuals during pediatric age. During the past years, several models …

Advances and applications of brain organoids

Y Li, PM Zeng, J Wu, ZG Luo - Neuroscience Bulletin, 2023 - Springer
Understanding the fundamental processes of human brain development and diseases is of
great importance for our health. However, existing research models such as non-human …

Cancer Metastasis‐on‐a‐Chip for Modeling Metastatic Cascade and Drug Screening

A Brooks, Y Zhang, J Chen… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Microfluidic chips are valuable tools for studying intricate cellular and cell–microenvironment
interactions. Traditional in vitro cancer models lack accuracy in mimicking the complexities …

Bridging the gap between tumor and disease: Innovating cancer and glioma models

SM Cirigliano, HA Fine - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2025 - rupress.org
Recent advances in cancer biology and therapeutics have underscored the importance of
preclinical models in understanding and treating cancer. Nevertheless, current models often …

Patient-Derived Models of Cancer in the NCI PDMC Consortium: Selection, Pitfalls, and Practical Recommendations

AN Habowski, DP Budagavi, SD Scherer, AB Aurora… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Over the last two decades, there has been a major shift in cancer research
models. What was once dominated by genetically engineered mice models and fast-growing …

Modeling human brain tumors and the microenvironment using induced pluripotent stem cells

ZI Khamis, DB Sarker, Y Xue, N Al-Akkary, VD James… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are crucial for disease modeling
and cell-based therapy because they serve as an infinite source of specific human cell …

Evaluating cell culture reliability in pediatric brain tumor primary cells through DNA methylation profiling

L Pedace, S Pizzi, L Abballe, M Vinci… - NPJ Precision …, 2024 - nature.com
In vitro models of pediatric brain tumors (pBT) are instrumental for better understanding the
mechanisms contributing to oncogenesis and testing new therapies; thus, ideally, they …

Organoids as a new approach for improving pediatric cancer research

S Lampis, A Galardi, V Di Paolo… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
A key challenge in cancer research is the meticulous development of models that faithfully
emulates the intricacies of the patient scenario, with emphasis on preserving intra-tumoral …

Speeding up Glioblastoma Cancer Research: Highlighting the Zebrafish Xenograft Model

G Alberti, MD Amico, C Caruso Bavisotto… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a very aggressive and lethal primary brain cancer in
adults. The multifaceted nature of GBM pathogenesis, rising from complex interactions …

Modeling of brain tumors using in vitro, in vivo, and microfluidic models: A review of the current developments

NM Al Sawaftah, GA Husseini - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Brain cancers are some of the most complex diseases to treat, despite the numerous
advances science has made in cancer chemotherapy and research. One of the key …