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- Title
Human Brain Organoids-on-Chip: Advances, Challenges, and Perspectives for Preclinical Applications.
- Authors
Castiglione, Héloïse; Vigneron, Pierre-Antoine; Baquerre, Camille; Yates, Frank; Rontard, Jessica; Honegger, Thibault
- Abstract
There is an urgent need for predictive in vitro models to improve disease modeling and drug target identification and validation, especially for neurological disorders. Cerebral organoids, as alternative methods to in vivo studies, appear now as powerful tools to decipher complex biological processes thanks to their ability to recapitulate many features of the human brain. Combining these innovative models with microfluidic technologies, referred to as brain organoids-on-chips, allows us to model the microenvironment of several neuronal cell types in 3D. Thus, this platform opens new avenues to create a relevant in vitro approach for preclinical applications in neuroscience. The transfer to the pharmaceutical industry in drug discovery stages and the adoption of this approach by the scientific community requires the proposition of innovative microphysiological systems allowing the generation of reproducible cerebral organoids of high quality in terms of structural and functional maturation, and compatibility with automation processes and high-throughput screening. In this review, we will focus on the promising advantages of cerebral organoids for disease modeling and how their combination with microfluidic systems can enhance the reproducibility and quality of these in vitro models. Then, we will finish by explaining why brain organoids-on-chips could be considered promising platforms for pharmacological applications.
- Subjects
DRUG discovery; HIGH throughput screening (Drug development); SCIENTIFIC community; DRUGS; DRUG target
- Publication
Pharmaceutics, 2022, Vol 14, Issue 11, p2301
- ISSN
1999-4923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/pharmaceutics14112301