{"title":"Organoid models of breast cancer in precision medicine and translational research.","authors":"Vahid Niazi, Benyamin Parseh","doi":"10.1007/s11033-024-10101-x","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>One of the most famous and heterogeneous cancers worldwide is breast cancer (BC). Owing to differences in the gene expression profiles and clinical features of distinct BC subtypes, different treatments are prescribed for patients. However, even with more thorough pathological evaluations of tumors than in the past, available treatments do not perform equally well for all individuals. Precision medicine is a new approach that considers the effects of patients' genes, lifestyle, and environment to choose the right treatment for an individual patient. As a powerful tool, the organoid culture system can maintain the morphological and genetic characteristics of patients' tumors. Evidence also shows that organoids have high predictive value for patient treatment. In this review, a variety of BC studies performed on organoid culture systems are evaluated. Additionally, the potential of using organoid models in BC translational research, especially in immunotherapy, drug screening, and precision medicine, has been reported.</p>","PeriodicalId":18755,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Biology Reports","volume":"52 1","pages":"2"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Molecular Biology Reports","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-024-10101-x","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
One of the most famous and heterogeneous cancers worldwide is breast cancer (BC). Owing to differences in the gene expression profiles and clinical features of distinct BC subtypes, different treatments are prescribed for patients. However, even with more thorough pathological evaluations of tumors than in the past, available treatments do not perform equally well for all individuals. Precision medicine is a new approach that considers the effects of patients' genes, lifestyle, and environment to choose the right treatment for an individual patient. As a powerful tool, the organoid culture system can maintain the morphological and genetic characteristics of patients' tumors. Evidence also shows that organoids have high predictive value for patient treatment. In this review, a variety of BC studies performed on organoid culture systems are evaluated. Additionally, the potential of using organoid models in BC translational research, especially in immunotherapy, drug screening, and precision medicine, has been reported.
期刊介绍:
Molecular Biology Reports publishes original research papers and review articles that demonstrate novel molecular and cellular findings in both eukaryotes (animals, plants, algae, funghi) and prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea).The journal publishes results of both fundamental and translational research as well as new techniques that advance experimental progress in the field and presents original research papers, short communications and (mini-) reviews.