Guangzhou Laboratory, No. 9 XingDaoHuanBei Road, Guangzhou International Bio Island, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Clin Mol Hepatol. 2023 Jul;29(3):643-669. doi: 10.3350/cmh.2022.0428. Epub 2023 Mar 6.
Liver organoids are three-dimensional cellular tissue models in which cells interact to form unique structures in culture. During the past 10 years, liver organoids with various cellular compositions, structural features, and functional properties have been described. Methods to create these advanced human cell models range from simple tissue culture techniques to complex bioengineering approaches. Liver organoid culture platforms have been used in various research fields, from modeling liver diseases to regenerative therapy. This review discusses how liver organoids are used to model disease, including hereditary liver diseases, primary liver cancer, viral hepatitis, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Specifically, we focus on studies that used either of two widely adopted approaches: differentiation from pluripotent stem cells or epithelial organoids cultured from patient tissues. These approaches have enabled the generation of advanced human liver models and, more importantly, the establishment of patient-tailored models for evaluating disease phenotypes and therapeutic responses at the individual level.
肝类器官是一种三维细胞组织模型,其中细胞相互作用,在培养中形成独特的结构。在过去的 10 年中,已经描述了具有各种细胞组成、结构特征和功能特性的肝类器官。创建这些先进的人类细胞模型的方法从简单的组织培养技术到复杂的生物工程方法不等。肝类器官培养平台已被用于各种研究领域,从模拟肝脏疾病到再生治疗。本综述讨论了肝类器官如何用于模拟疾病,包括遗传性肝脏疾病、原发性肝癌、病毒性肝炎和非酒精性脂肪性肝病。具体来说,我们专注于使用两种广泛采用的方法之一的研究:多能干细胞的分化或从患者组织培养的上皮类器官。这些方法使先进的人类肝脏模型的产生成为可能,更重要的是,为在个体水平上评估疾病表型和治疗反应建立了基于患者的模型。