This discussion will focus on organoids due to their significant potential and various applications, particularly in regenerative and precision medicine. Special emphasis will be placed on cardiac organoids, as cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality and disability in the WHO European Region, with heart transplantation being the only curative option for advanced heart failure. Consequently, there is a considerable need for regenerative cardiac therapies and cardiac organoids represent one such solution. Numerous production methods exist to enhance cardiac organoids; however, this discourse will concentrate in bioreactors, including electrical stimulation bioreactors, perfusion bioreactors, rotating wall vessel bioreactors and microfluidics. Bioreactors help overcome certain limitations of organoids, such as issues related to oxygenation and nutrient transport; nonetheless, many improvements are still necessary. For instance, organoids often resemble foetal tissue more than adult tissue and as the complexity of organoids systems increase, ethical considerations become more pronounced.
I bioreattori comprendono molte delle strumentazioni necessarie per creare un ambiente favorevole alla crescita cellulare. Una delle loro applicazioni è la coltura di organoidi, strutture tridimensionali che replicano organi o tessuti nativi. Si prevede un notevole successo per applicazioni di organoidi come la sperimentazione clinica, la medicina rigenerativa, la ricerca sulle malattie e molte altre. Ad esempio, le malattie cardiovascolari rappresentano una delle principali cause di mortalità nel mondo occidentale e l'impiego degli organoidi cardiaci può rappresentare una significativa innovazione. Pertanto, esamineremo alcuni dei principali bioreattori per la creazione di organoidi del tessuto cardiaco, inclusi i fattori principali che ne favoriscono la differenziazione e sviluppo.
Bioreactors for cardiac organoids
LIGUORO, MARIA FRANCESCA
2024/2025
Abstract
This discussion will focus on organoids due to their significant potential and various applications, particularly in regenerative and precision medicine. Special emphasis will be placed on cardiac organoids, as cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality and disability in the WHO European Region, with heart transplantation being the only curative option for advanced heart failure. Consequently, there is a considerable need for regenerative cardiac therapies and cardiac organoids represent one such solution. Numerous production methods exist to enhance cardiac organoids; however, this discourse will concentrate in bioreactors, including electrical stimulation bioreactors, perfusion bioreactors, rotating wall vessel bioreactors and microfluidics. Bioreactors help overcome certain limitations of organoids, such as issues related to oxygenation and nutrient transport; nonetheless, many improvements are still necessary. For instance, organoids often resemble foetal tissue more than adult tissue and as the complexity of organoids systems increase, ethical considerations become more pronounced.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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