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Organoids: An Emerging Tool To Study Aging Signature Across Human Tissues. Modeling Aging With Patient-derived Organoids

Version 1 : Received: 8 September 2021 / Approved: 10 September 2021 / Online: 10 September 2021 (11:07:13 CEST)

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Torrens-Mas, M.; Perelló-Reus, C.; Navas-Enamorado, C.; Ibargüen-González, L.; Sanchez-Polo, A.; Segura-Sampedro, J.J.; Masmiquel, L.; Barcelo, C.; Gonzalez-Freire, M. Organoids: An Emerging Tool to Study Aging Signature across Human Tissues. Modeling Aging with Patient-Derived Organoids. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 10547. Torrens-Mas, M.; Perelló-Reus, C.; Navas-Enamorado, C.; Ibargüen-González, L.; Sanchez-Polo, A.; Segura-Sampedro, J.J.; Masmiquel, L.; Barcelo, C.; Gonzalez-Freire, M. Organoids: An Emerging Tool to Study Aging Signature across Human Tissues. Modeling Aging with Patient-Derived Organoids. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 10547.

Abstract

The biology of aging is focused on the identification of novel pathways that regulate the underlying processes of aging to develop interventions aimed at delaying the onset and progression of chronic diseases to extend lifespan. However, the research on the aging field has been conducted mainly in animal models, yeast, Caenorhabditis elegans and cell culture. Thus, it is unclear to what extent this knowledge is transferable to humans since they might not reflect the complexity of aging in people. Organoid culture is an in vitro 3D cell-culture technology that reproduces the physiological and cellular composition of the tissues and/or organs. This technology is being used in the cancer field to predict the response of a patient-derived tumor to a certain drug or treatment serving as patient stratification and drug-guidance approaches. Modeling aging with patient-derived organoids has a tremendous potential as a preclinical model tool to discover new biomarkers of aging, to predict adverse outcomes during aging and to design personalized approaches for prevention and treatment of aging-related diseases and geriatric syndromes. This could represent a novel approach to study chronological and/or biological aging paving the way to personalized interventions targeting the biology of aging.

Keywords

organoids; aging; precision medicine.

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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