AccScience Publishing / IJB / Online First / DOI: 10.36922/ijb.4166
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Comprehensive insight into 3D bioprinting technology for brain tumor modeling

Ayoung Kim1,2 Kyumin Mo1,2 Soohyun Choe1,2 Miyoung Shin3 Hyunho Yoon1,2*
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1 Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon 14662, Republic of Korea
2 Department of Biotechnology, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon 14662, Republic of Korea
3 Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Submitted: 8 July 2024 | Accepted: 22 August 2024 | Published: 27 August 2024
© 2024 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

Glioblastoma is one of the most common primary malignant brain tumors with a poor prognosis and high mortality rate. Because only small lipophilic molecules can penetrate the blood-brain barrier, chemotherapy and immunotherapy are limited in their ability to effectively treat brain tumor. Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting has the potential to model the 3D environment of human pathology and diseases directly. In many cancers, 3D bioprinting technology closely mimics the tumor microenvironment, making it a promising tool for drug screening and uncovering the mechanisms of cancer initiation and progression. Recent 3D bioprinting technologies have been developed to recreate the dynamic interactions between the tumor and endothelial cells. Brain tumor models using 3D bioprinting technology can reconstruct the biophysical heterogeneity and immune interactions in the brain. These advanced models regulate the organization of tumor structures for preclinical drug testing and reveal the immunological pathways involved in brain tumor. Here, we highlight 3D bioprinting technologies that can replace conventional in vitro models for brain tumor treatment.

Keywords
Glioblastoma
3D Bioprinting
Glioblastoma-on-a-chip
Tumor microenvironment
Blood-brain barrier
Funding
The authors wish to acknowledge the Brain Korea 21 (BK21), grant number M2022B002600003, and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in Korea, grant number 22213MFDS421.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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International Journal of Bioprinting, Electronic ISSN: 2424-8002 Print ISSN: 2424-7723, Published by AccScience Publishing