Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2021, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (13): 2127-2132.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2189

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Application and prospect of induced pluripotent stem cells in tumor diseases

Ni Jinghua1, 2, 3, 4, Luo Jia1, 2, 3, 4, Jiang Sen1, 2, 3, 4, Li Heng5, Zhu Jianzhong1, 2, 3, 4   

  1. 1College Veterinary Medicine, 2Comparative Medicine Research Institute, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu Province, China; 3Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu Province, China; 4Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu Province, China; 5Suzhou Truway Biotech Inc., Suzhou 215411, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Received:2020-04-11 Revised:2020-04-23 Accepted:2020-05-27 Online:2021-05-08 Published:2020-12-29
  • Contact: Zhu Jianzhong, MD, Professor, College Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu Province, China; Comparative Medicine Research Institute, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu Province, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu Province, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu Province, China
  • About author:Ni Jinghua, Master candidate, College Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu Province, China; Comparative Medicine Research Institute, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu Province, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu Province, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu Province, China

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Cancer is becoming more common worldwide, affecting one third of the world’s population, and its morbidity and mortality are high. With the deep understanding of the cancer molecular biology, new cancer treatment programs continue to appear, and monoclonal antibody targeted drug therapy and immunotherapy have brought new hope to cancer patients. However, the lack of good models has hindered our understanding of tumor biology and the discovery of real drug targets. Effective in vitro tumor models are of great significance for the biological screening of anticancer drugs.
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the application and prospect of induced pluripotent stem cells in tumor diseases.
METHODS: PubMed, Web of Science and CNKI databases were searched for the articles concerning the induced pluripotent stem cells. The keywords were “induced pluripotent stem cells, tumor diseases, gene editing, regenerative medicine” in English and Chinese, respectively. After screening based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the articles with high relevance were included for review 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:  Induced pluripotent stem cells have the advantages of wide sources, direct isolation from human peripheral blood, and being induced to differentiate into tumor tissues in vitro. Thus, more and more induced pluripotent stem cells for disease modeling and drug screening are being explored. With the continuous development of gene editing technology (CRISPER/Cas9), gene editing of stem cells has become possible to treat tumor diseases. 


Key words: stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, tumor, drug screening, disease models, gene editing, review

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