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Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Hepatology

Background:

  • The liver is vital for metabolism and detoxification; liver disease causes significant global mortality.
  • Traditional in vitro models (monolayer cultures) and animal testing have limitations in drug efficacy and toxicity evaluation.
  • In vitro liver tissue models are crucial for disease investigation and drug development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the construction and applications of 3D bioprinted in vitro liver tissue models.
  • To highlight 3D bioprinting strategies and bioinks for liver tissue engineering.
  • To discuss challenges and future directions for advanced liver models.

Main Methods:

  • Focus on 3D bioprinting technologies for creating liver tissue models.
  • Review of cell sources and hydrogel selection for bioinks.
  • Analysis of static scaffold and dynamic liver-on-chip approaches.

Main Results:

  • 3D bioprinting enables the construction of sophisticated in vitro liver tissue models.
  • Various strategies and bioinks are being developed for liver tissue engineering.
  • These models offer potential to overcome limitations of traditional methods.

Conclusions:

  • 3D bioprinted liver tissue models represent a significant advancement for research and drug discovery.
  • Further development is needed to address limitations and challenges.
  • This technology paves the way for next-generation in vitro liver models.