PMID- 36550973 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20221225 IS - 2306-5354 (Print) IS - 2306-5354 (Electronic) IS - 2306-5354 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 12 DP - 2022 Dec 4 TI - Application of Precision-Cut Lung Slices as an In Vitro Model for Research of Inflammatory Respiratory Diseases. LID - 10.3390/bioengineering9120767 [doi] LID - 767 AB - The leading cause of many respiratory diseases is an ongoing and progressive inflammatory response. Traditionally, inflammatory lung diseases were studied primarily through animal models, cell cultures, and organoids. These technologies have certain limitations, despite their great contributions to the study of respiratory diseases. Precision-cut lung slices (PCLS) are thin, uniform tissue slices made from human or animal lung tissue and are widely used extensively both nationally and internationally as an in vitro organotypic model. Human lung slices bridge the gap between in vivo and in vitro models, and they can replicate the living lung environment well while preserving the lungs' basic structures, such as their primitive cells and trachea. However, there is no perfect model that can completely replace the structure of the human lung, and there is still a long way to go in the research of lung slice technology. This review details and analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of precision lung slices as an in vitro model for exploring respiratory diseases associated with inflammation, as well as recent advances in this field. FAU - Liu, Yan AU - Liu Y AD - Anesthesiology Department, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116041, China. FAU - Wu, Ping AU - Wu P AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116014, China. FAU - Wang, Yin AU - Wang Y AD - Anesthesiology Department, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116041, China. FAU - Liu, Yansong AU - Liu Y AD - Anesthesiology Department, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116041, China. FAU - Yang, Hongfang AU - Yang H AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Dalian University Affiliated Xinhua Hospital, Dalian 116021, China. FAU - Zhou, Guohua AU - Zhou G AD - Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo 315016, China. FAU - Wu, Xiaoqi AU - Wu X AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116014, China. FAU - Wen, Qingping AU - Wen Q AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116014, China. LA - eng GR - LJKZ0851 to QP W/Educational Department of Liaoning Province/ PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20221204 PL - Switzerland TA - Bioengineering (Basel) JT - Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101676056 PMC - PMC9774555 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ex vivo lung models OT - human lung tissue OT - lung inflammation OT - precision-cut lung slices OT - respiratory system COIS- The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose. EDAT- 2022/12/24 06:00 MHDA- 2022/12/24 06:01 PMCR- 2022/12/04 CRDT- 2022/12/23 01:07 PHST- 2022/10/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/11/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/12/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/12/23 01:07 [entrez] PHST- 2022/12/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/24 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/04 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - bioengineering9120767 [pii] AID - bioengineering-09-00767 [pii] AID - 10.3390/bioengineering9120767 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Bioengineering (Basel). 2022 Dec 4;9(12):767. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering9120767.