Table 3.
Summary of existing in vitro 3D disease models
| Organ | Associated diseases | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Brain | Alzheimer’s | 150 |
| Neuropsychiatric diseases (autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder) | 149 | |
| Microcephaly | 18 | |
| Kidney | Polycystic Kidney Disease, Fibrosis | 163,165 |
| Nephronophthisis | 164 | |
| Eye | Retinal Degeneration | 153 |
| Glaucoma | 152 | |
| Stomach | Infection with H. pylori | 209 |
| Pancreas | Cystic fibrosis | 166 |
| Pancreatic Cancer | 192 | |
| Liver | Hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma | 190 |
| Hepatitis B virus | 162 | |
| Heart | Dilated cardiomyopathy | 154 |
| Cardiac Hypertrophy and Heart Failure | 107,155 | |
| Cardiac sodium channel disease and related cardiac arrhythmias | 157,210 | |
| Lungs | Influenza | 160 |
| Congenital surfactant deficiency syndrome | 158 | |
| Asthma | 211 | |
| Pulmonary Edema | 4 | |
| Multiple organs | Systemic toxicity | 113,169 |