Canine organoids: state-of-the-art, translation potential for human medicine and plea for standardization

Organoids have already shown great promise as research tools in human medicine. However, in veterinary medicine, such applications are limited and largely confined to canine organoids. In the Cross Health context, the potential of canine organoids lies in the translation to human diseases, such as c...

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Main Authors: Kim Verduijn, Hilde de Rooster, Evelyne Meyer, Jonas Steenbrugge
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2025.1562004/full
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description Organoids have already shown great promise as research tools in human medicine. However, in veterinary medicine, such applications are limited and largely confined to canine organoids. In the Cross Health context, the potential of canine organoids lies in the translation to human diseases, such as cancer. This review provides a state-of-the-art, highlights the current challenges, and at first compares the reported culture conditions of canine organoids derived from both non-neoplastic and neoplastic tissue (i.e., tumoroids), identifying substantial gaps and discrepancies in used culture methods. We make a plea for the standardization of canine organoid culture characteristics and increased rigor in parameter reporting, which will ultimately enhance the reproducibility and applicability of canine organoids in both veterinary and human medicine, especially in the oncology field.
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spelling doaj-art-339d63eccb3740cb97354cbe8048716b2025-08-20T02:56:07ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Veterinary Science2297-17692025-05-011210.3389/fvets.2025.15620041562004Canine organoids: state-of-the-art, translation potential for human medicine and plea for standardizationKim Verduijn0Kim Verduijn1Hilde de Rooster2Hilde de Rooster3Evelyne Meyer4Evelyne Meyer5Jonas Steenbrugge6Jonas Steenbrugge7Small Animal Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, BelgiumCancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG)-Veterinary Oncology Network (VON), Ghent, BelgiumSmall Animal Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, BelgiumCancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG)-Veterinary Oncology Network (VON), Ghent, BelgiumCancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG)-Veterinary Oncology Network (VON), Ghent, BelgiumLaboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Veterinary and Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, BelgiumCancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG)-Veterinary Oncology Network (VON), Ghent, BelgiumLaboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Veterinary and Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, BelgiumOrganoids have already shown great promise as research tools in human medicine. However, in veterinary medicine, such applications are limited and largely confined to canine organoids. In the Cross Health context, the potential of canine organoids lies in the translation to human diseases, such as cancer. This review provides a state-of-the-art, highlights the current challenges, and at first compares the reported culture conditions of canine organoids derived from both non-neoplastic and neoplastic tissue (i.e., tumoroids), identifying substantial gaps and discrepancies in used culture methods. We make a plea for the standardization of canine organoid culture characteristics and increased rigor in parameter reporting, which will ultimately enhance the reproducibility and applicability of canine organoids in both veterinary and human medicine, especially in the oncology field.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2025.1562004/fullorganoidtumoroiddogcross healthculture conditionsmethodological rigor
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Canine organoids: state-of-the-art, translation potential for human medicine and plea for standardization
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
organoid
tumoroid
dog
cross health
culture conditions
methodological rigor
title Canine organoids: state-of-the-art, translation potential for human medicine and plea for standardization
title_full Canine organoids: state-of-the-art, translation potential for human medicine and plea for standardization
title_fullStr Canine organoids: state-of-the-art, translation potential for human medicine and plea for standardization
title_full_unstemmed Canine organoids: state-of-the-art, translation potential for human medicine and plea for standardization
title_short Canine organoids: state-of-the-art, translation potential for human medicine and plea for standardization
title_sort canine organoids state of the art translation potential for human medicine and plea for standardization
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tumoroid
dog
cross health
culture conditions
methodological rigor
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2025.1562004/full
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