Hepatocellular carcinoma drug resistance models

Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Although drug therapy has been well developed and applied, its clinical efficacy is limited due to primary or acquired drug resistance in most HCC patients. Therefore, it is of great clinical signi...

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Main Authors: Xiaolu Xie, Yaomin Wang, Ziyi Wang, Lei Zhang, Jun Li, Yaling Li
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-05-01
Series:Cancer Cell International
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12935-025-03821-y
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Yaomin Wang
Ziyi Wang
Lei Zhang
Jun Li
Yaling Li
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Yaomin Wang
Ziyi Wang
Lei Zhang
Jun Li
Yaling Li
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description Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Although drug therapy has been well developed and applied, its clinical efficacy is limited due to primary or acquired drug resistance in most HCC patients. Therefore, it is of great clinical significance to elucidate the key molecular mechanisms of resistance and improve the sensitivity of HCC cells to drugs. At present, a variety of HCC drug resistance models have been developed to find out resistance mechanisms, screen biomarkers, and explore strategies to reverse drug resistance, including traditional HCC drug resistance models, HCC patient-derived drug resistance models, three-dimensional drug resistance models, transgenic drug resistance models, and multi-drug resistance models. Here, we searched PubMed, Embase and Web of science for studies related to HCC drug resistance models in recent years, systematically summarized the established methods and characteristics of these models, reviewed their applications and compared their advantages and disadvantages, aiming to provide reference for the selection of appropriate models for HCC drug resistance research.
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spelling doaj-art-3db3136101df4dc99d93e16f3b1013552025-08-20T01:59:57ZengBMCCancer Cell International1475-28672025-05-0125111210.1186/s12935-025-03821-yHepatocellular carcinoma drug resistance modelsXiaolu Xie0Yaomin Wang1Ziyi Wang2Lei Zhang3Jun Li4Yaling Li5Department of Pharmacy, Yibin Hospital Affiliated to Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical UniversityDepartment of Pharmacy, The Affiliated Hospital, Southwest Medical UniversityDepartment of Pharmacy, The Affiliated Hospital, Southwest Medical UniversityDepartment of Pharmacy, The Affiliated Hospital, Southwest Medical UniversityDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital, Southwest Medical UniversityDepartment of Pharmacy, The Affiliated Hospital, Southwest Medical UniversityAbstract Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Although drug therapy has been well developed and applied, its clinical efficacy is limited due to primary or acquired drug resistance in most HCC patients. Therefore, it is of great clinical significance to elucidate the key molecular mechanisms of resistance and improve the sensitivity of HCC cells to drugs. At present, a variety of HCC drug resistance models have been developed to find out resistance mechanisms, screen biomarkers, and explore strategies to reverse drug resistance, including traditional HCC drug resistance models, HCC patient-derived drug resistance models, three-dimensional drug resistance models, transgenic drug resistance models, and multi-drug resistance models. Here, we searched PubMed, Embase and Web of science for studies related to HCC drug resistance models in recent years, systematically summarized the established methods and characteristics of these models, reviewed their applications and compared their advantages and disadvantages, aiming to provide reference for the selection of appropriate models for HCC drug resistance research.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12935-025-03821-yHCCDrug resistanceCell linePatient-derived xenograftTransgenic model
spellingShingle Xiaolu Xie
Yaomin Wang
Ziyi Wang
Lei Zhang
Jun Li
Yaling Li
Hepatocellular carcinoma drug resistance models
Cancer Cell International
HCC
Drug resistance
Cell line
Patient-derived xenograft
Transgenic model
title Hepatocellular carcinoma drug resistance models
title_full Hepatocellular carcinoma drug resistance models
title_fullStr Hepatocellular carcinoma drug resistance models
title_full_unstemmed Hepatocellular carcinoma drug resistance models
title_short Hepatocellular carcinoma drug resistance models
title_sort hepatocellular carcinoma drug resistance models
topic HCC
Drug resistance
Cell line
Patient-derived xenograft
Transgenic model
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s12935-025-03821-y
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