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Considering cancer not only as malignant cells on their own but as a complex disease in which tumor cells interact and communicate with their microenvironment has motivated the establishment of clinically relevant 3D models in past years. Technological advances gave rise to novel bioengineered models, improved organoid systems, and microfabrication approaches, increasing scientific importance in preclinical research. Notwithstanding, mammalian in vivo models remain closest to mimic the patient’s situation but are limited by cost, time, and ethical constraints. Herein, the in ovo model bridges the gap as an advanced model for basic and translational cancer research without the need for ethical approval. With the avian embryo being a naturally immunodeficient host, tumor cells and primary tissues can be engrafted on the vascularized chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) with high efficiencies regardless of species-specific restrictions. The extraembryonic membranes are connected to the embryo through a continuous circulatory system, readily accessible for manipulation or longitudinal monitoring of tumor growth, metastasis, angiogenesis, and matrix remodeling. However, its applicability in immunoncological research is largely underexplored. Dual engrafting of malignant and immune cells could provide a platform to study tumor-immune cell interactions in a complex, heterogenic and dynamic microenvironment with high reproducibility. With some caveats to keep in mind, versatile methods for in and ex ovo monitoring of cellular and molecular dynamics already established in ovo are applicable alike. In this view, the present review aims to emphasize and discuss opportunities and limitations of the chicken embryo model for pre-clinical research in cancer and cancer immunology.
Im Rahmen des Verbund-Forschungsprojektes KOKON wurde nach systematischer Literaturrecherche eine Datenbank entwickelt; in der KOKONbase sind sowohl die Interaktionsprofile als auch die Interaktionsmatrix die wesentlichen Elemente der Vorhaltung von primärem und bewertetem Wissen. In der Interaktionsmatrix wird mit Hilfe eines Ampelschemas die Möglichkeit der Beeinflussung der Pharmakokinetik von Arzneistoffen durch ausgewählte Drogen dargestellt. Die Droge und die Arzneistoffe werden paarweise abgebildet. Die Interaktionsmatrix wird durch praktisch tätige Onkologen als sehr wertvolles Instrument in der onkologischen Beratungspraxis angesehen, um schnell einen Überblick über das von einer Droge ausgehende Gefahrenpotential bzgl. der Beeinflussung der Wirksamkeit eines in der Onkologie genutzten Arzneistoffs zu bekommen.