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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology Volume 2011, Article ID 394241, 11 pages doi:10.1155/2011/394241 Review Article Animal Models of Middle Ear Cholesteatoma Tomomi Yamamoto-Fukuda,1 Haruo Takahashi,1 and Takehiko Koji2 1 Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Translational Medical Science, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan 2 Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan Correspondence should be addressed to Tomomi Yamamoto-Fukuda, tomomiyf@nagasaki-u.ac.jp Received 22 September 2010; Revised 15 December 2010; Accepted 10 February 2011 Academic Editor: Monica Fedele Copyright © 2011 Tomomi Yamamoto-Fukuda et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Middle ear acquired cholesteatoma is a pathological condition associated with otitis media, which may be associated with temporal bone resorption, otorrhea and hearing loss, and occasionally various other complications. Cholesteatoma is characterized by the enhanced proliferation of epithelial cells with aberrant morphologic characteristics. Unfortunately, our understanding of the mechanism underlying its pathogenesis is limited. To investigate its pathogenesis, different animal models have been used. This paper provides a brief overview of the current status of research in the field of pathogenesis of middle ear acquired cholesteatoma, four types of animal models previously reported on, up-to-date chole