[HTML][HTML] Controlled tumor heterogeneity in a co-culture system by 3D bio-printed tumor-on-chip model

N Moghimi, SA Hosseini, AB Dalan… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer treatment resistance is a caused by presence of various types of cells and
heterogeneity within the tumor. Tumor cell–cell and cell-microenvironment interactions play …

A 3D-printed tumor-on-chip: user-friendly platform for the culture of breast cancer spheroids and the evaluation of anti-cancer drugs

S Gallegos-Martínez, D Choy Buentello… - …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Tumor-on-chips (ToCs) are useful platforms for studying the physiology of tumors
and evaluating the efficacy and toxicity of anti-cancer drugs. However, the design and …

Fabrication of a self-assembled and vascularized tumor array via bioprinting on a microfluidic chip

G Lee, SJ Kim, JK Park - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A tumor microenvironment (TME) is a complex system that comprises various components,
including blood vessels that play a crucial role in supplying nutrients, oxygen, and growth …

A multi‐site metastasis‐on‐a‐chip microphysiological system for assessing metastatic preference of cancer cells

J Aleman, A Skardal - Biotechnology and bioengineering, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Metastatic disease remains one of the primary reasons for cancer‐related deaths, yet the
majority of in vitro cancer models focus on the primary tumor sites. Here, we describe a …

Recent advances on cancer-on-chip models: Development of 3D tumors and tumor microenvironment

N Moghimi, SA Hosseini, M Poudineh, M Kohandel - Bioprinting, 2022 - Elsevier
Tumors are complex three-dimensional (3D) tissues that form in a microenvironment
consisting of a heterogeneous mixture of cellular and non-cellular components. Due to the …

3D hydrogel-based microwell arrays as a tumor microenvironment model to study breast cancer growth

J Casey, X Yue, TD Nguyen, A Acun… - Biomedical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is distinctly heterogeneous and is involved in tumor
growth, metastasis, and drug resistance. Mimicking this diverse microenvironment is …

Bioprintable alginate/gelatin hydrogel 3D in vitro model systems induce cell spheroid formation

T Jiang, J Munguia-Lopez, S Flores-Torres… - JoVE (Journal of …, 2018 - jove.com
The cellular, biochemical, and biophysical heterogeneity of the native tumor
microenvironment is not recapitulated by growing immortalized cancer cell lines using …

[HTML][HTML] 3D-Printed tumor-on-chip for the culture of colorectal cancer microspheres: mass transport characterization and anti-cancer drug assays

MG Sánchez-Salazar, R Crespo-López Oliver… - Bioengineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tumor-on-chips have become an effective resource in cancer research. However, their
widespread use remains limited due to issues related to their practicality in fabrication and …

[HTML][HTML] Study on development of composite hydrogels with tunable structures and properties for tumor-on-a-chip research

Z Chen, F Wang, J Zhang, X Sun, Y Yan… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
A major factor for developing new tumor models is to recreate a proper three-dimensional
environment for 3D tumors culture. In this 3D microenvironment, extracellular matrices play …

Bioprinted Multi‐Composition Array Mimicking Tumor Microenvironments to Evaluate Drug Efficacy with Multivariable Analysis

G Lee, SJ Kim, JK Park - Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Current organ‐on‐a‐chip technologies confront limitations in effectively recapitulating the
intricate in vivo microenvironments and accommodating diverse experimental conditions on …