Cancer spheroids and organoids as novel tools for research and therapy: state of the art and challenges to guide precision medicine

S El Harane, B Zidi, N El Harane, KH Krause, T Matthes… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Spheroids and organoids are important novel players in medical and life science research.
They are gradually replacing two-dimensional (2D) cell cultures. Indeed, three-dimensional …

Promising applications of tumor spheroids and organoids for personalized medicine

Z Gilazieva, A Ponomarev, C Rutland, A Rizvanov… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Presently, the investigation of the tumor is carried out using different
models. One of the promising areas is the creation of 3D tumor models, such as spheroids …

Advances in the formation, use and understanding of multi-cellular spheroids

TM Achilli, J Meyer, JR Morgan - Expert opinion on biological …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Developing in vitro models for studying cell biology and cell physiology is of
great importance to the fields of biotechnology, cancer research, drug discovery, toxicity …

Recent advances in three-dimensional multicellular spheroid culture and future development

H Shen, S Cai, C Wu, W Yang, H Yu, L Liu - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Three-dimensional multicellular spheroids (MCSs) have received extensive attention in the
field of biomedicine due to their ability to simulate the structure and function of tissues in vivo …

Comparative study of multicellular tumor spheroid formation methods and implications for drug screening

MF Gencoglu, LE Barney, CL Hall… - ACS biomaterials …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Improved in vitro models are needed to better understand cancer progression and bridge
the gap between in vitro proof-of-concept studies, in vivo validation, and clinical application …

An efficient and flexible cell aggregation method for 3D spheroid production

SM Maritan, EY Lian, LM Mulligan - JoVE (Journal of Visualized …, 2017 - jove.com
Monolayer cell culture does not adequately model the in vivo behavior of tissues, which
involves complex cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions. Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture …

Cell spheroids as a versatile research platform: Formation mechanisms, high throughput production, characterization and applications

MC Decarli, R Amaral, DP Dos Santos, LB Tofani… - …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture has tremendous advantages to closely mimic
the in vivo architecture and microenvironment of healthy tissue and organs, as well as of …

Tumor‐derived spheroids: relevance to cancer stem cells and clinical applications

T Ishiguro, H Ohata, A Sato, K Yamawaki… - Cancer …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, many types of in vitro 3‐D culture systems have been developed to recapitulate
the in vivo growth conditions of cancer. The cancer 3‐D culture methods aim to preserve the …

Embedded spheroids as models of the cancer microenvironment

KM Tevis, YL Colson, MW Grinstaff - Advanced biosystems, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
To more accurately study the complex mechanisms behind cancer invasion, progression,
and response to treatment, researchers require models that replicate both the multicellular …

Three-dimensional culture systems in cancer research: Focus on tumor spheroid model

S Nath, GR Devi - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2016 - Elsevier
Cancer cells propagated in three-dimensional (3D) culture systems exhibit physiologically
relevant cell–cell and cell–matrix interactions, gene expression and signaling pathway …