Micro-scaffold array chip for upgrading cell-based high-throughput drug testing to 3D using benchtop equipment

X Li, X Zhang, S Zhao, J Wang, G Liu, Y Du - Lab on a Chip, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Cell-based high throughput drug screening accelerates the pace of drug discovery which is
routinely operated on planar high-density multi-well plates with sophisticated robotic liquid …

A microfluidic-based platform for tumour spheroid culture, monitoring and drug screening

K Kwapiszewska, A Michalczuk, M Rybka… - Lab on a Chip, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of novel cellular models that can replace animals in preclinical trials of
drug candidates is one of the major goals of cell engineering. Current in vitro screening …

Microengineering methods for cell-based microarrays and high-throughput drug-screening applications

F Xu, JH Wu, SQ Wang, NG Durmus, UA Gurkan… - …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Screening for effective therapeutic agents from millions of drug candidates is costly, time
consuming, and often faces concerns due to the extensive use of animals. To improve cost …

Unified 2D and 3D cell-based high-throughput screening platform using a micropillar/microwell chip

DW Lee, IL Doh, DH Nam - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2016 - Elsevier
A unified high-throughput screening (HTS) platform is proposed for both 2D and 3D cell
culture models in a single chip platform. Comparison studies between well-established 2D …

Simple droplet microfluidics platform for drug screening on cancer spheroids

C Parent, KR Melayil, Y Zhou, V Aubert, D Surdez… - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
3D in vitro biological systems are progressively replacing 2D systems to increase the
physiological relevance of cellular studies. Microfluidics-based approaches can be powerful …

Multilayer architecture microfluidic network array for combinatorial drug testing on 3D-cultured cells

HC Chang, CH Lin, D Juang, HW Wu, CY Lee… - …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
In vitro testing of drug compounds on cell models during the drug development process
represents an indispensable step in the initial screening process. Although drug testing on …

A fully 3D-printed versatile tumor-on-a-chip allows multi-drug screening and correlation with clinical outcomes for personalized medicine

E Steinberg, R Friedman, Y Goldstein… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Optimal clinical outcomes in cancer treatments could be achieved through the development
of reliable, precise ex vivo tumor models that function as drug screening platforms for patient …

A microfluidic spheroid culture device with a concentration gradient generator for high-throughput screening of drug efficacy

W Lim, S Park - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture is considered more clinically relevant in mimicking the
structural and physiological conditions of tumors in vivo compared to two-dimensional cell …

Simultaneous culturing of cell monolayers and spheroids on a single microfluidic device for bridging the gap between 2D and 3D cell assays in drug research

P Järvinen, A Bonabi, V Jokinen… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Two‐dimensional (2D) cell cultures have been the primary screening tools to
predict drug impacts in vitro for decades. However, owing to the lack of tissue‐specific …

Characterising a PDMS based 3D cell culturing microfluidic platform for screening chemotherapeutic drug cytotoxic activity

MI Khot, MA Levenstein, GN de Boer, G Armstrong… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) spheroidal cell cultures are now recognised as better
models of cancers as compared to traditional cell cultures. However, established 3D cell …