Multidimensional controllable fabrication of tumor spheroids based on a microfluidic device

Y Hou, Y Zheng, X Zheng, Y Sun, X Yi, Z Wu, JM Lin - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Multicellular tumor spheroids (MCTSs) are in vitro solid tumor models with physiological
relevance. To achieve robust process control, a MCTS fabrication method that combines cell …

Continuously perfused microbubble array for 3D tumor spheroid model

S Agastin, UBT Giang, Y Geng, LA DeLouise… - …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
Multi-cellular tumor spheroids (MCTSs) have been established as a 3D physiologically
relevant tumor model for drug testing in cancer research. However, it is difficult to control the …

Gradient-sized control of tumor spheroids on a single chip

G Fang, H Lu, A Law, D Gallego-Ortega, D Jin, G Lin - Lab on a Chip, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Multicellular tumor spheroids are attracting more attention as a physiologically relevant in
vitro tumor model for biomedical research. The size of spheroids is one of the critical …

[HTML][HTML] Uniform tumor spheroids on surface-optimized microfluidic biochips for reproducible drug screening and personalized medicine

N Azizipour, R Avazpour, MH Weber, M Sawan, A Ajji… - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Spheroids are recognized for resembling the important characteristics of natural tumors in
cancer research. However, the lack of controllability of the spheroid size, form, and density in …

Formation of size-controllable tumour spheroids using a microfluidic pillar array (μFPA) device

W Lim, HH Hoang, D You, J Han, JE Lee, S Kim, S Park - Analyst, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Spheroids are recognized for replicating the physiological microenvironment of tumours.
However, because of the lack of controllability of the spheroid size, the response to …

[HTML][HTML] Generation of multicellular tumor spheroids with microwell-based agarose scaffolds for drug testing

X Gong, C Lin, J Cheng, J Su, H Zhao, T Liu, X Wen… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Three dimensional multicellular aggregate, also referred to as cell spheroid or microtissue,
is an indispensable tool for in vitro evaluating antitumor activity and drug efficacy. Compared …

A novel three-dimensional microfluidic platform for on chip multicellular tumor spheroid formation and culture

D Sun, J Lu, Z Chen, Y Yu, Y Li - Microfluidics and nanofluidics, 2014 - Springer
The formation of three-dimensional (3D) multicellular cell spheroids such as microspheres
and embryoid bodies has recently gained much attention as a useful cell culture technique …

Microfluidic formation of coculture tumor spheroids with stromal cells as a novel 3D tumor model for drug testing

Q Sun, SH Tan, Q Chen, R Ran, Y Hui… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Three-dimensional (3D) tumor spheroids offer unprecedented capability for drug screening
because of their unique features such as spatial 3D structure, relevant physiological …

Mass fabrication of uniform sized 3D tumor spheroid using high-throughput microfluidic system

B Kwak, Y Lee, J Lee, S Lee, J Lim - Journal of controlled release, 2018 - Elsevier
In vivo tumors develop in a three-dimensional manner and have unique and complex
characteristics. Physico-biochemical barriers on tumors cause drug resistance and limit drug …

Droplet-based microfluidic system for multicellular tumor spheroid formation and anticancer drug testing

L Yu, MCW Chen, KC Cheung - Lab on a Chip, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Creating multicellular tumor spheroids is critical for characterizing anticancer treatments
since it may provide a better model than monolayer culture of tumor cells. Moreover …