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 …

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 …

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 …

Production of large numbers of size-controlled tumor spheroids using microwell plates

G Razian, Y Yu, M Ungrin - JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), 2013 - jove.com
Tumor spheroids are increasingly recognized as an important in vitro model for the behavior
of tumor cells in three dimensions. More physiologically relevant than conventional adherent …

Optimization of aqueous biphasic tumor spheroid microtechnology for anti-cancer drug testing in 3D culture

S Lemmo, E Atefi, GD Luker, H Tavana - Cellular and molecular …, 2014 - Springer
Tumor spheroids are three-dimensional clusters of cancer cells that exhibit characteristics of
poorly perfused tumors and hence present a relevant model for testing the efficacy of anti …

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 …

On-chip three-dimensional tumor spheroid formation and pump-less perfusion culture using gravity-driven cell aggregation and balanced droplet dispensing

T Kim, I Doh, YH Cho - Biomicrofluidics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
This paper presents a spheroid chip in which three-dimensional (3D) tumor spheroids are
not only formed by gravity-driven cell aggregation but also cultured at the perfusion rates …

Uniform sized cancer spheroids production using hydrogel-based droplet microfluidics: a review

S Kim, PY Lam, A Jayaraman, A Han - Biomedical Microdevices, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture models have been extensively utilized in
various mechanistic studies as well as for drug development studies as superior in vitro …

Robotic production of cancer cell spheroids with an aqueous two-phase system for drug testing

SL Ham, E Atefi, D Fyffe, H Tavana - JoVE (Journal of Visualized …, 2015 - jove.com
Cancer cell spheroids present a relevant in vitro model of avascular tumors for anti-cancer
drug testing applications. A detailed protocol for producing both mono-culture and co-culture …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative analysis of tumor spheroid generation techniques for differential in vitro drug toxicity

S Raghavan, P Mehta, EN Horst, MR Ward… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Multicellular tumor spheroids are powerful in vitro models to perform preclinical
chemosensitivity assays. We compare different methodologies to generate tumor spheroids …