A 3D printed hanging drop dripper for tumor spheroids analysis without recovery

L Zhao, J Xiu, Y Liu, T Zhang, W Pan, X Zheng… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Compared with traditional monolayer cell culture, the three-dimensional tumor spheroid has
emerged as an essential in vitro model for cancer research due to the recapitulation of the …

Self-filling microwell arrays (SFMAs) for tumor spheroid formation

A Seyfoori, E Samiei, N Jalili, B Godau, M Rahmanian… - Lab on a Chip, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Tumor spheroid formation in microwell arrays is a promising approach for high-throughput
screening of chemotherapeutic agents. This method offers the advantage of better mimicking …

Spheroids-on-a-chip: Recent advances and design considerations in microfluidic platforms for spheroid formation and culture

K Moshksayan, N Kashaninejad, ME Warkiani… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2018 - Elsevier
A cell spheroid is a three-dimensional (3D) aggregation of cells. Synthetic, in-vitro spheroids
provide similar metabolism, proliferation, and species concentration gradients to those found …

The combined effects of co-culture and substrate mechanics on 3D tumor spheroid formation within microgels prepared via flow-focusing microfluidic fabrication

D Lee, C Cha - Pharmaceutics, 2018 - mdpi.com
Tumor spheroids are considered a valuable three dimensional (3D) tissue model to study
various aspects of tumor physiology for biomedical applications such as tissue engineering …

Preparation and characterization of size-controlled glioma spheroids using agarose hydrogel microwells

F Mirab, YJ Kang, S Majd - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Treatment of glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive type of primary brain tumors, is
a major medical challenge and the development of new alternatives requires simple yet …

Adaptable stirred-tank culture strategies for large scale production of multicellular spheroid-based tumor cell models

VE Santo, MF Estrada, SP Rebelo, S Abreu, I Silva… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Currently there is an effort toward the development of in vitro cancer models more predictive
of clinical efficacy. The onset of advanced analytical tools and imaging technologies has …

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 …

Facile one step formation and screening of tumor spheroids using droplet‐microarray platform

AA Popova, T Tronser, K Demir, P Haitz, K Kuodyte… - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor spheroids or microtumors are important 3D in vitro tumor models that closely
resemble a tumor's in vivo “microenvironment” compared to 2D cell culture. Microtumors are …

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 …

Three-dimensional spheroid culture targeting versatile tissue bioassays using a PDMS-based hanging drop array

CT Kuo, JY Wang, YF Lin, AM Wo, BPC Chen… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Biomaterial-based tissue culture platforms have emerged as useful tools to mimic in vivo
physiological microenvironments in experimental cell biology and clinical studies. We …