Hydrogels to model 3D in vitro microenvironment of tumor vascularization

HHG Song, KM Park, S Gerecht - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
A growing number of failing clinical trials for cancer therapy are substantiating the need to
upgrade the current practice in culturing tumor cells and modeling tumor angiogenesis in …

Multi-parametric hydrogels support 3D in vitro bioengineered microenvironment models of tumour angiogenesis

LJ Bray, M Binner, A Holzheu, J Friedrichs… - Biomaterials, 2015 - Elsevier
Tumour microenvironment greatly influences the development and metastasis of cancer
progression. The development of three dimensional (3D) culture models which mimic that …

Mimicking brain tumor-vasculature microanatomical architecture via co-culture of brain tumor and endothelial cells in 3D hydrogels

C Wang, J Li, S Sinha, A Peterson, GA Grant, F Yang - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive malignant brain tumor with median survival of 12
months and 5-year survival rate less than 5%. GBM is highly vascularized, and the …

A new printable alginate/hyaluronic acid/gelatin hydrogel suitable for biofabrication of in vitro and in vivo metastatic melanoma models

R Schmid, SK Schmidt, R Detsch… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Two‐dimensional (2D) cancer models have been the standard for drug
development over the past few years, but they frequently do not resemble in vivo properties …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro 3D Systems to Model Tumor Angiogenesis and Interactions With Stromal Cells

N Brassard-Jollive, C Monnot, L Muller… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In vitro 3D culture systems provide promising tools for screening novel therapies and
understanding drug resistance mechanisms in cancer because they are adapted for high …

[HTML][HTML] A 3D poly (ethylene glycol)-based tumor angiogenesis model to study the influence of vascular cells on lung tumor cell behavior

LC Roudsari, SE Jeffs, AS Witt, BJ Gill, JL West - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Tumor angiogenesis is critical to tumor growth and metastasis, yet much is unknown about
the role vascular cells play in the tumor microenvironment. In vitro models that mimic in vivo …

Studying the influence of angiogenesis in in vitro cancer model systems

LC Roudsari, JL West - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Tumor angiogenesis is a hallmark of cancer that has been identified as a critical component
of cancer progression, facilitating rapid tumor growth and metastasis. Anti-angiogenic …

[HTML][HTML] Glycosaminoglycan-based hydrogels to modulate heterocellular communication in in vitro angiogenesis models

K Chwalek, MV Tsurkan, U Freudenberg, C Werner - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Angiogenesis, the outgrowth of blood vessels, is crucial in development, disease and
regeneration. Studying angiogenesis in vitro remains challenging because the capillary …

Tissue-engineered three-dimensional tumor models to study tumor angiogenesis

SS Verbridge, EM Chandler… - Tissue Engineering Part …, 2010 - liebertpub.com
Cell–microenvironment interactions play a critical role in the transformation of normal cells
into cancer; however, the underlying mechanisms and effects are far from being well …

Synthetic tumor networks for screening drug delivery systems

B Prabhakarpandian, MC Shen, JB Nichols… - Journal of controlled …, 2015 - Elsevier
Tumor drug delivery is a complex phenomenon affected by several elements in addition to
drug or delivery vehicle's physico-chemical properties. A key factor is tumor …