Rapid generation of single-tumor spheroids for high-throughput cell function and toxicity analysis

A Ivascu, M Kubbies - SLAS Discovery, 2006 - Elsevier
Spheroids are widely used in biology because they provide an in vitro 3-dimensional (3D)
model to study proliferation, cell death, differentiation, and metabolism of cells in tumors and …

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 …

High-content assays for characterizing the viability and morphology of 3D cancer spheroid cultures

O Sirenko, T Mitlo, J Hesley, S Luke… - Assay and drug …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
There is an increasing interest in using three-dimensional (3D) spheroids for modeling
cancer and tissue biology to accelerate translation research. Development of higher …

Multicellular tumor spheroids: an underestimated tool is catching up again

F Hirschhaeuser, H Menne, C Dittfeld, J West… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The present article highlights the rationale, potential and flexibility of tumor spheroid mono-
and cocultures for implementation into state of the art anti-cancer therapy test platforms …

Critical role of three-dimensional tumorsphere size on experimental outcome

SK Singh, S Abbas, AK Saxena, S Tiwari… - …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Three-dimensional in vitro spheroids are a reliable model to study tumor biology and drug
toxicity. However, inconsistencies exist in terms of seeding cell density that governs …

Tumor‐derived spheroids: relevance to cancer stem cells and clinical applications

T Ishiguro, H Ohata, A Sato, K Yamawaki… - Cancer …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, many types of in vitro 3‐D culture systems have been developed to recapitulate
the in vivo growth conditions of cancer. The cancer 3‐D culture methods aim to preserve the …

[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 …

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 …

Advances in the formation, use and understanding of multi-cellular spheroids

TM Achilli, J Meyer, JR Morgan - Expert opinion on biological …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Developing in vitro models for studying cell biology and cell physiology is of
great importance to the fields of biotechnology, cancer research, drug discovery, toxicity …

Opportunities and challenges for use of tumor spheroids as models to test drug delivery and efficacy

G Mehta, AY Hsiao, M Ingram, GD Luker… - Journal of controlled …, 2012 - Elsevier
Multicellular spheroids are three dimensional in vitro microscale tissue analogs. The current
article examines the suitability of spheroids as an in vitro platform for testing drug delivery …