Spheroids as vascularization units: From angiogenesis research to tissue engineering applications

MW Laschke, MD Menger - Biotechnology advances, 2017 - Elsevier
Multi-cellular spheroids mimic the complex three-dimensional environment of natural
tissues. Accordingly, they are also used as vascularization units in angiogenesis research …

In vivo therapeutic applications of cell spheroids

CS Ong, X Zhou, J Han, CY Huang, A Nashed… - Biotechnology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Spheroids are increasingly being employed to answer a wide range of clinical and
biomedical inquiries ranging from pharmacology to disease pathophysiology, with the …

Recent advances in three‐dimensional multicellular spheroid culture for biomedical research

RZ Lin, HY Chang - Biotechnology Journal: Healthcare …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Many types of mammalian cells can aggregate and differentiate into 3‐D multicellular
spheroids when cultured in suspension or a nonadhesive environment. Compared to …

Life is 3D: boosting spheroid function for tissue engineering

MW Laschke, MD Menger - Trends in biotechnology, 2017 - cell.com
Spheroids provide a 3D environment with intensive cell–cell contacts. As a result of their
excellent regenerative properties and rapid progress in their high-throughput production …

[HTML][HTML] The utility of biomedical scaffolds laden with spheroids in various tissue engineering applications

SJ Chae, J Hong, H Hwangbo, GH Kim - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A spheroid is a complex, spherical cellular aggregate supporting cell-cell and cell-matrix
interactions in an environment that mimics the real-world situation. In terms of tissue …

Cell spheroids as a versatile research platform: formation mechanisms, high throughput production, characterization and applications

MC Decarli, R Amaral, DP Dos Santos, LB Tofani… - …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture has tremendous advantages to closely mimic
the in vivo architecture and microenvironment of healthy tissue and organs, as well as of …

Filling the gaps between the in vivo and in vitro microenvironment: engineering of spheroids for stem cell technology

C Gentile - Current stem cell research & therapy, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Engineering of in vitro three-dimensional cultures of stem cells and their progenies has
offered promising alternatives to recapitulate the in vivo microenvironment, or stem cell …

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 …

Engineering multi‐cellular spheroids for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

S Kim, EM Kim, M Yamamoto, H Park… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Multi‐cellular spheroids are formed as a 3D structure with dense cell–cell/cell–extracellular
matrix interactions, and thus, have been widely utilized as implantable therapeutics and …

Strategies to capitalize on cell spheroid therapeutic potential for tissue repair and disease modeling

KH Griffin, SW Fok, J Kent Leach - NPJ Regenerative Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Cell therapies offer a tailorable, personalized treatment for use in tissue engineering to
address defects arising from trauma, inefficient wound repair, or congenital malformation …