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 …

[HTML][HTML] Engineered 3D hydrogels with full-length fibronectin that sequester and present growth factors

S Trujillo, C Gonzalez-Garcia, P Rico, A Reid… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Extracellular matrix (ECM)-derived matrices such as Matrigel are used to culture numerous
cell types in vitro as they recapitulate ECM properties that support cell growth, organisation …

Tunable collagen I hydrogels for engineered physiological tissue micro-environments

EE Antoine, PP Vlachos, MN Rylander - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Collagen I hydrogels are commonly used to mimic the extracellular matrix (ECM) for tissue
engineering applications. However, the ability to design collagen I hydrogels similar to the …

The effect of matrix characteristics on fibroblast proliferation in 3D gels

K Bott, Z Upton, K Schrobback, M Ehrbar, JA Hubbell… - Biomaterials, 2010 - Elsevier
Engineering synthetic hydrogels on a molecular basis to introduce natural features that are
important in instructing cell behavior is becoming increasingly crucial in biomaterial-based …

Chemical strategies to engineer hydrogels for cell culture

J Lou, DJ Mooney - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Two-dimensional and three-dimensional cell culture systems are widely used for biological
studies, and are the basis of the organoid, tissue engineering and organ-on-chip research …

Independently tuning the biochemical and mechanical properties of 3D hyaluronan-based hydrogels with oxime and Diels–Alder chemistry to culture breast cancer …

AEG Baker, RY Tam, MS Shoichet - Biomacromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
For native breast cancer cell growth to be mimicked in vitro as spheroids, a well-defined
matrix that mimics the tumor microenvironment is required. Finding a biomimetic material for …

Recreating the tumor microenvironment in a bilayer, hyaluronic acid hydrogel construct for the growth of prostate cancer spheroids

X Xu, LA Gurski, C Zhang, DA Harrington… - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
Cancer cells cultured in physiologically relevant, three-dimensional (3D) matrices can
recapture many essential features of native tumor tissues. In this study, a hyaluronic acid …

Three-dimensional tissue fabrication

VL Tsang, SN Bhatia - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
In recent years, advances in fabrication technologies have brought a new dimension to the
field of tissue engineering. Using manufacturing-based methods and hydrogel chemistries …

3D extracellular matrix interactions modulate tumour cell growth, invasion and angiogenesis in engineered tumour microenvironments

AV Taubenberger, LJ Bray, B Haller, A Shaposhnykov… - Acta biomaterialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Interactions between tumour cells and extracellular matrix proteins of the tumour
microenvironment play crucial roles in cancer progression. So far, however, there are only a …

25th anniversary article: engineering hydrogels for biofabrication

J Malda, J Visser, FP Melchels, T Jüngst… - Advanced …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
With advances in tissue engineering, the possibility of regenerating injured tissue or failing
organs has become a realistic prospect for the first time in medical history. Tissue …