Continuously perfused microbubble array for 3D tumor spheroid model

S Agastin, UBT Giang, Y Geng, LA DeLouise… - …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
Multi-cellular tumor spheroids (MCTSs) have been established as a 3D physiologically
relevant tumor model for drug testing in cancer research. However, it is difficult to control the …

Multidimensional controllable fabrication of tumor spheroids based on a microfluidic device

Y Hou, Y Zheng, X Zheng, Y Sun, X Yi, Z Wu, JM Lin - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Multicellular tumor spheroids (MCTSs) are in vitro solid tumor models with physiological
relevance. To achieve robust process control, a MCTS fabrication method that combines cell …

Drug testing and flow cytometry analysis on a large number of uniform sized tumor spheroids using a microfluidic device

B Patra, CC Peng, WH Liao, CH Lee, YC Tung - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) tumor spheroid possesses great potential as an in vitro
model to improve predictive capacity for pre-clinical drug testing. In this paper, we combine …

Mass fabrication of uniform sized 3D tumor spheroid using high-throughput microfluidic system

B Kwak, Y Lee, J Lee, S Lee, J Lim - Journal of controlled release, 2018 - Elsevier
In vivo tumors develop in a three-dimensional manner and have unique and complex
characteristics. Physico-biochemical barriers on tumors cause drug resistance and limit drug …

3D multicellular tumor spheroids in a microfluidic droplet system for investigation of drug resistance

SI Lee, YY Choi, SG Kang, TH Kim, JW Choi, YJ Kim… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
A three-dimensional (3D) tumor spheroid model plays a critical role in mimicking tumor
microenvironments in vivo. However, the conventional culture methods lack the ability to …

Gradient-sized control of tumor spheroids on a single chip

G Fang, H Lu, A Law, D Gallego-Ortega, D Jin, G Lin - Lab on a Chip, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Multicellular tumor spheroids are attracting more attention as a physiologically relevant in
vitro tumor model for biomedical research. The size of spheroids is one of the critical …

[HTML][HTML] High-throughput microfluidics for evaluating microbubble enhanced delivery of cancer therapeutics in spheroid cultures

MD Bourn, DVB Batchelor, N Ingram… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
Drug penetration into solid tumours remains a major challenge in the effective treatment of
cancer. Microbubble (MB) mediated sonoporation offers a potential solution to this by …

A novel three-dimensional microfluidic platform for on chip multicellular tumor spheroid formation and culture

D Sun, J Lu, Z Chen, Y Yu, Y Li - Microfluidics and nanofluidics, 2014 - Springer
The formation of three-dimensional (3D) multicellular cell spheroids such as microspheres
and embryoid bodies has recently gained much attention as a useful cell culture technique …

Drug cytotoxicity and signaling pathway analysis with three-dimensional tumor spheroids in a microwell-based microfluidic chip for drug screening

Y Chen, D Gao, H Liu, S Lin, Y Jiang - Analytica chimica acta, 2015 - Elsevier
Currently, there has been a growing need for developing in vitro models to better reflect
organism response to chemotherapy at tissue level. For this reason, a microfluidic platform …

Transitioning from multi-phase to single-phase microfluidics for long-term culture and treatment of multicellular spheroids

KS McMillan, M Boyd, M Zagnoni - Lab on a Chip, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
When compared to methodologies based on low adhesion or hanging drop plates, droplet
microfluidics offers several advantages for the formation and culture of multicellular …