On-chip three-dimensional tumor spheroid formation and pump-less perfusion culture using gravity-driven cell aggregation and balanced droplet dispensing

T Kim, I Doh, YH Cho - Biomicrofluidics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
This paper presents a spheroid chip in which three-dimensional (3D) tumor spheroids are
not only formed by gravity-driven cell aggregation but also cultured at the perfusion rates …

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 …

A 3D printed microfluidic perfusion device for multicellular spheroid cultures

LJY Ong, A Islam, R DasGupta, NG Iyer, HL Leo… - …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The advent of 3D printing technologies promises to make microfluidic organ-on-chip
technologies more accessible for the biological research community. To date, hydrogel …

Detachably assembled microfluidic device for perfusion culture and post‐culture analysis of a spheroid array

Y Sakai, K Hattori, F Yanagawa, S Sugiura… - Biotechnology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Microfluidic devices permit perfusion culture of three‐dimensional (3D) tissue, mimicking the
flow of blood in vascularized 3D tissue in our body. Here, we report a microfluidic device …

[HTML][HTML] An inexpensive “do-it-yourself” device for rapid generation of uniform tumor spheroids

B Namgung, H Dai, PP Vikraman, T Saha, S Sengupta… - Device, 2024 - cell.com
Summary Three-dimensional (3D) cancer cell culture models such as tumor spheroids better
recapitulate in vivo tumors than conventional two-dimensional models. However, two major …

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 …

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 …

Microfluidic self-assembly of tumor spheroids for anticancer drug discovery

LY Wu, D Di Carlo, LP Lee - Biomedical microdevices, 2008 - Springer
Creating multicellular tumor spheroids is critical for characterizing anticancer treatments
since it may provide a better model than monolayer culture of in vivo tumors. Moreover …

Uniform sized cancer spheroids production using hydrogel-based droplet microfluidics: a review

S Kim, PY Lam, A Jayaraman, A Han - Biomedical Microdevices, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture models have been extensively utilized in
various mechanistic studies as well as for drug development studies as superior in vitro …

A multiscale, vertical-flow perfusion system with integrated porous microchambers for upgrading multicellular spheroid culture

M Takagi, M Yamada, R Utoh, M Seki - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Spheroid formation assisted by microengineered chambers is a versatile approach for
morphology-controlled three-dimensional (3D) cell cultivation with physiological relevance …