Development of multicellular tumor spheroid (MCTS) culture from breast cancer cell and a high throughput screening method using the MTT assay

WY Ho, SK Yeap, CL Ho, RA Rahim, NB Alitheen - 2012 - journals.plos.org
In comparison to monolayer cells, MCTS has been claimed as more suitable candidate for
studying drug penetration due to the high resemblance to solid tumors. However, the …

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 …

Generation of multicellular breast cancer tumor spheroids: comparison of different protocols

K Froehlich, JD Haeger, J Heger, J Pastuschek… - Journal of mammary …, 2016 - Springer
Multicellular tumor spheroids are widely used models in tumor research. Because of their
three dimensional organization they can simulate avascular tumor areas comprising …

[HTML][HTML] Breast cancer MCF-7 cell spheroid culture for drug discovery and development

G Chen, W Liu, B Yan - Journal of cancer therapy, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In vitro 3D cancer spheroids (tumoroids) exhibit a drug resistance profile similar to that found
in solid tumors. 3D spheroid culture methods recreate more physiologically relevant …

A polymer microstructure array for the formation, culturing, and high throughput drug screening of breast cancer spheroids

Y Markovitz-Bishitz, Y Tauber, E Afrimzon, N Zurgil… - Biomaterials, 2010 - Elsevier
Multicellular spheroid models have been recognized as superior to monolayer cell cultures
in antitumor drug screening, but their commercial adaptation in the pharmaceutical industry …

[HTML][HTML] Patient-derived tumor spheroid cultures as a promising tool to assist personalized therapeutic decisions in breast cancer

S Hofmann, R Cohen-Harazi, Y Maizels… - Translational cancer …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer related deaths in women.
Treatment of breast cancer has many limitations including a lack of accurate biomarkers to …

Cancer cell spheroids for screening of chemotherapeutics and drug-delivery systems

NR Patel, B Aryasomayajula, AH Abouzeid… - Therapeutic …, 2015 - Future Science
Over the last few decades, the most popular platform to perform high-throughput screening
for viable anti-neoplastic compounds has been monolayer cell culture. However, cells in …

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 …

Loss of cancer drug activity in colon cancer HCT-116 cells during spheroid formation in a new 3-D spheroid cell culture system

H Karlsson, M Fryknäs, R Larsson, P Nygren - Experimental cell research, 2012 - Elsevier
Clinically relevant in vitro methods are needed to identify new cancer drugs for solid tumors.
We report on a new 3-D spheroid cell culture system aimed to mimic the properties of solid …

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 …