[HTML][HTML] 3D cell culture models as recapitulators of the tumor microenvironment for the screening of anti-cancer drugs

MAG Barbosa, CPR Xavier, RF Pereira, V Petrikaitė… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture models have been proposed as
alternatives for initial drug screening to increase drug development efficiency. In addition to …

Modeling physiological events in 2D vs. 3D cell culture

K Duval, H Grover, LH Han, Y Mou… - …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Cell culture has become an indispensable tool to help uncover fundamental biophysical and
biomolecular mechanisms by which cells assemble into tissues and organs, how these …

Three-dimensional culture systems in cancer research: Focus on tumor spheroid model

S Nath, GR Devi - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2016 - Elsevier
Cancer cells propagated in three-dimensional (3D) culture systems exhibit physiologically
relevant cell–cell and cell–matrix interactions, gene expression and signaling pathway …

[HTML][HTML] Cell viability assays

TL Riss, RA Moravec, AL Niles… - Assay guidance …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This chapter is an introductory overview of the most commonly used assay methods to
estimate the number of viable cells in multi-well plates. This chapter describes assays where …

Emerging tumor-on-chips with electrochemical biosensors

L Lei, B Ma, C Xu, H Liu - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer, one of the most dangerous diseases with a high mortality rate, has attracted much
attention and interest. Advances in tissue engineering and microfluidics have led to the …

Leishmaniasis drug discovery: recent progress and challenges in assay development

B Zulfiqar, TB Shelper, VM Avery - Drug discovery today, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Leishmaniasis remains a neglected tropical disease, with a high unmet medical
need.•Therapeutic efficacy varies depending on the species of Leishmania parasite.•Leads …

Mimicking tumor microenvironment by 3D bioprinting: 3D cancer modeling

P Shukla, S Yeleswarapu, MA Heinrich, J Prakash… - …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The tumor microenvironment (TME) typically comprises cancer cells, tumor vasculature,
stromal components like fibroblasts, and host immune cells that assemble to support …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Cells grown in three-dimensional spheroids mirror in vivo metabolic response of epithelial cells

S Lagies, M Schlimpert, S Neumann, A Wäldin… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Metabolism in cells adapts quickly to changes in nutrient availability and cellular
differentiation status, including growth conditions in cell culture settings. The last decade …

3D cell-based assays for drug screens: challenges in imaging, image analysis, and high-content analysis

TH Booij, LS Price, EHJ Danen - … Discovery: Advancing Life …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The introduction of more relevant cell models in early preclinical drug discovery, combined
with high-content imaging and automated analysis, is expected to increase the quality of …