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] Hybrid-DIA: intelligent data acquisition integrates targeted and discovery proteomics to analyze phospho-signaling in single spheroids

A Martínez-Val, K Fort, C Koenig… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Achieving sufficient coverage of regulatory phosphorylation sites by mass spectrometry (MS)-
based phosphoproteomics for signaling pathway reconstitution is challenging, especially …

High-frequency mechanical properties of tumors measured by Brillouin light scattering

J Margueritat, A Virgone-Carlotta, S Monnier… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
The structure of tumors can be recapitulated as an elastic frame formed by the connected
cytoskeletons of the cells invaded by interstitial and intracellular fluids. The low-frequency …

[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional heterotypic colorectal cancer spheroid models for evaluation of drug response

JNN Yau, G Adriani - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of death worldwide. Improved preclinical tumor
models are needed to make treatment screening clinically relevant and address disease …

[HTML][HTML] A 3D bioprinter specifically designed for the high-throughput production of matrix-embedded multicellular spheroids

RH Utama, L Atapattu, AP O'Mahony, CM Fife, J Baek… - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
Summary 3D in vitro cancer models are important therapeutic and biological discovery tools,
yet formation of matrix-embedded multicellular spheroids prepared in high-throughput …

Two color imaging of different hypoxia levels in cancer cells

ALD Wallabregue, H Bolland, S Faulkner… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hypoxia (low oxygen levels) occurs in a range of biological contexts, including plants,
bacterial biofilms, and solid tumors; it elicits responses from these biological systems that …

[HTML][HTML] Senolytic targeting of Bcl-2 anti-apoptotic family increases cell death in irradiated sarcoma cells

J Lafontaine, GB Cardin, N Malaquin, JS Boisvert… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Limited volumetric change after pre-operative radiotherapy (RT) suggests
that sarcomas generally do not undergo cell death. Senolytic drugs represent a highly …

[HTML][HTML] Intratumor heterogeneity and cell secretome promote chemotherapy resistance and progression of colorectal cancer

J Källberg, A Harrison, V March, S Bērziņa… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
The major underlying cause for the high mortality rate in colorectal cancer (CRC) relies on
its drug resistance, to which intratumor heterogeneity (ITH) contributes substantially. CRC …

[HTML][HTML] Effective targeting of colon cancer cells with piperine natural anticancer prodrug using functionalized clusters of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles

K AbouAitah, A Stefanek, IM Higazy, M Janczewska… - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Targeted drug delivery offers great opportunities for treating cancer. Here, we developed a
novel anticancer targeted delivery system for piperine (Pip), an alkaloid prodrug derived …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying nanotherapeutic penetration using a hydrogel-based microsystem as a new 3D in vitro platform

S Goodarzi, A Prunet, F Rossetti, G Bort, O Tillement… - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The huge gap between 2D in vitro assays used for drug screening and the in vivo 3D
physiological environment hampered reliable predictions for the route and accumulation of …