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 …

Two-dimensional vs. three-dimensional in vitro tumor migration and invasion assays

M Zimmermann, C Box, SA Eccles - Target Identification and Validation in …, 2013 - Springer
Motility and invasion are key hallmarks that distinguish benign from malignant tumors,
enabling cells to cross tissue boundaries, disseminate in blood and lymph and establish …

Production of hyaluronic‐acid‐based cell‐enclosing microparticles and microcapsules via enzymatic reaction using a microfluidic system

M Khanmohammadi, S Sakai… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This article describes the preparation of cell‐enclosing hyaluronic acid (HA) microparticles
with solid core and microcapsules with liquid core through cell‐friendly horseradish …

Rapid aggregation of heterogeneous cells and multiple-sized microspheres in methylcellulose medium

N Kojima, S Takeuchi, Y Sakai - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
We report a method for the rapid production of cellular aggregates without electric power
and cell modification. We focused on the swelling property of a solution containing a high …

Spheroid confrontation assay: a simple method to monitor the three-dimensional migration of different cell types in vitro

K Hattermann, J Held-Feindt, R Mentlein - Annals of Anatomy …, 2011 - Elsevier
Cell migration and tissue invasion is an important issue in tumour and developmental
research. Here, we describe the spheroid invasion assay in detail, a method for monitoring …

Construction of higher-order cellular microstructures by a self-wrapping co-culture strategy using a redox-responsive hydrogel

W Ramadhan, G Kagawa, K Moriyama… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
In this report, a strategy for constructing three-dimensional (3D) cellular architectures
comprising viable cells is presented. The strategy uses a redox-responsive hydrogel that …

Fabrication of microchannel networks in multicellular spheroids

N Kojima, S Takeuchi, Y Sakai - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2014 - Elsevier
Multicellular spheroids are indispensable in cell biology as three-dimensional environments,
in tissue engineering for achieving higher functions, and in drug validation by …

Organotypic spheroid cultures to study tumor–stroma interaction during cancer development

H Dolznig, A Walzl, N Kramer, M Rosner… - Drug Discovery Today …, 2011 - Elsevier
Metastasis, which is linked to the invasive properties acquired by the primary tumor during
cancer progression, is the major life-threatening event in cancer patients. There is …

Enhancement of vinorelbine-induced cytotoxicity and apoptosis by clomipramine and lithium chloride in human neuroblastoma cancer cell line SH-SY5Y

A Bilir, M Erguven, N Yazihan, E Aktas, G Oktem… - Journal of neuro …, 2010 - Springer
The aim of this work is to investigate whether clomipramine (CIM) and lithium chloride (LiCl)
potentiate the cytotoxicity of vinorelbine (VNR) on SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells in …

Fabrication of multi‐well chips for spheroid cultures and implantable constructs through rapid prototyping techniques

S Lopa, F Piraino, RJ Kemp, C Di Caro… - Biotechnology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Three‐dimensional (3D) culture models are widely used in basic and
translational research. In this study, to generate and culture multiple 3D cell spheroids, we …