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 …

Opportunities and challenges for use of tumor spheroids as models to test drug delivery and efficacy

G Mehta, AY Hsiao, M Ingram, GD Luker… - Journal of controlled …, 2012 - Elsevier
Multicellular spheroids are three dimensional in vitro microscale tissue analogs. The current
article examines the suitability of spheroids as an in vitro platform for testing drug delivery …

Three-dimensional printing of Hela cells for cervical tumor model in vitro

Y Zhao, R Yao, L Ouyang, H Ding, T Zhang… - …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Advances in three-dimensional (3D) printing have enabled the direct assembly of cells and
extracellular matrix materials to form in vitro cellular models for 3D biology, the study of …

Three-dimensional in vitro tumor models for cancer research and drug evaluation

X Xu, MC Farach-Carson, X Jia - Biotechnology advances, 2014 - Elsevier
Cancer occurs when cells acquire genomic instability and inflammation, produce abnormal
levels of epigenetic factors/proteins and tumor suppressors, reprogram the energy …

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 …

Spheroids-on-a-chip: Recent advances and design considerations in microfluidic platforms for spheroid formation and culture

K Moshksayan, N Kashaninejad, ME Warkiani… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2018 - Elsevier
A cell spheroid is a three-dimensional (3D) aggregation of cells. Synthetic, in-vitro spheroids
provide similar metabolism, proliferation, and species concentration gradients to those found …

Spheroid-based drug screen: considerations and practical approach

J Friedrich, C Seidel, R Ebner, LA Kunz-Schughart - Nature protocols, 2009 - nature.com
Although used in academic research for several decades, 3D culture models have long
been regarded expensive, cumbersome and unnecessary in drug development processes …

Bioengineered 3D platform to explore cell–ECM interactions and drug resistance of epithelial ovarian cancer cells

D Loessner, KS Stok, MP Lutolf, DW Hutmacher… - Biomaterials, 2010 - Elsevier
The behaviour of cells cultured within three-dimensional (3D) structures rather than onto two-
dimensional (2D) culture plastic more closely reflects their in vivo responses. Consequently …

The biology and mathematical modelling of glioma invasion: a review

JCL Alfonso, K Talkenberger… - Journal of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Adult gliomas are aggressive brain tumours associated with low patient survival rates and
limited life expectancy. The most important hallmark of this type of tumour is its invasive …

Method for generation of homogeneous multicellular tumor spheroids applicable to a wide variety of cell types

JM Kelm, NE Timmins, CJ Brown… - Biotechnology and …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Multicellular tumor spheroids (MCTS) are used as organotypic models of normal and solid
tumor tissue. Traditional techniques for generating MCTS, such as growth on nonadherent …