Challenges of applying multicellular tumor spheroids in preclinical phase

SJ Han, S Kwon, KS Kim - Cancer cell international, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The three-dimensional (3D) multicellular tumor spheroids (MCTs) model is
becoming an essential tool in cancer research as it expresses an intermediate complexity …

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 …

Multidimensional control of therapeutic human cell function with synthetic gene circuits

HS Li, DV Israni, KA Gagnon, KA Gan, MH Raymond… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Synthetic gene circuits that precisely control human cell function could expand the
capabilities of gene-and cell-based therapies. However, platforms for developing circuits in …

A fully automated high-throughput workflow for 3D-based chemical screening in human midbrain organoids

H Renner, M Grabos, KJ Becker, TE Kagermeier, J Wu… - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Three-dimensional (3D) culture systems have fueled hopes to bring about the next
generation of more physiologically relevant high-throughput screens (HTS). However …

Comparative analysis between 2D and 3D colorectal cancer culture models for insights into cellular morphological and transcriptomic variations

ZN Abbas, AZ Al-Saffar, SM Jasim, GM Sulaiman - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Drug development is a time-consuming and expensive process, given the low success rate
of clinical trials. Now, anticancer drug developments have shifted to three-dimensional (3D) …

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 …

3D cancer models: One step closer to in vitro human studies

N Manduca, E Maccafeo, R De Maria, A Sistigu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cancer immunotherapy is the great breakthrough in cancer treatment as it displayed
prolonged progression-free survival over conventional therapies, yet, to date, in only a …

Newly developed 3D in vitro models to study tumor–immune interaction

P Mu, S Zhou, T Lv, F Xia, L Shen, J Wan… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Springer
Immunotherapy as a rapidly developing therapeutic approach has revolutionized cancer
treatment and revitalized the field of tumor immunology research. 3D in vitro models are …

Recent advances in organ‐on‐chips integrated with bioprinting technologies for drug screening

N Tabatabaei Rezaei, H Kumar, H Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, the demand for more reliable drug screening devices has made scientists and
researchers develop novel potential approaches to offer an alternative to animal studies …

Inhibition of autophagy by chloroquine prevents resistance to PI3K/AKT inhibitors and potentiates their antitumor effect in combination with paclitaxel in triple negative …

S Cocco, A Leone, MS Roca, R Lombardi… - Journal of Translational …, 2022 - Springer
Background Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive disease characterized
by high risk of relapse and development of resistance to different chemotherapy agents …