Microfluidic organ-on-a-chip devices for liver disease modeling in vitro

P Kanabekova, A Kadyrova, G Kulsharova - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mortality from liver disease conditions continues to be very high. As liver diseases manifest
and progress silently, prompt measures after diagnosis are essential in the treatment of …

Cancer Models on Chip: Paving the Way to Large‐Scale Trial Applications

JF Gil, CS Moura, V Silverio, G Gonçalves… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer kills millions of individuals every year all over the world (Global Cancer
Observatory). The physiological and biomechanical processes underlying the tumor are still …

Scaffold-based 3D cell culture models in cancer research

WH Abuwatfa, WG Pitt, GA Husseini - Journal of Biomedical Science, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures have emerged as valuable tools in cancer
research, offering significant advantages over traditional two-dimensional (2D) cell culture …

Three-dimensional cell cultures: the bridge between in vitro and in vivo models

O Urzì, R Gasparro, E Costanzo, A De Luca… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although historically, the traditional bidimensional in vitro cell system has been widely used
in research, providing much fundamental information regarding cellular functions and …

Experimental in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo models in prostate cancer research

V Sailer, G von Amsberg, S Duensing, J Kirfel… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Androgen deprivation therapy has a central role in the treatment of advanced prostate
cancer, often causing initial tumour remission before increasing independence from signal …

Bridging the gap between tumor-on-chip and clinics: a systematic review of 15 years of studies

C Bouquerel, A Dubrova, I Hofer, DTT Phan… - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past 15 years, the field of oncology research has witnessed significant progress in
the development of new cell culture models, such as tumor-on-chip (ToC) systems. In this …

Vascularized adipose tissue engineering: moving towards soft tissue reconstruction

A Peirsman, HT Nguyen, M Van Waeyenberge… - …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Soft tissue defects are a common clinical challenge mostly caused by trauma, congenital
anomalies and oncological surgery. Current soft tissue reconstruction options include …

Innovative three-dimensional models for understanding mechanisms underlying lung diseases: powerful tools for translational research

M Nizamoglu, MM Joglekar, CR Almeida… - European …, 2023 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Chronic lung diseases result from alteration and/or destruction of lung tissue, inevitably
causing decreased breathing capacity and quality of life for patients. While animal models …

Predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine in breast cancer: targeting the PI3K pathway

M Tufail, JJ Hu, J Liang, CY He, WD Wan… - Journal of Translational …, 2024 - Springer
Breast cancer (BC) is a multifaceted disease characterized by distinct molecular subtypes
and varying responses to treatment. In BC, the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway …

Patient‐derived cancer organoids for drug screening: basic technology and clinical application

X Ren, W Chen, Q Yang, X Li… - … of Gastroenterology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer organoids, a three‐dimensional (3D) culture system of cancer cells derived from
tumor tissues, recapitulate physiological structure of the parental tumor. Different tumor …