[HTML][HTML] Opportunities and challenges in phenotypic drug discovery: an industry perspective

JG Moffat, F Vincent, JA Lee, J Eder… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2017 - nature.com
Phenotypic drug discovery (PDD) approaches do not rely on knowledge of the identity of a
specific drug target or a hypothesis about its role in disease, in contrast to the target-based …

Biomaterials‐based approaches to tumor spheroid and organoid modeling

PS Thakuri, C Liu, GD Luker… - Advanced healthcare …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Evolving understanding of structural and biological complexity of tumors has stimulated
development of physiologically relevant tumor models for cancer research and drug …

[HTML][HTML] Dispersible hydrogel force sensors reveal patterns of solid mechanical stress in multicellular spheroid cultures

W Lee, N Kalashnikov, S Mok, R Halaoui… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Understanding how forces orchestrate tissue formation requires technologies to map
internal tissue stress at cellular length scales. Here, we develop ultrasoft mechanosensors …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping cellular-scale internal mechanics in 3D tissues with thermally responsive hydrogel probes

S Mok, S Al Habyan, C Ledoux, W Lee… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Local tissue mechanics play a critical role in cell function, but measuring these properties at
cellular length scales in living 3D tissues can present considerable challenges. Here we …

Advanced biomaterials and microengineering technologies to recapitulate the stepwise process of cancer metastasis

N Peela, D Truong, H Saini, H Chu, S Mashaghi… - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death globally according to the World Health
Organization. Although improved treatments and early diagnoses have reduced cancer …

Microfluidic formation of coculture tumor spheroids with stromal cells as a novel 3D tumor model for drug testing

Q Sun, SH Tan, Q Chen, R Ran, Y Hui… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Three-dimensional (3D) tumor spheroids offer unprecedented capability for drug screening
because of their unique features such as spatial 3D structure, relevant physiological …

Liquid-based three-dimensional tumor models for cancer research and drug discovery

SL Ham, R Joshi, PS Thakuri… - … biology and medicine, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Tumors are three-dimensional tissues where close contacts between cancer cells,
intercellular interactions between cancer and stromal cells, adhesion of cancer cells to the …

Quantitative size-based analysis of tumor spheroids and responses to therapeutics

PS Thakuri, M Gupta, M Plaster… - ASSAY and Drug …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Drug resistance remains a major clinical problem despite advances in targeted therapies. In
recent years, methods to culture cancer cells in three-dimensional (3D) environments to …

Engineering of hybrid spheroids of mesenchymal stem cells and drug depots for immunomodulating effect in islet xenotransplantation

TT Nguyen, DV Pham, J Park, CD Phung, MR Nepal… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Immunomodulation is an essential consideration for cell replacement procedures.
Unfortunately, lifelong exposure to nonspecific systemic immunosuppression results in …

High‐precision 3D bio‐dot printing to improve paracrine interaction between multiple types of cell spheroids

S Jeon, JH Heo, MK Kim, W Jeong… - Advanced functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cell–cell interaction accounts for one of the most influential factors affecting the viability and
functionality of cell‐based tissue models. In this respect, various methods capable of …