Multiscale cytometry and regulation of 3D cell cultures on a chip

S Sart, RFX Tomasi, G Amselem, CN Baroud - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
Three-dimensional cell culture is emerging as a more relevant alternative to the traditional
two-dimensional format. Yet the ability to perform cytometry at the single cell level on intact …

Individual control and quantification of 3D spheroids in a high-density microfluidic droplet array

RFX Tomasi, S Sart, T Champetier, CN Baroud - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
As three-dimensional cell culture formats gain in popularity, there emerges a need for tools
that produce vast amounts of data on individual cells within the spheroids or organoids …

Microfluidic 3D cell culture: potential application for tissue-based bioassays

XJ Li, AV Valadez, P Zuo, Z Nie - Bioanalysis, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Current fundamental investigations of human biology and the development of therapeutic
drugs commonly rely on 2D monolayer cell culture systems. However, 2D cell culture …

Three-dimensional cell culture and drug testing in a microfluidic sidewall-attached droplet array

SP Zhao, Y Ma, Q Lou, H Zhu, B Yang… - Analytical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture provides an effective way over conventional two-
dimensional (2D) monolayer culture to more closely imitate the complex cellular …

Spheroid engineering in microfluidic devices

A Tevlek, S Kecili, OS Ozcelik, H Kulah, HC Tekin - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) cell culture techniques are commonly employed to investigate
biophysical and biochemical cellular responses. However, these culture methods, having …

A deep conical agarose microwell array for adhesion independent three-dimensional cell culture and dynamic volume measurement

AR Thomsen, C Aldrian, P Bronsert, Y Thomann… - Lab on a chip, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Multicellular spheroids represent a well-established 3D model to study healthy and
diseased cells in vitro. The use of conventional 3D cell culture platforms for the generation of …

From 3D cell culture to organs-on-chips

D Huh, GA Hamilton, DE Ingber - Trends in cell biology, 2011 - cell.com
3D cell-culture models have recently garnered great attention because they often promote
levels of cell differentiation and tissue organization not possible in conventional 2D culture …

High throughput assembly of spatially controlled 3D cell clusters on a micro/nanoplatform

D Gallego-Perez, N Higuita-Castro, S Sharma… - Lab on a Chip, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Guided assembly of microscale tissue subunits (ie 3D cell clusters/aggregates) has found
applications in cell therapy/tissue engineering, cell and developmental biology, and drug …

Current strategies with implementation of three-dimensional cell culture: the challenge of quantification

J Temple, E Velliou, M Shehata, R Lévy… - Interface …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
From growing cells in spheroids to arranging them on complex engineered scaffolds, three-
dimensional cell culture protocols are rapidly expanding and diversifying. While these …

Is it time to start transitioning from 2D to 3D cell culture?

C Jensen, Y Teng - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cell culture is an important and necessary process in drug discovery, cancer research, as
well as stem cell study. Most cells are currently cultured using two-dimensional (2D) …