3D neural tissue models: From spheroids to bioprinting

P Zhuang, AX Sun, J An, CK Chua, SY Chew - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) in vitro neural tissue models provide a better recapitulation
of in vivo cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions than conventional two …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting breast cancer stem cells to overcome treatment resistance

S Palomeras, S Ruiz-Martínez, T Puig - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Despite advances in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, many patients still fail therapy,
resulting in disease progression, recurrence, and reduced overall survival. Historically …

[HTML][HTML] Bi-directional cell-pericellular matrix interactions direct stem cell fate

SA Ferreira, MS Motwani, PA Faull, AJ Seymour… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Modifiable hydrogels have revealed tremendous insight into how physical characteristics of
cells' 3D environment drive stem cell lineage specification. However, in native tissues, cells …

Two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) cell culturing in drug discovery

JS Joseph, ST Malindisa, M Ntwasa - Cell Culture, 2018 - books.google.com
Cell culture is an indispensable in vitro tool used to improve our perception and
understanding of cell biology, the development of tissue engineering, tissue morphology …

Advances in nano-delivery systems for doxorubicin: an updated insight

U Kanwal, N Irfan Bukhari, M Ovais, N Abass… - Journal of drug …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Doxorubicin (DOX) is the most effective chemotherapeutic drug developed against broad
range of cancers such as solid tumours, transplantable leukemias and lymphomas …

Laser bioprinting of human induced pluripotent stem cells—the effect of printing and biomaterials on cell survival, pluripotency, and differentiation

L Koch, A Deiwick, A Franke, K Schwanke… - …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Research on human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) is one of the fastest growing
fields in biomedicine. Generated from patient's own somatic cells, hiPSCs can be …

Recent advances in engineering the stem cell microniche in 3D

M Bao, J Xie, WTS Huck - Advanced Science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Conventional 2D cell culture techniques have provided fundamental insights into key
biochemical and biophysical mechanisms responsible for various cellular behaviors, such …

Cartilage regeneration using arthroscopic flushing fluid-derived mesenchymal stem cells encapsulated in a one-step rapid cross-linked hydrogel

J Li, Y Huang, J Song, X Li, X Zhang, Z Zhou, D Chen… - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Many attempts have been made to repair articular cartilage defects, including mesenchymal
stem cell (MSC)-based tissue engineering strategies. Although this approach shows …

Tissue and organ decellularization in regenerative medicine

R Guruswamy Damodaran… - Biotechnology progress, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The advancement and improvement in decellularization methods can be attributed to the
increasing demand for tissues and organs for transplantation. Decellularized tissues and …

Engineering hydrogel microenvironments to recapitulate the stem cell niche

CM Madl, SC Heilshorn - Annual review of biomedical …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Stem cells are a powerful resource for many applications including regenerative medicine,
patient-specific disease modeling, and toxicology screening. However, eliciting the desired …