Opportunities and challenges for use of tumor spheroids as models to test drug delivery and efficacy

G Mehta, AY Hsiao, M Ingram, GD Luker… - Journal of controlled …, 2012 - Elsevier
Multicellular spheroids are three dimensional in vitro microscale tissue analogs. The current
article examines the suitability of spheroids as an in vitro platform for testing drug delivery …

In vitro cell migration and invasion assays

N Kramer, A Walzl, C Unger, M Rosner… - … Research/Reviews in …, 2013 - Elsevier
Determining the migratory and invasive capacity of tumor and stromal cells and clarifying the
underlying mechanisms is most relevant for novel strategies in cancer diagnosis, prognosis …

Recent advances in three‐dimensional multicellular spheroid culture for biomedical research

RZ Lin, HY Chang - Biotechnology Journal: Healthcare …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Many types of mammalian cells can aggregate and differentiate into 3‐D multicellular
spheroids when cultured in suspension or a nonadhesive environment. Compared to …

The use of 3-D cultures for high-throughput screening: the multicellular spheroid model

LA Kunz-Schughart, JP Freyer… - Journal of …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the past few years, establishment and adaptation of cell-based assays for drug
development and testing has become an important topic in high-throughput screening …

Experimental anti-tumor therapy in 3-D: spheroids–old hat or new challenge?

J Friedrich, R Ebner… - International journal of …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To give a state-of-the-art overview on the promise of three-dimensional (3-D)
culture systems for anticancer drug development, with particular emphasis on multicellular …

3D tumor models: history, advances and future perspectives

P Benien, A Swami - Future oncology, 2014 - Future Medicine
Evaluation of cancer therapeutics by utilizing 3D tumor models, before clinical studies, could
be more advantageous than conventional 2D tumor models (monolayer cultures). The 3D …

Potential of fibroblasts to regulate the formation of three-dimensional vessel-like structures from endothelial cells in vitro

LA Kunz-Schughart, JA Schroeder… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2006 - journals.physiology.org
The development of vessel-like structures in vitro to mimic as well as to realize the possibility
of tissue-engineered small vascular networks presents a major challenge to cell biologists …

Enzymatic crosslinked hydrogels for biomedical application

E Badali, M Hosseini, M Mohajer… - … science, series A, 2021 - Springer
Self-assembled structures primarily arise through enzyme-regulated phenomena in nature
under persistent conditions. Enzymatic reactions are one of the main biological processes …

Three-dimensional cell culture technique and pathophysiology

M Matsusaki, CP Case, M Akashi - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) tissue constructs consisting of human cells have opened a
new avenue for tissue engineering, pharmaceutical and pathophysiological applications …

Challenges in bio-fabrication of organoid cultures

W Peng, P Datta, Y Wu, M Dey, B Ayan… - Cell Biology and …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) organoids have shown advantages in cell culture over
traditional two-dimensional (2D) culture, and have great potential in various applications of …