Engineered biomaterials to guide spheroid formation, function, and fabrication into 3D tissue constructs

N Di Caprio, JA Burdick - Acta biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Cellular spheroids are aggregates of cells that are being explored to address fundamental
biological questions and as building blocks for engineered tissues. Spheroids possess …

Biomanufacturing human tissues via organ building blocks

KJ Wolf, JD Weiss, SGM Uzel, MA Skylar-Scott… - Cell Stem Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The construction of human organs on demand remains a tantalizing vision to solve the
organ donor shortage. Yet, engineering tissues that recapitulate the cellular and …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial patterning of phenotypically distinct microtissues to engineer osteochondral grafts for biological joint resurfacing

R Burdis, F Chariyev-Prinz, DC Browe, FE Freeman… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Modular biofabrication strategies using microtissues or organoids as biological building
blocks have great potential for engineering replacement tissues and organs at scale. Here …

Mechanical properties of cell sheets and spheroids: the link between single cells and complex tissues

YM Efremov, IM Zurina, VS Presniakova… - Biophysical …, 2021 - Springer
Cell aggregates, including sheets and spheroids, represent a simple yet powerful model
system to study both biochemical and biophysical intercellular interactions. However, it is …

Directed regeneration of osteochondral tissue by hierarchical assembly of spatially organized composite spheroids

J Lee, S Lee, SJ Huh, BJ Kang, H Shin - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The use of engineered scaffolds or stem cells is investigated widely in the repair of injured
musculoskeletal tissue. However, the combined regeneration of hierarchical osteochondral …

Organotypic 3D decellularized matrix tumor spheroids for high-throughput drug screening

LP Ferreira, VM Gaspar, L Mendes, IF Duarte, JF Mano - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Decellularized extracellular matrix (dECM) is emerging as a valuable tool for generating 3D
in vitro tumor models that better recapitulate tumor-stroma interactions. However, the …

Building a tissue: mesenchymal and epithelial cell spheroids mechanical properties at micro-and nanoscale

NV Kosheleva, YM Efremov, PI Koteneva, IV Ilina… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Cell transitions between the epithelial and mesenchymal phenotypes provide the regulated
morphogenesis and regeneration throughout the ontogenesis. The tissue mechanics and …

Aspiration-assisted freeform bioprinting of mesenchymal stem cell spheroids within alginate microgels

MH Kim, D Banerjee, N Celik, IT Ozbolat - Biofabrication, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Aspiration-assisted freeform bioprinting (AAfB) has emerged as a promising technique for
precise placement of tissue spheroids in three-dimensional (3D) space enabling tissue …

Spatially arranged encapsulation of stem cell spheroids within hydrogels for the regulation of spheroid fusion and cell migration

S Kim, H Byun, S Lee, E Kim, GM Lee, SJ Huh, J Joo… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Mesenchymal stem cell spheroids have been encapsulated in hydrogels for various
applications because spheroids demonstrate higher cell activity than individual cells in …

Multiocular organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells displayed retinal, corneal, and retinal pigment epithelium lineages

H Isla-Magrané, A Veiga, J García-Arumí… - Stem cell research & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Recently, great efforts have been made to design protocols for obtaining ocular
cells from human stem cells to model diseases or for regenerative purposes. Current …