Organoid and spheroid tumor models: techniques and applications

S Gunti, ATK Hoke, KP Vu, NR London Jr - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cell cultures can be carried out in three dimensions (3D). Organoids and
spheroids are different 3D cell culture models that can be cultured with different techniques …

Modeling neoplastic disease with spheroids and organoids

M Zanoni, M Cortesi, A Zamagni, C Arienti… - Journal of hematology & …, 2020 - Springer
Cancer is a complex disease in which both genetic defects and microenvironmental
components contribute to the development, progression, and metastasization of disease …

Three-dimensional culture systems in cancer research: Focus on tumor spheroid model

S Nath, GR Devi - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2016 - Elsevier
Cancer cells propagated in three-dimensional (3D) culture systems exhibit physiologically
relevant cell–cell and cell–matrix interactions, gene expression and signaling pathway …

Organoid-on-a-chip and body-on-a-chip systems for drug screening and disease modeling

A Skardal, T Shupe, A Atala - Drug discovery today, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Traditional drug screening model systems are inadequate.•Organoid-on-a-chip
platforms stand to significantly advance drug and toxicology screening.•A wide variety or …

Three-dimensional cell culture: the missing link in drug discovery

S Breslin, L O'Driscoll - Drug discovery today, 2013 - Elsevier
Cells, grown as monolayers (2D models), are routinely used as initial model systems for
evaluating the effectiveness and safety of libraries of molecules with potential as therapeutic …

Drug compound screening in single and integrated multi-organoid body-on-a-chip systems

A Skardal, J Aleman, S Forsythe, S Rajan… - …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Current practices in drug development have led to therapeutic compounds being approved
for widespread use in humans, only to be later withdrawn due to unanticipated toxicity …

Multi-tissue interactions in an integrated three-tissue organ-on-a-chip platform

A Skardal, SV Murphy, M Devarasetty, I Mead… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Many drugs have progressed through preclinical and clinical trials and have been available–
for years in some cases–before being recalled by the FDA for unanticipated toxicity in …

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 …

Matrigel: from discovery and ECM mimicry to assays and models for cancer research

G Benton, I Arnaoutova, J George, HK Kleinman… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2014 - Elsevier
The basement membrane is an important extracellular matrix that is found in all epithelial
and endothelial tissues. It maintains tissue integrity, serves as a barrier to cells and to …

Advances in establishment and analysis of three-dimensional tumor spheroid-based functional assays for target validation and drug evaluation

M Vinci, S Gowan, F Boxall, L Patterson… - BMC biology, 2012 - Springer
Background There is overwhelming evidence that in vitro three-dimensional tumor cell
cultures more accurately reflect the complex in vivo microenvironment than simple two …