Spheroids as a type of three-dimensional cell cultures—examples of methods of preparation and the most important application

K Białkowska, P Komorowski, M Bryszewska… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cell cultures are very important for testing materials and drugs, and in the examination of
cell biology and special cell mechanisms. The most popular models of cell culture are two …

Advances in Spheroids and Organoids on a Chip

G Fang, YC Chen, H Lu, D Jin - Advanced Functional Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Multicellular spheroids and organoids are promising in vitro 3D models in personalized
medicine and drug screening. They replicate the structural and functional characteristics of …

Functional and biomimetic materials for engineering of the three-dimensional cell microenvironment

G Huang, F Li, X Zhao, Y Ma, Y Li, M Lin, G Jin… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The cell microenvironment has emerged as a key determinant of cell behavior and function
in development, physiology, and pathophysiology. The extracellular matrix (ECM) within the …

Could 3D models of cancer enhance drug screening?

V Brancato, JM Oliveira, VM Correlo, RL Reis… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Cancer is a multifaceted pathology, where cellular and acellular players interact to drive
cancer progression and, in the worst-case, metastasis. The current methods to investigate …

Three-dimensional culture system of cancer cells combined with biomaterials for drug screening

T Nii, K Makino, Y Tabata - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary For the research and development of drug discovery, it is of prime
importance to construct the three-dimensional (3D) tissue models in vitro. To this end, the …

Breast cancer models: Engineering the tumor microenvironment

G Bahcecioglu, G Basara, BW Ellis, X Ren, P Zorlutuna - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
The mechanisms behind cancer initiation and progression are not clear. Therefore,
development of clinically relevant models to study cancer biology and drug response in …

[HTML][HTML] 3D-3-culture: A tool to unveil macrophage plasticity in the tumour microenvironment

SP Rebelo, C Pinto, TR Martins, N Harrer, MF Estrada… - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
The tumour microenvironment (TME) shapes disease progression and influences
therapeutic response. Most aggressive solid tumours have high levels of myeloid cell …

Capturing tumor complexity in vitro: Comparative analysis of 2D and 3D tumor models for drug discovery

K Stock, MF Estrada, S Vidic, K Gjerde, A Rudisch… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) cell cultures growing on plastic do not recapitulate the three
dimensional (3D) architecture and complexity of human tumors. More representative models …

Biomaterial-assisted regenerative medicine

T Nii, Y Katayama - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review aims to show case recent regenerative medicine based on biomaterial
technologies. Regenerative medicine has arousing substantial interest throughout the world …

Design of spherically structured 3D in vitro tumor models-Advances and prospects

LP Ferreira, VM Gaspar, JF Mano - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Three-dimensional multicellular tumor models are receiving an ever-growing focus as
preclinical drug-screening platforms due to their potential to recapitulate major physiological …