[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in multicellular tumor spheroid generation for drug screening

KH Lee, TH Kim - Biosensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Multicellular tumor spheroids (MCTs) have been employed in biomedical fields owing to
their advantage in designing a three-dimensional (3D) solid tumor model. For controlling …

[HTML][HTML] Generation of multicellular tumor spheroids with microwell-based agarose scaffolds for drug testing

X Gong, C Lin, J Cheng, J Su, H Zhao, T Liu, X Wen… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Three dimensional multicellular aggregate, also referred to as cell spheroid or microtissue,
is an indispensable tool for in vitro evaluating antitumor activity and drug efficacy. Compared …

Comparative study of multicellular tumor spheroid formation methods and implications for drug screening

MF Gencoglu, LE Barney, CL Hall… - ACS biomaterials …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Improved in vitro models are needed to better understand cancer progression and bridge
the gap between in vitro proof-of-concept studies, in vivo validation, and clinical application …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges of applying multicellular tumor spheroids in preclinical phase

SJ Han, S Kwon, KS Kim - Cancer cell international, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The three-dimensional (3D) multicellular tumor spheroids (MCTs) model is
becoming an essential tool in cancer research as it expresses an intermediate complexity …

Multicellular tumor spheroids: an underestimated tool is catching up again

F Hirschhaeuser, H Menne, C Dittfeld, J West… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The present article highlights the rationale, potential and flexibility of tumor spheroid mono-
and cocultures for implementation into state of the art anti-cancer therapy test platforms …

[HTML][HTML] Heterotypic tumor spheroids: a platform for nanomedicine evaluation

F Vakhshiteh, Z Bagheri, M Soleimani… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Nanomedicine has emerged as a promising therapeutic approach, but its translation to the
clinic has been hindered by the lack of cellular models to anticipate how tumor cells will …

[HTML][HTML] Applications and advances of multicellular tumor spheroids: challenges in their development and analysis

AG Mitrakas, A Tsolou, S Didaskalou… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biomedical research requires both in vitro and in vivo studies in order to explore disease
processes or drug interactions. Foundational investigations have been performed at the …

Recent advances in spheroid-based microfluidic models to mimic the tumour microenvironment

J Ro, J Kim, YK Cho - Analyst, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Three-dimensional (3D) multicellular spheroid models can recapitulate the human tumour
microenvironment with more accuracy than conventional cell culture models, as they include …

[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional spheroids as in vitro preclinical models for cancer research

B Pinto, AC Henriques, PMA Silva, H Bousbaa - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Most cancer biologists still rely on conventional two-dimensional (2D) monolayer culture
techniques to test in vitro anti-tumor drugs prior to in vivo testing. However, the vast majority …

Cancer cell spheroids for screening of chemotherapeutics and drug-delivery systems

NR Patel, B Aryasomayajula, AH Abouzeid… - Therapeutic …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last few decades, the most popular platform to perform high-throughput screening
for viable anti-neoplastic compounds has been monolayer cell culture. However, cells in …