Scaffold-based 3D cell culture models in cancer research

WH Abuwatfa, WG Pitt, GA Husseini - Journal of Biomedical Science, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures have emerged as valuable tools in cancer
research, offering significant advantages over traditional two-dimensional (2D) cell culture …

Oxygen control: the often overlooked but essential piece to create better in vitro systems

V Palacio-Castañeda, N Velthuijs, S Le Gac… - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Variations in oxygen levels play key roles in numerous physiological and pathological
processes, but are often not properly controlled in in vitro models, introducing a significant …

Biosensors to monitor cell activity in 3D hydrogel-based tissue models

A Fedi, C Vitale, P Giannoni, G Caluori, A Marrella - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Three-dimensional (3D) culture models have gained relevant interest in tissue engineering
and drug discovery owing to their suitability to reproduce in vitro some key aspects of human …

Continuous flow delivery system for the perfusion of scaffold-based 3D cultures

ZR Sitte, EE Karlsson, H Li, H Zhou, MR Lockett - Lab on a Chip, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The paper-based culture platform developed by Whitesides readily incorporates tissue-like
structures into laboratories with established workflows that rely on monolayer cultures. Cell …

Engineering the cellular microenvironment of post-infarct myocardium on a chip

NN Khalil, ML McCain - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Myocardial infarctions are one of the most common forms of cardiac injury and death
worldwide. Infarctions cause immediate necrosis in a localized region of the myocardium …

Editors' Choice—Luminescent Oxygen Sensors: Valuable Tools for Spatiotemporal Exploration of Metabolism in In Vitro Systems

TZ Sodia, KJ Cash - ECS Sensors Plus, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
A common biological theme on Earth is the importance of oxygen, regardless of an
organism's metabolic capabilities. This commonality makes the quantification of O 2 …

Mass Spectrometry–Based Applications of Spheroids in Cancer Biology

BD Fries, AB Hummon - Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The use of cell culture techniques to model human disease is an indispensable tool that has
helped improve the health and well-being of the world. Monolayer cultures have most often …

Engineering tools for regulating hypoxia in tumour models

MH Kim, SD Green, CC Lin… - Journal of Cellular and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Major advances in the field of genomic technologies have led to an improvement in cancer
diagnosis, classification and prognostication. However, many cancers remain incurable due …

Microfluidic-based spatiotemporal control of oxygen concentration in bacteria suspension culture from bulk to the single cells

Q Tang, D Wang, J Cui, Y Zhang, J Mei, J Du, A Xia… - Nano Today, 2024 - Elsevier
Oxygen plays a crucial role in microbial growth and metabolism. However, the detailed
bacterial responses and regulatory mechanisms toward the change of oxygen are still not …

Studies on oxygen availability and the creation of natural and artificial oxygen gradients in gelatin‐methacryloyl hydrogel 3D cell culture

C Schmitz, I Pepelanova, C Ude… - Journal of Tissue …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Three‐dimensional (3D) cultivation platforms allow the creation of cell models,
which more closely resemble in vivo‐like cell behavior. Therefore, 3D cell culture platforms …