3D cell culture systems: tumor application, advantages, and disadvantages

O Habanjar, M Diab-Assaf, F Caldefie-Chezet… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The traditional two-dimensional (2D) in vitro cell culture system (on a flat support) has long
been used in cancer research. However, this system cannot be fully translated into clinical …

Agarose-based biomaterials for tissue engineering

P Zarrintaj, S Manouchehri, Z Ahmadi, MR Saeb… - Carbohydrate …, 2018 - Elsevier
Agarose is a natural polysaccharide polymer having unique characteristics that give reason
to consider it for tissue engineering applications. Special characteristics of agarose such as …

Polymeric systems for bioprinting

ML Bedell, AM Navara, Y Du, S Zhang… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bioprinting is rapidly being adopted as a major method for fabricating tissue engineering
constructs. Through the precise deposition of cell-and bioactive molecule-laden materials …

Characterization of triple-negative breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cell spheroid model

Z Huang, P Yu, J Tang - OncoTargets and therapy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The tumor three-dimensional (3D) spheroid model in vitro is effective on
detecting malignant cells and tumorigenesis, and assessing drug resistance. Compared with …

[HTML][HTML] Progress and challenges in large-scale expansion of human pluripotent stem cells

C Kropp, D Massai, R Zweigerdt - Process Biochemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
The constant supply of high cell numbers generated by defined, robust, and economically
viable culture processes is indispensable for the envisioned application of human …

Controlling expansion and cardiomyogenic differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells in scalable suspension culture

H Kempf, R Olmer, C Kropp, M Rückert, M Jara-Avaca… - Stem cell reports, 2014 - cell.com
To harness the potential of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs), an abundant supply of
their progenies is required. Here, hPSC expansion as matrix-independent aggregates in …

Engineered microsystems for spheroid and organoid studies

SM Kang, D Kim, JH Lee, S Takayama… - Advanced healthcare …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 3D in vitro model systems such as spheroids and organoids provide an opportunity
to extend the physiological understanding using recapitulated tissues that mimic …

3D aggregate culture improves metabolic maturation of human pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes

C Correia, A Koshkin, P Duarte, D Hu… - Biotechnology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Three‐dimensional (3D) cultures of human pluripotent stem cell derived
cardiomyocytes (hPSC‐CMs) hold great promise for drug discovery, providing a better …

Naturally-derived biomaterials for tissue engineering applications

M Brovold, JI Almeida, I Pla-Palacín… - Novel Biomaterials for …, 2018 - Springer
Naturally-derived biomaterials have been used for decades in multiple regenerative
medicine applications. From the simplest cell microcarriers made of collagen or alginate, to …

[HTML][HTML] Microfluidic devices for cell cultivation and proliferation

M Tehranirokh, AZ Kouzani, PS Francis, JR Kanwar - Biomicrofluidics, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Microfluidic technology provides precise, controlled-environment, cost-effective, compact,
integrated, and high-throughput microsystems that are promising substitutes for …