Cancer spheroids and organoids as novel tools for research and therapy: state of the art and challenges to guide precision medicine

S El Harane, B Zidi, N El Harane, KH Krause, T Matthes… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Spheroids and organoids are important novel players in medical and life science research.
They are gradually replacing two-dimensional (2D) cell cultures. Indeed, three-dimensional …

Spheroids-on-a-chip: Recent advances and design considerations in microfluidic platforms for spheroid formation and culture

K Moshksayan, N Kashaninejad, ME Warkiani… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2018 - Elsevier
A cell spheroid is a three-dimensional (3D) aggregation of cells. Synthetic, in-vitro spheroids
provide similar metabolism, proliferation, and species concentration gradients to those found …

Spheroid engineering in microfluidic devices

A Tevlek, S Kecili, OS Ozcelik, H Kulah, HC Tekin - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) cell culture techniques are commonly employed to investigate
biophysical and biochemical cellular responses. However, these culture methods, having …

High blood flow shear stress values are associated with circulating tumor cells cluster disaggregation in a multi-channel microfluidic device

A Marrella, A Fedi, G Varani, I Vaccari, M Fato, G Firpo… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Metastasis represents a dynamic succession of events involving tumor cells which
disseminate through the organism via the bloodstream. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) can …

Mimicking human pathophysiology in organ‐on‐chip devices

O Yesil‐Celiktas, S Hassan, AK Miri… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Convergence of life sciences, engineering, and basic sciences has opened new horizons for
biologically inspired innovations, and a considerable number of organ‐on‐a‐chip platforms …

Comparative cytotoxicity of seven per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in six human cell lines

ME Solan, S Senthilkumar, GV Aquino, ED Bruce… - Toxicology, 2022 - Elsevier
Human exposures to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been linked
to several diseases associated with adverse health outcomes. Animal studies have been …

Fabrication of PNIPAm-based thermoresponsive hydrogel microwell arrays for tumor spheroid formation

D Dhamecha, D Le, T Chakravarty, K Perera… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Complex three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures are being increasingly implemented
in biomedical research as they provide important insights into complex cancer biology, and …

[HTML][HTML] Nanobiotechnological approaches for breast cancer Management: Drug delivery systems and 3D In-Vitro models

H Abolhassani, A Eskandari, AS Poor, A Zarrabi… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
The science of nanotechnology has been proposed as a factor of main change in the field of
cancer diagnosis and treatment. The challenges in common clinical treatment of breast …

Applications of microfluidics in quantitative biology

Y Bai, M Gao, L Wen, C He, Y Chen, C Liu… - Biotechnology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitative biology is dedicated to taking advantage of quantitative reasoning and
advanced engineering technologies to make biology more predictable. Microfluidics, as an …

Analysis of cellular response to drugs with a microfluidic single-cell platform based on hyperspectral imaging

L Liu, L Zhang, X Zhang, X Dong, X Jiang, X Huang… - Analytica Chimica …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Cellular response to pharmacological action of drugs is significant for drug
development. Traditional detection method for cellular response to drugs normally rely on …