Three-Dimensional in Vitro Cell Culture Models in Drug Discovery and Drug Repositioning

SA Langhans - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Drug development is a lengthy and costly process that proceeds through several stages
from target identification to lead discovery and optimization, preclinical validation and …

In search of definitions: Cancer‐associated fibroblasts and their markers

M Nurmik, P Ullmann, F Rodriguez… - … journal of cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The tumor microenvironment has been identified as one of the driving factors of tumor
progression and invasion. Inside this microenvironment, cancer‐associated fibroblasts …

Tumor-on-a-chip: from bioinspired design to biomedical application

X Liu, J Fang, S Huang, X Wu, X Xie, J Wang… - Microsystems & …, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer is one of the leading causes of human death, despite enormous efforts to explore
cancer biology and develop anticancer therapies. The main challenges in cancer research …

3D cell culture models as recapitulators of the tumor microenvironment for the screening of anti-cancer drugs

MAG Barbosa, CPR Xavier, RF Pereira, V Petrikaitė… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture models have been proposed as
alternatives for initial drug screening to increase drug development efficiency. In addition to …

Harnessing 3D in vitro systems to model immune responses to solid tumours: a step towards improving and creating personalized immunotherapies

Z Zhou, Y Pang, J Ji, J He, T Liu, L Ouyang… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
In vitro 3D models are advanced biological tools that have been established to overcome
the shortcomings of oversimplified 2D cultures and mouse models. Various in vitro 3D …

[HTML][HTML] IL6/STAT3 signaling hijacks estrogen receptor α enhancers to drive breast cancer metastasis

R Siersbæk, V Scabia, S Nagarajan, I Chernukhin… - Cancer cell, 2020 - cell.com
Summary The cytokine interleukin-6 (IL6) and its downstream effector STAT3 constitute a
key oncogenic pathway, which has been thought to be functionally connected to estrogen …

Recent advances in industrial applications of seaweeds

S Polat, M Trif, A Rusu, V Šimat, M Čagalj… - Critical reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Seaweeds have been generally utilized as food and alternative medicine in different
countries. They are specifically used as a raw material for wine, cheese, soup, tea, noodles …

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 …

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 …