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 …

[HTML][HTML] Organoid models of tumor immunology

K Yuki, N Cheng, M Nakano, CJ Kuo - Trends in immunology, 2020 - cell.com
Cellular interactions in the tumor microenvironment (TME) significantly govern cancer
progression and drug response. The efficacy of clinical immunotherapies has fostered an …

Immunometabolic interplay in the tumor microenvironment

I Kaymak, KS Williams, JR Cantor, RG Jones - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
Immune cells' metabolism influences their differentiation and function. Given that a complex
interplay of environmental factors within the tumor microenvironment (TME) can have a …

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 …

Revealing the transcriptional heterogeneity of organ‐specific metastasis in human gastric cancer using single‐cell RNA sequencing

H Jiang, D Yu, P Yang, R Guo, M Kong… - Clinical and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Deciphering intra‐and inter‐tumoural heterogeneity is essential for
understanding the biology of gastric cancer (GC) and its metastasis and identifying effective …

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 …

3D tumor models and their use for the testing of immunotherapies

N Boucherit, L Gorvel, D Olive - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Over the past decade, immunotherapy has become a powerful and evident tool in the fight
against cancers. Notably, the rise of checkpoint blockade using monoclonal antibodies (anti …

The NKG2A–HLA-E axis as a novel checkpoint in the tumor microenvironment

L Borst, SH van der Burg, T van Hall - Clinical cancer research, 2020 - AACR
The success of checkpoint blockade therapy revolutionized cancer treatment. However, we
need to increase the fraction of responding patients and overcome acquired resistance to …

Immunotherapy discovery on tumor organoid-on-a-chip platforms that recapitulate the tumor microenvironment

J Zhang, H Tavakoli, L Ma, X Li, L Han, XJ Li - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer immunotherapy has achieved remarkable success over the past decade by
modulating patients' own immune systems and unleashing pre-existing immunity. However …

Advancements in 3D cell culture systems for personalizing anti-cancer therapies

AMK Law, L Rodriguez de la Fuente, TJ Grundy… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Over 90% of potential anti-cancer drug candidates results in translational failures in clinical
trials. The main reason for this failure can be attributed to the non-accurate pre-clinical …