Current hydrogel advances in physicochemical and biological response-driven biomedical application diversity

H Cao, L Duan, Y Zhang, J Cao, K Zhang - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Hydrogel is a type of versatile platform with various biomedical applications after rational
structure and functional design that leverages on material engineering to modulate its …

Tumor microenvironment: barrier or opportunity towards effective cancer therapy

A Tiwari, R Trivedi, SY Lin - Journal of biomedical science, 2022 - Springer
Tumor microenvironment (TME) is a specialized ecosystem of host components, designed
by tumor cells for successful development and metastasis of tumor. With the advent of 3D …

[HTML][HTML] 3D in vitro model (R) evolution: unveiling tumor–stroma interactions

J Rodrigues, MA Heinrich, LM Teixeira, J Prakash - Trends in cancer, 2021 - cell.com
The complex microenvironment in which malignant tumor cells grow is crucial for cancer
progression. The physical and biochemical characteristics of this niche are involved in …

3D bioprinting for skin tissue engineering: Current status and perspectives

T Weng, W Zhang, Y Xia, P Wu… - Journal of tissue …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Skin and skin appendages are vulnerable to injury, requiring rapidly reliable regeneration
methods. In recent years, 3D bioprinting has shown potential for wound repair and …

3D tumor spheroids as in vitro models to mimic in vivo human solid tumors resistance to therapeutic drugs

AS Nunes, AS Barros, EC Costa… - Biotechnology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Three‐dimensional cell culture models, such as spheroids, can be used in the process of the
development of new anticancer agents because they are able to closely mimic the main …

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 …

Advances in multicellular spheroids formation

X Cui, Y Hartanto, H Zhang - Journal of the Royal …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Three-dimensional multicellular spheroids (MCSs) have a complex architectural structure,
dynamic cell–cell/cell–matrix interactions and bio-mimicking in vivo microenvironment. As a …

Microfluidic modelling of the tumor microenvironment for anti-cancer drug development

M Shang, RH Soon, CT Lim, BL Khoo, J Han - Lab on a Chip, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide. The complex and disorganized tumor
microenvironment makes it very difficult to treat this disease. The most common in vitro drug …

Effective bioprinting resolution in tissue model fabrication

AK Miri, I Mirzaee, S Hassan, SM Oskui, D Nieto… - Lab on a Chip, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent advancements in bioprinting techniques have enabled convenient fabrication of
micro-tissues in organ-on-a-chip platforms. In a sense, the success of bioprinted micro …

Circulating tumor cell isolation, culture, and downstream molecular analysis

S Sharma, R Zhuang, M Long, M Pavlovic, Y Kang… - Biotechnology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are a major contributor of cancer metastases and hold a
promising prognostic significance in cancer detection. Performing functional and molecular …