Engineered biomaterials to guide spheroid formation, function, and fabrication into 3D tissue constructs

N Di Caprio, JA Burdick - Acta biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Cellular spheroids are aggregates of cells that are being explored to address fundamental
biological questions and as building blocks for engineered tissues. Spheroids possess …

3D and organoid culture in research: physiology, hereditary genetic diseases and cancer

E Suarez-Martinez, I Suazo-Sanchez, M Celis-Romero… - Cell & Bioscience, 2022 - Springer
In nature, cells reside in tissues subject to complex cell–cell interactions, signals from
extracellular molecules and niche soluble and mechanical signaling. These …

Mimicking native liver lobule microarchitecture in vitro with parenchymal and non-parenchymal cells using 3D bioprinting for drug toxicity and drug screening …

G Janani, S Priya, S Dey… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bioengineering an in vitro liver model recapitulating the native liver microarchitecture
consisting of parenchymal and non-parenchymal cells is crucial in achieving cellular …

[HTML][HTML] Synthetic developmental biology: Engineering approaches to guide multicellular organization

I Zarkesh, MK Ashtiani, Z Shiri, S Aran, T Braun… - Stem Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Multicellular organisms of various complexities self-organize in nature. Organoids are in
vitro 3D structures that display important aspects of the anatomy and physiology of their in …

Challenges for the applications of human pluripotent stem cell-derived liver organoids

M Chang, MS Bogacheva, YR Lou - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The current organoid culture systems allow pluripotent and adult stem cells to self-organize
to form three-dimensional (3D) structures that provide a faithful recapitulation of the …

An in vivo tumour organoid model based on the chick embryonic chorioallantoic membrane mimics key characteristics of the patient tissue: a proof-of-concept study

K Benčurová, L Tran, J Friske, K Bevc, TH Helbich… - EJNMMI research, 2024 - Springer
Background Patient-derived tumour organoids (PDOs) are highly advanced in vitro models
for disease modelling, yet they lack vascularisation. To overcome this shortcoming …

Strategies to decouple cell micro-scale and macro-scale environments for designing multifunctional biomimetic tissues

M Ghasemzadeh-Hasankolaei, D Pinheiro, S Nadine… - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The regulation of cellular behavior within a three-dimensional (3D) environment to execute a
specific function remains a challenge in the field of tissue engineering. In native tissues …

Fibrotic liver extracellular matrix induces cancerous phenotype in biomimetic micro-tissues of hepatocellular carcinoma model

K Nouri, A Piryaei, H Seydi, I Zarkesh, I Ghoytasi… - … & Pancreatic Diseases …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Despite considerable advancements in identifying factors contributing to the
development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the pathogenesis of HCC remains unclear …

[HTML][HTML] Bioengineering liver microtissues for modeling non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

N Aasadollahei, N Rezaei, R Golroo, T Agarwal… - EXCLI …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the world's most common chronic
liver disease. However, due to the lack of reliable in vitro NAFLD models, drug development …

In vitro modeling of liver fibrosis in 3D microtissues using scalable micropatterning system

E Zahmatkesh, A Othman, B Braun, R Aspera… - Archives of …, 2022 - Springer
Liver fibrosis is the late consequence of chronic liver inflammation which could eventually
lead to cirrhosis, and liver failure. Among various etiological factors, activated hepatic …