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 …

3D cancer models: One step closer to in vitro human studies

N Manduca, E Maccafeo, R De Maria, A Sistigu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cancer immunotherapy is the great breakthrough in cancer treatment as it displayed
prolonged progression-free survival over conventional therapies, yet, to date, in only a …

Proteolysis-free amoeboid migration of melanoma cells through crowded environments via bleb-driven worrying

MK Driscoll, ES Welf, A Weems, E Sapoznik, F Zhou… - Developmental cell, 2024 - cell.com
In crowded microenvironments, migrating cells must find or make a path. Amoeboid cells are
thought to find a path by deforming their bodies to squeeze through tight spaces. Yet, some …

Engineering bioprintable alginate/gelatin composite hydrogels with tunable mechanical and cell adhesive properties to modulate tumor spheroid growth kinetics

T Jiang, JG Munguia-Lopez, K Gu, MM Bavoux… - …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Tunable bioprinting materials are capable of creating a broad spectrum of physiological
mimicking 3D models enabling in vitro studies that more accurately resemble in vivo …

3D tissue-engineered vascular drug screening platforms: promise and considerations

I Marei, T Abu Samaan, MA Al-Quradaghi… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Despite the efforts devoted to drug discovery and development, the number of new drug
approvals have been decreasing. Specifically, cardiovascular developments have been …

The challenging melanoma landscape: From early drug discovery to clinical approval

M Matias, JO Pinho, MJ Penetra, G Campos, CP Reis… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Melanoma is recognized as the most dangerous type of skin cancer, with high mortality and
resistance to currently used treatments. To overcome the limitations of the available …

Real-time multi-angle projection imaging of biological dynamics

BJ Chang, JD Manton, E Sapoznik, T Pohlkamp… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
We introduce a cost-effective and easily implementable scan unit that converts any camera-
based microscope with optical sectioning capability into a multi-angle projection imaging …

In vivo 3D profiling of site-specific human cancer cell morphotypes in zebrafish

D Segal, H Mazloom-Farsibaf, BJ Chang… - Journal of Cell …, 2022 - rupress.org
Tissue microenvironments affect the functional states of cancer cells, but determining these
influences in vivo has remained a challenge. We present a quantitative high-resolution …

In vitro cytotoxicity and cytocompatibility assays for biomaterial testing under regulatory platform

R Komeri, N Kasoju, PRA Kumar - Biomedical Product and Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the main prerequisites to quality of a biomaterial for clinical use is the biocompatibility
evaluation at the cellular and tissue levels. The primary and mandatory element in …

Cell image classification: a comparative overview

M Shifat‐E‐Rabbi, X Yin, CE Fitzgerald… - Cytometry Part …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cell image classification methods are currently being used in numerous applications in cell
biology and medicine. Applications include understanding the effects of genes and drugs in …