3D cell culture systems: tumor application, advantages, and disadvantages

O Habanjar, M Diab-Assaf, F Caldefie-Chezet… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The traditional two-dimensional (2D) in vitro cell culture system (on a flat support) has long
been used in cancer research. However, this system cannot be fully translated into clinical …

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 …

Three-dimensional spheroids as in vitro preclinical models for cancer research

B Pinto, AC Henriques, PMA Silva, H Bousbaa - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Most cancer biologists still rely on conventional two-dimensional (2D) monolayer culture
techniques to test in vitro anti-tumor drugs prior to in vivo testing. However, the vast majority …

Engineered nanomedicines with enhanced tumor penetration

J Ding, J Chen, L Gao, Z Jiang, Y Zhang, M Li, Q **ao… - Nano Today, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanomedicine has been extensively explored to enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy with
modest therapeutic efficacy in the clinic, owing to various factors. A primary factor is …

A boronic acid–rich dendrimer with robust and unprecedented efficiency for cytosolic protein delivery and CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing

C Liu, T Wan, H Wang, S Zhang, Y **, Y Cheng - Science advances, 2019 - science.org
Cytosolic protein delivery is of central importance for the development of protein-based
biotechnologies and therapeutics; however, efficient intracellular delivery of native proteins …

Tumor penetrating peptides for improved drug delivery

E Ruoslahti - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
In vivo screening of phage libraries in tumor-bearing mice has been used to identify
peptides that direct phage homing to a tumor. The power of in vivo phage screening is …

Polymers for cytosolic protein delivery

J Lv, Q Fan, H Wang, Y Cheng - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
Cytosolic protein delivery offers opportunities to develop protein-based therapeutics
specifically modulate intracellular processes, especially those linked to 'undruggable'targets …

Ultradurable noncovalent cross-linked hydrogels with low hysteresis and robust elasticity for flexible electronics

K Xu, K Shen, J Yu, Y Yang, Y Wei, P Lin… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Development of hydrogel-based flexible electronics with robust elasticity, low hysteresis,
and excellent durability is still challenging. Herein, for the first time, B–N coordination was …

Generation of multicellular tumor spheroids with microwell-based agarose scaffolds for drug testing

X Gong, C Lin, J Cheng, J Su, H Zhao, T Liu, X Wen… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Three dimensional multicellular aggregate, also referred to as cell spheroid or microtissue,
is an indispensable tool for in vitro evaluating antitumor activity and drug efficacy. Compared …

Hypoxia-specific ultrasensitive detection of tumours and cancer cells in vivo

X Zheng, X Wang, H Mao, W Wu, B Liu… - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
Highly sensitive and specific non-invasive molecular imaging methods are particularly
desirable for the early detection of cancers. Here we report a near-infrared optical imaging …