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Advanced biomedical applications based on emerging 3D cell culturing platforms

Wang, Anheng; Madden, Leigh A.; Paunov, Vesselin N.

Authors

Anheng Wang

Vesselin N. Paunov



Abstract

It is of great value to develop reliable in vitro models for cell biology and toxicology. However, ethical issues and the decreasing number of donors restrict the further use of traditional animal models in various fields, including the emerging fields of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The huge gap created by the restrictions in animal models has pushed the development of the increasingly recognized three-dimensional (3D) cell culture, which enables cells to closely simulate authentic cellular behaviour such as close cell-to-cell interactions and can achieve higher functionality. Furthermore, 3D cell culturing is superior to the traditional 2D cell culture, which has obvious limitations and cannot closely mimic the structure and architecture of tissues. In this study, we review several methods used to form 3D multicellular spheroids. The extracellular microenvironment of 3D spheroids plays a role in many aspects of biological sciences, including cell signalling, cell growth, cancer cell generation, and anti-cancer drugs. More recently, they have been explored as basic construction units for tissue and organ engineering. We review this field with a focus on the previous research in different areas using spheroid models, emphasizing aqueous two-phase system (ATPS)-based techniques. Multi-cellular spheroids have great potential in the study of biological systems and can closely mimic the in vivo environment. New technologies to form and analyse spheroids such as the aqueous two-phase system and magnetic levitation are rapidly overcoming the technical limitations of spheroids and expanding their applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

Citation

Wang, A., Madden, L. A., & Paunov, V. N. (2020). Advanced biomedical applications based on emerging 3D cell culturing platforms. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 8(46), 10487-10501. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0tb01658f

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 11, 2020
Online Publication Date Nov 2, 2020
Publication Date Dec 14, 2020
Deposit Date Nov 4, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of materials chemistry. B
Print ISSN 2050-750X
Electronic ISSN 2050-7518
Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 8
Issue 46
Pages 10487-10501
DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/d0tb01658f
Keywords General Materials Science; General Chemistry; Biomedical Engineering; General Medicine
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3652431
Publisher URL https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/TB/D0TB01658F#!divAbstract

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