3D tumour models: Novel in vitro approaches to cancer studies

Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-248

  Nyga, Agata ^a,b   Cheema, Umber ^a,b   Loizidou, Marilena ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D cancer models; Biomimetic; In vitro tumour models; Tumour stroma

Indexed keywords

3' FLUOROTHYMIDINE F 18; CAMPTOTHECIN; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYALURONIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROGOL; RAPAMYCIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOMIMETICS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER RESEARCH; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG SCREENING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSARCOMA; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYPOXIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MULTICELLULAR TUMOUR SPHEROID; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THREE DIMENSIONAL TUMOR MODEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; TUMOR MODEL; TUMOR XENOGRAFT; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80054972160     PISSN: 18739601     EISSN: 1873961X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12079-011-0132-4     Document Type: Review

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