Generation of homogenous three-dimensional pancreatic cancer cell spheroids using an improved hanging drop technique

Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 312-321

  Ware, Matthew J ^a,b   Colbert, Kevin ^a   Keshishian, Vazrik ^b   Ho, Jason ^b   Corr, Stuart J ^b   Curley, Steven A ^b   Godin, Biana ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; DROPS; DRUG PRODUCTS; HISTOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMORS;

ARTIFICIAL TISSUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPROVED TECHNIQUES; PANCREATIC CANCERS; RESEARCH AND EVALUATION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TUMOR CELL BIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINES;

CELLS;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HANGING DROP TECHNIQUE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PANCREATIC CANCER CELL LINE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR SPHEROID; ADULT; AGED; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

ADULT; AGED; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 84963865395     PISSN: 19373384     EISSN: 19373392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2015.0280     Document Type: Article

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