Development and characterization of a microfluidic model of the tumour microenvironment

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Ayuso, Jose M ^a,b,c   Virumbrales Muñoz, María ^a,b,c   Lacueva, Alodia ^a,b,c   Lanuza, Pilar M ^b,d   Checa Chavarria, Elisa ^a,e   Botella, Pablo ^f   Fernández, Eduardo ^a,e   Doblare, Manuel ^a,b,c   Allison, Simon J ^g   Phillips, Roger M ^g   Pardo, Julián ^b,d,h   Fernandez, Luis J ^a,b,c   Ochoa, Ignacio ^a,b,c  

^a BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA ARAGÓN IIS ARAGÓN   (Spain)

^e MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGÍA QUÍMICA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^h FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DOXORUBICIN; GLUCOSE; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HCT 116 CELL LINE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROFLUIDICS; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PROCEDURES; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TUMOR CELL LINE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DOXORUBICIN; GLUCOSE; HCT116 CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84994034028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep36086     Document Type: Article

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