ReviewCancer science2017
Tumor-derived spheroids: Relevance to cancer stem cells and clinical applications.
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- Advantages and research progress of three-dimensional culture systems for lung cancer drug screening (Review).Oncology letters · 2026Review
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- Tumor-suppressive circRNAs in colorectal cancer spheroids and patients.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2026Article
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- Visceral and subcutaneous adipose stem cells modulate colorectal cancer cell progression: direct and indirect contact distinctly accelerate tumor aggressiveness.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2026Article
- Predicting therapeutic responses in metastatic colorectal cancer through personalized functional profiling of patient-derived spheroids.NPJ precision oncology · 2026Article
- Multiomics study on the tertiary lymphatic structure signature of colon cancer.Translational cancer research · 2026Article
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- The impact of inhibiting the Hippo signaling pathway effector molecule YAP1 on in vitro glioblastoma and glioblastoma stem cells.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Interruption of cross-communication pathways alters the immune cell signature of pancreatic cancer and decreases tumor growth.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026Article
- Globulol fromFrontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- EphA2 sustains the adaptive response of colorectal organoids to chemotherapy.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Article
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- 3D Spheroids to Study the Impact of Immune Checkpoint Proteins in Solid Tumors.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
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Abstract
Recently, many types of in vitro 3-D culture systems have been developed to recapitulate the in vivo growth conditions of cancer. The cancer 3-D culture methods aim to preserve the biological characteristics of original tumors better than conventional 2-D monolayer cultures, and include tumor-derived organoids, tumor-derived spheroids, organotypic multicellular spheroids, and multicellular tumor spheroids. The 3-D culture methods differ in terms of cancer cell sources, protocols for cell handling, and the required time intervals. Tumor-derived spheroids are unique because they are purposed for the enrichment of cancer stem cells (CSCs) or cells with stem cell-related characteristics. These spheroids are grown as floating spheres and have been used as surrogate systems to evaluate the CSC-related characteristics of solid tumors in vitro. Because eradication of CSCs is likely to be of clinical importance due to their association with the malignant nature of cancer cells, such as tumorigenicity or chemoresistance, the investigation of tumor-derived spheroids may provide invaluable clues to fight against cancer. Spheroid cultures have been established from cancers including glioma, breast, colon, ovary, and prostate cancers, and their biological and biochemical characteristics have been investigated by many research groups. In addition to the investigation of CSCs, tumor-derived spheroids may prove to be instrumental for a high-throughput screening platform or for the cultivation of CSC-related tumor cells found in the circulation or body fluids.
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