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ArticleAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2019

3D Bioprinted In Vitro Metastatic Models via Reconstruction of Tumor Microenvironments.

Fanben Meng, Carolyn M Meyer, Daeha Joung, Daniel A Vallera, Michael C McAlpine, Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari

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Article in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 126 papers.

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126 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Fanben MengDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Carolyn M MeyerDivision of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Daeha JoungDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Daniel A ValleraDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Michael C McAlpineDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Angela Panoskaltsis-MortariDivision of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1802-1785

Funding

Project 2: Cell Migration in Mechanically Complex MicroenvironmentsU54CA210190 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI WOOD, DAVID KEVIN · 2016 to 2020
$10.0M
3D Printed Nano-Bionic OrgansDP2EB020537 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI MCALPINE, MICHAEL · 2014 to 2019
$2.7M
3D Bioprinting for Esophageal ReconstructionR21EB022830 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI PANOSKALTSIS-MORTARI, ANGELA · 2018 to 2019
$423k
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health 1DP2EB020537National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health 1R21EB022830NCI NIH HHS U54 CA210190NIBIB NIH HHS DP2 EB020537NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB022830
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of 3D in vitro models capable of recapitulating native tumor microenvironments could improve the translatability of potential anticancer drugs and treatments. Here, 3D bioprinting techniques are used to build tumor constructs via precise placement of living cells, functional biomaterials, and programmable release capsules. This enables the spatiotemporal control of signaling molecular gradients, thereby dynamically modulating cellular behaviors at a local level. Vascularized tumor models are created to mimic key steps of cancer dissemination (invasion, intravasation, and angiogenesis), based on guided migration of tumor cells and endothelial cells in the context of stromal cells and growth factors. The utility of the metastatic models for drug screening is demonstrated by evaluating the anticancer efficacy of immunotoxins. These 3D vascularized tumor tissues provide a proof-of-concept platform to i) fundamentally explore the molecular mechanisms of tumor progression and metastasis, and ii) preclinically identify therapeutic agents and screen anticancer drugs.

Indexed as

BiomimeticsNeoplasmsPrinting, Three-DimensionalTissue EngineeringTumor MicroenvironmentDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorHumansTissue Scaffolds3D printingbioprintingcell migrationdrug screeningmetastatic cancer modeltumor microenvironment

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PMID30663123
PMCPMC6996245

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