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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Three-Dimensional Cell Cultures as an In Vitro Tool for Prostate Cancer Modeling and Drug Discovery.

Fabrizio Fontana, Michela Raimondi, Monica Marzagalli, Michele Sommariva, Nicoletta Gagliano, Patrizia Limonta

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Fabrizio FontanaDepartment of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milan, Italy.
Michela RaimondiDepartment of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2965-509X
Monica MarzagalliDepartment of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milan, Italy.
Michele SommarivaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Mangiagalli 31, 20133 Milan, Italy.
Nicoletta GaglianoDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Mangiagalli 31, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3393-3144
Patrizia LimontaDepartment of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7028-3008

Funding

Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano MIUR Progetto di Eccellenza
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the last decade, three-dimensional (3D) cell culture technology has gained a lot of interest due to its ability to better recapitulate the in vivo organization and microenvironment of in vitro cultured cancer cells. In particular, 3D tumor models have demonstrated several different characteristics compared with traditional two-dimensional (2D) cultures and have provided an interesting link between the latter and animal experiments. Indeed, 3D cell cultures represent a useful platform for the identification of the biological features of cancer cells as well as for the screening of novel antitumor agents. The present review is aimed at summarizing the most common 3D cell culture methods and applications, with a focus on prostate cancer modeling and drug discovery.

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AndrogensAdenocarcinomaAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCell Culture TechniquesCell HypoxiaDrug DiscoveryDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorEnergy MetabolismEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionExtracellular MatrixHumansInflammationMaleMolecular Targeted TherapyMonitoring, ImmunologicAndrogensAntineoplastic AgentsNeoplasm Proteins2D3Danimal modelbilayercell culturecell signalingdrug discoverydrug screeningprostate cancerspheroid

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PMID32948069
PMCPMC7554845

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