3D CELL CULTURE




Why 3D Culture?

In preclinical drug discovery validation processes, monolayer cell cultures are still predominant. Nevertheless, 2D cultures can only mimic the conditions of physiological tissue to a limited extent, whereas cells in vivo are able to interact in a three-dimensional network. Therefore, results generated from 2D cultures may often be of limited relevance for clinical effectiveness and may contribute to high attrition rates in the drug development process. The employment of spheroid cultures is regarded as a better rational to develop more predictive in-vitro screening assays for preclinical drug development, especially in cancer research.


In spheroid cultures, cells grow in a three-dimensional system with zones of cellular heterogeneity and nutrient and oxygen gradients, to more closely reflect the in-vivo tumor microenvironment. Comparisons of spheroid cultures and 2D monolayer cultures showed functional differences in tumor cell lines, e.g. alterations in protein expression, phosphorylation patterns and responsiveness to inhibitor molecules.




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Products

Item: 655840

96 WELL BIOPRINTING KIT, CLEAR, NANOSHUTTLE 600 µL, SPHERIOD DRIVE, HOLDING DRIVE, 96 WELL MICROPLATE, CELL-REPELLENT SURFACE

Item: 655841

96 WELL BIOPRINTING KIT, µCLEAR®, BLACK, NANOSHUTTLE, 600 µL, SPHEROID DRIVE, HOLDING DRIVE, 96 WELL MICROPLATE, CELL-REPELLENT SURFACE

Item: 657840

6 WELL BIO-ASSEMBLER KIT, CLEAR, NANOSHUTTLE 600 µL, LEVITATING DRIVE, HOLDING DRIVE, 6 WELL MICROPLATE, CELL-REPELLENT SURFACE

Item: 662840

24 WELL BIO-ASSEMBLER KIT, CLEAR, NANOSHUTTLE 600 µL, LEVITATING DRIVE, HOLDING DRIVE, 24 WELL MICROPLATE, CELL-REPELLENT SURFACE

F074093_White Paper GBO PerkinElmer
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Whitepaper Magnetic 3D Cell Culturing
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