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3D matrix-based cell cultures: Automated analysis of tumor cell survival and proliferation

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    • Iris Eke
    • Stephanie Hehlgans
    • Veit Sandfort
    • Nils Cordes
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    Affiliations: OncoRay-National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01307 Dresden, Germany, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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    Published online on: November 4, 2015
       https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2015.3230
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Abstract

Three-dimensional ex vivo cell cultures mimic physiological in vivo growth conditions thereby significantly contributing to our understanding of tumor cell growth and survival, therapy resistance and identification of novel potent cancer targets. In the present study, we describe advanced three-dimensional cell culture methodology for investigating cellular survival and proliferation in human carcinoma cells after cancer therapy including molecular therapeutics. Single cells are embedded into laminin-rich extracellular matrix and can be treated with cytotoxic drugs, ionizing or UV radiation or any other substance of interest when consolidated and approximating in vivo morphology. Subsequently, cells are allowed to grow for automated determination of clonogenic survival (colony number) or proliferation (colony size). The entire protocol of 3D cell plating takes ~1 h working time and pursues for ~7 days before evaluation. This newly developed method broadens the spectrum of exploration of malignant tumors and other diseases and enables the obtainment of more reliable data on cancer treatment efficacy.
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Eke, I., Hehlgans, S., Sandfort, V., & Cordes, N. (2016). 3D matrix-based cell cultures: Automated analysis of tumor cell survival and proliferation. International Journal of Oncology, 48, 313-321. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2015.3230
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Eke, I., Hehlgans, S., Sandfort, V., Cordes, N."3D matrix-based cell cultures: Automated analysis of tumor cell survival and proliferation". International Journal of Oncology 48.1 (2016): 313-321.
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Eke, I., Hehlgans, S., Sandfort, V., Cordes, N."3D matrix-based cell cultures: Automated analysis of tumor cell survival and proliferation". International Journal of Oncology 48, no. 1 (2016): 313-321. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2015.3230
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Eke, I., Hehlgans, S., Sandfort, V., & Cordes, N. (2016). 3D matrix-based cell cultures: Automated analysis of tumor cell survival and proliferation. International Journal of Oncology, 48, 313-321. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2015.3230
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Eke, I., Hehlgans, S., Sandfort, V., Cordes, N."3D matrix-based cell cultures: Automated analysis of tumor cell survival and proliferation". International Journal of Oncology 48.1 (2016): 313-321.
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Eke, I., Hehlgans, S., Sandfort, V., Cordes, N."3D matrix-based cell cultures: Automated analysis of tumor cell survival and proliferation". International Journal of Oncology 48, no. 1 (2016): 313-321. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2015.3230
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