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Engineering Three-dimensional Epithelial Tissues Embedded within Extracellular Matrix
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2016
This manuscript describes a soft lithography-based technique to engineer uniform arrays of three-dimensional (3D) epithelial tissues of defined geometry surrounded by extracellular matrix. This method is amenable to a wide variety of cell types and experimental contexts and allows for high-throughput screening of identical replicates.
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Three-Dimensional Bone Extracellular Matrix Model for Osteosarcoma
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2019
The bone extracellular matrix (BEM) model for osteosarcoma (OS) is well established and shown here. It can be used as a suitable scaffold for mimicking primary tumor growth in vitro and providing an ideal model for studying the histologic and cytogenic heterogeneity of OS.
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Analysis of Cell Migration within a Three-dimensional Collagen Matrix
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2014
Cell migration is a biological phenomenon that is involved in a plethora of physiological, such as wound healing and immune responses, and pathophysiological processes, like cancer. The 3D-collagen matrix migration assay is a versatile tool to analyze the migratory properties of different cell types within in a 3D physiological-like environment.
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Dissection and Culture of Mouse Dopaminergic and Striatal Explants in Three-Dimensional Collagen Matrix Assays
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2012
Explants from the midbrain dopamine system and striatum are used in a collagen matrix assay for the in vitro analysis of mesostriatal and striatonigral pathway development. In this assay axonal outgrowth and guidance can be manipulated and quantified. It can also be modified for assessing other regions or molecular cues.
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Live-cell Imaging of Migrating Cells Expressing Fluorescently-tagged Proteins in a Three-dimensional Matrix
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2011
Cellular processes such as cell migration have traditionally been studied on two-dimensional, stiff plastic surfaces. This report describes a technique for directly visualizing protein localization and analyzing protein dynamics in cells migrating in a more physiologically relevant, three-dimensional matrix.
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Stiffness, porosity, and degradation rate shape how cells interact with a Three-dimensional Matrix. A stiffer or more compliant environment changes mechanical forces, while porosity influences access through the network. Degradation rate affects how long structural support and biochemical cues remain. Together, these variables can shift adhesion, migration, proliferation, and differentiation, helping researchers align matrix design with a desired tissue or engineered construct.
Matrix composition affects cells through both physical and biochemical routes. Binding sites give cells locations for adhesion, while the surrounding network presents cues that can influence migration, proliferation, and differentiation. The same matrix also regulates the movement of nutrients and signaling molecules through its interconnected spaces. Consequently, changing material composition can alter cellular behavior even when the overall three-dimensional arrangement remains similar.
Three-dimensional Matrix models tissue microenvironments more realistically than flat cultures because cells experience spatial organization, mechanical forces, binding sites, and interconnected pathways for transport. This added context can affect adhesion, migration, proliferation, and differentiation, making the approach useful when a two-dimensional surface does not adequately represent the environment of a tissue, organoid, or engineered construct.
Matrix design starts with the intended biological or engineering use. Researchers can adjust composition to provide suitable binding sites and biochemical cues, then tune stiffness, porosity, and degradation rate to influence cell behavior, transport, and persistence of support. This coordinated selection is important when building a culture model, tissue-engineered construct, or repair-oriented system rather than treating the matrix as a passive scaffold.
Medical researchers use these matrices in tissue engineering, wound repair, organoid culture, drug testing, and regenerative research. In each setting, the matrix can provide a controllable three-dimensional environment in which cells or engineered constructs are studied. This supports investigation of tissue behavior and therapeutic design, while organoid and drug-testing applications help evaluate responses under conditions that better reflect tissue microenvironments.
The matrix can help investigators examine how cells respond to combined structural and biochemical cues, including changes in adhesion, migration, proliferation, and differentiation. Its properties also allow researchers to consider nutrient and signaling-molecule transport alongside cellular behavior. In medicine, these observations support the design of patient-relevant therapies and regenerative strategies by linking matrix characteristics with the performance of cells or engineered constructs.