Bookedited by Stefan Przyborski.
Contents:
1. An introduction to the third dimension for routine cell culture
Part I. Aggregate-Based Technologies
2. Gravity-enforced microtissue engineering
3. Physiologically relevant spheroid models for three-dimensional cell culture
4. NanoCulture Plate: a scaffold-based high-throughput three-dimensional cell culture system suitable for live imaging and co-culture
5. Micro-moulded non-adhesive hydrogels to form multicellular microtissues- the 3D petri dish
6. Organotypic microtissues on an air-liquid interface
Part II. Hydrogels
7. Materials and assay systems used for three-dimensional cell culture
8. HyStem, a customisable hyaluronan-based hydrogel matrix for 3D cell culture
9. 3-D life biomimetric hyrdogels: a modular system for cell environment design
Part III. Scaffolds
10. Alvetex, a highly porous polystyrene scaffold for routine three-dimensional cell culture
11. CelluSponge and Go Matrix as innovative three-dimensional cell culture platforms
12. Mimetix electrospun scaffold: an easy-to-use tool for 3D cell culture in drug discovery and regenerative medicine
Part IV. 3D Bioreactor Technologies
13. Quasi Vivo bioreactor technology
14. Three-dimensional cell-based assays in hollow fibre bioreactors
15. Three-dimensional engineered tissues for high-throughput compound screening: mechanical properties of skin and ageing
16. Three-dimensional cell culture in the Rotary Cell Culture System
Glossary
Index.