3D CELL CULTURE AND EX VIVO DRUG TESTING METHODS

摘要

Provided herein are methods for testing proliferative responses of a drug on patient-derived tumor cells; the method comprising obtaining cells from biopsy or tumor resection material; culturing the cells on a 3D extracellular matrix (ECM); treating the cells in ECM with a drug; subjecting the treated cells to high-content (HC) imaging; and evaluating the HC imaging of the treated cells; thereby testing the proliferative responses of the drug on the patient-derived tumor cells. In some embodiments, the methods disclosed herein comprise obtaining cells from biopsy or tumor resection material; xenografting the cells into an animal model (patient-derived xenograft; PDX) for tumor formation; and obtaining tumor cells from the animal.