Table 1 3D bioprinted cancer models.

From: 3D bioprinting for reconstituting the cancer microenvironment

Cancer model type

Cell types used

Bioink or substrate used

Bioprinting modalities used

Ref.

Glioblastoma-on-a-chip

Glioma cell line U118 and endothelial cells

Collagen or dECM hydrogel

EBB

28

Glioma stem cell (shell); glioma cell line (core)

Alginate

Coaxial EBB

29

Glioma stem cells

Gelatin, alginate, and fibrinogen

EBB

30

Hepatoma HepG2 and glioma cell U251

Alginate

DBB (Inkjet)

31

iPSC-derived human neural progenitor cells and U118 human glioma cells

Scaffold-free 3D culture

EBB

32

Human glioma stem cell line, U118

Sodium alginate and gelatin

EBB

33

Glioblastoma-associated macrophages (GAMs) and glioblastoma cells

GelMA

EBB

34

Human primary umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (UC-MSC, referred to as MSCs), HUVEC, and human bone marrow-derived epithelial-neuroblastoma immortalized cells (SH-SY5Y)

Agarose and type-I collagen

DBB

100

Breast tumor model

Immortalized non-tumorigenic human breast epithelial cell lines MCF-12A and MCF10A

Rat tail collagen I

EBB

36

MCF-7 BC cells

PBS solution

DBB

101

Immortalized non-tumorigenic human breast epithelial cell line, MCF-12A, and the breast carcinoma cell lines MCF-7 and MDA-MB-468

Rat tail collagen

EBB

37

MCF-7 cell

Gelatin-PEG

DBB

38

BT474 breast cancer cells, human perinatal foreskin fibroblasts (BJ), and human adult dermal fibroblasts (HDF)

Poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA)

LBB (optical projection based)

102

Primary breast cancer cells (21PT) and ADMSC

Methacrylated hyaluronic acid and gelatin

EBB

40

Breast epithelial cell lines MCF10A, MCF10A-NeuN, MDA-MB-231, and MCF-7

Matrigel and gelatin-alginate

Coaxial EBB

41

Mouse fibroblast (L929)

Alginate

EBB

42

Breast cancer cell lines of distinct subtypes, luminal (MCF-7), basal like (HCC1143), HER2 amplified (SKBR3), and claudin low (MDA-MB-231)

Alginate and gelatin

EBB

43

IMR-90 fibroblast cells and MDA-MB-231 cancer cells

Alginate and gelatin

EBB

44

Primary human bone marrow MSCs, BrCa cell line

GelMA and nHA

LBB

45

MDA-MB-231; human bone marrow stromal cells

Modified nHA

EBB

104

Metastatic breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231

Human fetal osteoblast cell line hFOB

PEG hydrogel and nHA

LBB (streolitography)

103

MDA-MB-231 cells

PEG, PEGDA, and nHA

LBB (streolitography)

47

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Pancreatic cancer and stellate cells, endothelial cells

Alginate and gelatin

EBB

48

Ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer OVCAR-5 and (MRC-5) fibroblasts

Matrigel

DBB

49,50

Human ovarian cancer cell line (SKOV3) and human foreskin-derived fibroblasts (HFF)

GelMA

LBB (streolitography)

52

Cervical tumor

Hela cells

Gelatin, alginate, and fibrinogen

EBB

51

Hepatocarcinoma model

Human perinatal foreskin fibroblasts and human adult dermal fibroblasts

Liver dECM

LBB

55

C3H/10T1/2, clone 8 cells, and GFP-expressing human neonatal dermal fibroblast cells; HUVECs and RFP-HUVECs

GelMA

EBB

56