TY - JOUR TI - Non-matrigel scaffolds for organoid cultures AU - Kaur, Savneet AU - Kaur, Impreet AU - Rawal, Preety AU - Tripathi, Dinesh M. AU - Vasudevan, Ashwini T2 - Cancer Letters AB - Organoids are three-dimensional cell cultures mostly from tissue-resident or embryonic stem cells (one or multiple) on hydrogels along with defined growth factors. Currently, matrigel is the most commonly employed matrix for 3D organoid cultures. However, certain undesirable attributes of matrigel have paved the way for several other natural and synthetic hydrogel scaffolds for organoid cultures. In this review, we discuss the constraints of matrigel and describe other alternative scaffolds that have been used for organoid cultures. Given the potential of organoids in a plethora of therapeutic and pharmaceutical applications, it is indeed imperative to develop defined and customized hydrogels other than the matrigel. DA - 2021/02/11/ PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.canlet.2021.01.025 DP - ScienceDirect J2 - Cancer Letters LA - en SN - 0304-3835 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304383521000495 Y2 - 2021/02/11/19:32:58 KW - 3D cultures KW - Hydrogel KW - Matrigel KW - Organoids KW - Scaffolds KW - Stem cells ER -