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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 8.
Published in final edited form as: ACS Biomater Sci Eng. 2019 Mar 8;5(4):1937–1943. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b01356

Figure 1. Experimental Pipeline for Pleural Effusion.

Figure 1.

Pleural effusion cells are separated from the PE liquid through centrifugation and cells are plated in tissue culture dishes (2D) or encapsulated in hydrogels (3D). Both 2D and 3D cultures allow for comparative drug treatment in order to determine differences in predicted drug response. The 3D culture method further allows for disease modeling over a longer period of time.