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In vitro assays and techniques utilized in anticancer drug discovery.

Development of a cancer is a multistep process and six major hallmarks of cancer that are known to control malignant transformation have been described. Anticancer drug development is a tedious process, requiring a number of in vitro, in vivo and clinical studies. In vitro assays provide an initial platform for cancer drug discovery approaches. A wide range of in vitro assays/techniques have been developed to evaluate each hallmark feature of cancer and selection of a particular in vitro assay or technique mainly depends on the specific research question (s) to be examined. In the present review, we have described some commonly utilized in vitro assays and techniques used to examine cell viability/proliferation, apoptosis, cellular senescence, invasion and migration, oxidative stress and antioxidant effects, gene and protein expression, angiogenesis and genomic alterations in cancer drug discovery. Additionally, uses of modern techniques such as high throughput screening, high content screening and reporter gene assays in cancer drug discovery have also been described.

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