“…For example, it has been shown that antibodies against B1-integrins exhibit different behaviour when tested in 2D compared to 3D models (Wang et al, 1998); induced doxorubicin-resistance by the extra cellular matrix in human osteosarcoma and HT1080 cells has been demonstrated (Fourre et al, 2008;Harisi et al, 2007); reduced radiation induced toxicity when cells are grown in a 3D environment has also been reported (Sowa et al, 2010). The use of collagen matrices as 3-D cell culture matrices has greatly increased in the last few years and numerous other publications can be found in the literature describing modification of the cell phenotype, metabolism or composition when grown in a 3D matrix, compared to 2-D environments (Lupanova et al, 2010;Wu et al, 2009). …”