[HTML][HTML] Growth of MCF-7 breast cancer cells and efficacy of anti-angiogenic agents in a hydroxyethyl chitosan/glycidyl methacrylate hydrogel

H Wang, J Qian, Y Zhang, W Xu, J Xiao, A Suo - Cancer Cell International, 2017 - Springer
Background Breast cancer negatively affects women's health worldwide. The tumour
microenvironment plays a critical role in tumour initiation, proliferation, and metastasis …

Chitosan-Based Thermoreversible Hydrogel as an in Vitro Tumor Microenvironment for Testing Breast Cancer Therapies

CT Tsao, FM Kievit, K Wang, AE Erickson… - Molecular …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Breast cancer is a major health problem for women worldwide. Although in vitro culture of
established breast cancer cell lines is the most widely used model for preclinical …

A double-network poly (Nɛ-acryloyl l-lysine)/hyaluronic acid hydrogel as a mimic of the breast tumor microenvironment

W Xu, J Qian, Y Zhang, A Suo, N Cui, J Wang, Y Yao… - Acta biomaterialia, 2016 - Elsevier
To mimic the structure of breast tumor microenvironment, novel double-network poly (N ɛ-
acryloyl l-lysine)/hyaluronic acid (pLysAAm/HA) hydrogels were fabricated by a two-step …

Hydroxyethyl chitosan hydrogels for enhancing breast cancer cell tumorigenesis

G Hou, T Sun, J Qian, Y Zhang, M Guo, W Xu… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polysaccharide hydrogels are promising candidate matrices for recapitulating the
characteristics of extracellular matrix (ECM) in breast tumors in terms of their structure and …

Dual-degradable and injectable hyaluronic acid hydrogel mimicking extracellular matrix for 3D culture of breast cancer MCF-7 cells

A Suo, W Xu, Y Wang, T Sun, L Ji, J Qian - Carbohydrate polymers, 2019 - Elsevier
In tumor biology, it is widely recognized that 3D rather than 2D cell culture can recapitulate
key features of solid tumors, including cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions. In this …

A thermo-sensitive hydrogel composed of methylcellulose/hyaluronic acid/silk fibrin as a biomimetic extracellular matrix to simulate breast cancer malignancy

R Shokri, M Fuentes-Chandía, J Ai… - European Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of three-dimensional (3D) culture models is promising for cancer biology
studies and the discovery of new anticancer drugs because they mimic the in vivo situation …

A three dimensional in vivo model of breast cancer using a thermosensitive chitosan‐based hydrogel and 4 T1 cell line in Balb/c

L Rezakhani, M Alizadeh… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The two‐dimensional (2D) models of breast cancer still exhibit a limited success.
Whereas, three‐dimensional (3D) models provide more similar conditions to the tumor for …

Chitosan hydrogels for synergistic delivery of chemotherapeutics to triple negative breast cancer cells and spheroids

JD Schneible, AT Young, MA Daniele… - Pharmaceutical …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose This study aimed to develop a hydrogel system for treating aggressive triple
negative breast cancer (TNBC) via kinetically-controlled delivery of the synergistic drug pair …

Photo-crosslinked hyaluronic acid hydrogel as a biomimic extracellular matrix to recapitulate in vivo features of breast cancer cells

J Wang, W Xu, J Qian, Y Wang, G Hou, A Suo - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 2D cell culture is widely utilized to develop anti-cancer drugs and to explore the
mechanisms of cancer tumorigenesis and development. However, the findings obtained …

Porous chitosan-hyaluronic acid scaffolds as a mimic of glioblastoma microenvironment ECM

SJ Florczyk, K Wang, S Jana, DL Wood, SK Sytsma… - Biomaterials, 2013 - Elsevier
Cancer therapeutics are developed through extensive screening; however, many
therapeutics evaluated with 2D in vitro cultures during pre-clinical trials suffer from lower …