Cancer stem cells in tumor modeling: Challenges and future directions

E Dogan, A Kisim, G Bati-Ayaz… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Microfluidic tumors‐on‐chips models have revolutionized anticancer therapeutic research
by creating an ideal microenvironment for cancer cells. The tumor microenvironment (TME) …

Recent advances in cancer-on-a-chip tissue models to dissect the tumour microenvironment

K Seaman, Y Sun, L You - Med-X, 2023 - Springer
Three-dimensional cancer-on-a-chip tissue models aim to replicate the key hallmarks of the
tumour microenvironment and allow for the study of dynamic interactions that occur during …

Cancer-on-a-chip: models for studying metastasis

X Zhang, M Karim, MM Hasan, J Hooper, R Wahab… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Microfluidic-based cancer-on-a-chip models are powerful tools to study the
tumor microenvironment (TME). Two-dimensional cell culture cannot recapitulate TME. In …

Investigations into the cancer stem cell niche using in-vitro 3-D tumor models and microfluidics

M Sreepadmanabh, BJ Toley - Biotechnology advances, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The concept of Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) and the CSC Niche/Tumor
Microenvironment (TME) as the central driving force behind tumor progression and …

Cancer Metastasis‐on‐a‐Chip for Modeling Metastatic Cascade and Drug Screening

A Brooks, Y Zhang, J Chen… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Microfluidic chips are valuable tools for studying intricate cellular and cell–microenvironment
interactions. Traditional in vitro cancer models lack accuracy in mimicking the complexities …

Cancer-on-chip models for metastasis: importance of the tumor microenvironment

M Jouybar, CM de Winde, K Wolf, P Friedl… - Trends in …, 2024 - cell.com
Abstract Cancer-on-chip (CoC) models, based on microfluidic chips harboring chambers for
3D tumor-cell culture, enable us to create a controlled tumor microenvironment (TME). CoC …

[HTML][HTML] On-chip modeling of tumor evolution: Advances, challenges and opportunities

C Li, JB Holman, Z Shi, B Qiu, W Ding - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
Tumor evolution is the accumulation of various tumor cell behaviors from tumorigenesis to
tumor metastasis and is regulated by the tumor microenvironment (TME). However, the …

Metastasis in context: modeling the tumor microenvironment with cancer-on-a-chip approaches

JJF Sleeboom, H Eslami Amirabadi… - Disease models & …, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
Most cancer deaths are not caused by the primary tumor, but by secondary tumors formed
through metastasis, a complex and poorly understood process. Cues from the tumor …

Tumor-microenvironment-on-a-chip: the construction and application

H Xu, J Wen, J Yang, S Zhou, Y Li, K Xu, W Li… - Cell Communication and …, 2024 - Springer
Currently, despite the vast amounts of time and money invested in cancer treatment, cancer
remains one of the primary threats to human life. The primary factor contributing to the low …

[HTML][HTML] 3D modeling of cancer stem cell niche

J He, L Xiong, Q Li, L Lin, X Miao, S Yan, Z Hong… - Oncotarget, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer stem cells reside in a distinct microenvironment called niche. The reciprocal
interactions between cancer stem cells and niche contribute to the maintenance and …