Recent advances for cancer detection and treatment by microfluidic technology, review and update

N Bargahi, S Ghasemali, S Jahandar-Lashaki… - Biological Procedures …, 2022 - Springer
Numerous cancer-associated deaths are owing to a lack of effective diagnostic and
therapeutic approaches. Microfluidic systems for analyzing a low volume of samples offer a …

3D tumor angiogenesis models: recent advances and challenges

SM Bhat, VA Badiger, S Vasishta, J Chakraborty… - Journal of Cancer …, 2021 - Springer
The development of blood vessels, referred to as angiogenesis, is an intricate process
regulated spatially and temporally through a delicate balance between the qualitative and …

A 3D pancreatic tumor model to study T cell infiltration

H Mollica, YJ Teo, ASM Tan, DZM Tan, P Decuzzi… - Biomaterials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The desmoplastic nature of the pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) tumor
microenvironment (TME) prevents the infiltration of T cells and the penetration of …

Organ-on-a-Chip and Microfluidic Platforms for Oncology in the UK

J Nolan, OMT Pearce, HRC Screen, MM Knight… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Organ-on-a-chip models, or organ chips, are tiny devices designed to
accurately recreate the natural physiology and mechanical forces that cells experience in …

SproutAngio: An open-source bioimage informatics tool for quantitative analysis of sprouting angiogenesis and lumen space

M Beter, A Abdollahzadeh, HH Pulkkinen, H Huang… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Three-dimensional image analyses are required to improve the understanding of the
regulation of blood vessel formation and heterogeneity. Currently, quantitation of 3D …

Benzothiazole-Phthalimide Hybrids as Anti-Breast Cancer and Antimicrobial Agents

A Barbarossa, J Ceramella, A Carocci, D Iacopetta… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The benzothiazole nucleus is a major heterocyclic scaffold whose therapeutic potential has
been thoroughly explored due to its structural simplicity and ease of synthesis. In fact …

[HTML][HTML] Stem cell-based vascularization of microphysiological systems

S Browne, EL Gill, P Schultheiss, I Goswami, KE Healy - Stem Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
Summary Microphysiological systems (MPSs)(ie, tissue or organ chips) exploit microfluidics
and 3D cell culture to mimic tissue and organ-level physiology. The advent of human …

Novel HDAC/tubulin dual inhibitor: Design, synthesis and docking studies of α-phthalimido-chalcone hybrids as potential anticancer agents with apoptosis-inducing …

AAE Mourad, MAE Mourad… - Drug Design, Development …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction In order to develop novel anticancer HDAC/tubulin dual inhibitors, a novel
series of α-phthalimido-substituted chalcones-based hybrids was synthesized and …

Evaluating nanoparticles in preclinical research using microfluidic systems

D Zhu, Q Long, Y Xu, J Xing - Micromachines, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticles (NPs) have found a wide range of applications in clinical therapeutic and
diagnostic fields. However, currently most NPs are still in the preclinical evaluation phase …

What zebrafish and nanotechnology can offer for cancer treatments in the age of personalized medicine

M Cascallar, S Alijas, A Pensado-Lopez… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Discovering new strategies for cancer treatment is critical, considering that
each year millions of deaths are caused by this disease. In this sense, therapies based on …