Addressing the tumour microenvironment in early drug discovery: a strategy to overcome drug resistance and identify novel targets for cancer therapy

E Kaemmerer, D Loessner, VM Avery - Drug Discovery Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Changes in the microenvironment (TME) promote drug resistance.•Cellular
composition, biochemical and-biophysical parameters create tissue-specific TME.•Targeting …

Interrogating colorectal cancer metastasis to liver: a search for clinically viable compounds and mechanistic insights in colorectal cancer Patient Derived Organoids

M Cioce, MR Fumagalli, S Donzelli, F Goeman… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Approximately 20–50% of patients presenting with localized colorectal
cancer progress to stage IV metastatic disease (mCRC) following initial treatment and this is …

A Screening of Native (Poly) phenols and Gut‐Related Metabolites on 3D HCT116 Spheroids Reveals Gut Health Benefits of a Flavan‐3‐ol Metabolite

J Rubert, P Gatto, M Pancher… - Molecular Nutrition & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Scope Epidemiological evidence suggests that a reduced risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) is
correlated with high consumption of fruits and vegetables, which are major sources of fiber …

[HTML][HTML] Establishment of organoids from human epithelioid sarcoma with the air-liquid interface organoid cultures

T Wakamatsu, H Ogawa, K Yoshida, Y Matsuoka… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background: Although biological resources are essential for basic and preclinical research
in the oncological field, those of sarcoma are not sufficient for rapid development of the …

Evolution of precision oncology‐guided treatment paradigms

R DasGupta, A Yap, EY Yaqing… - WIREs Mechanisms of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer treatment is gradually evolving from the classical use of nonspecific cytotoxic drugs
targeting generic mechanisms of cell growth and proliferation. Instead, new “patient‐specific …

Reprogramming of the Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Landscape in Three-Dimensional Cancer Cell Cultures

AJ Heredia-Mendez, G Sánchez-Sánchez… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Genome-wide DNA methylation is a regulatory mechanism that is
frequently altered in human cancers. Remarkably, these epigenetic marks on DNA are …

Antitumor activity of a mitochondrial-targeted HSP90 inhibitor in gliomas

S Wei, D Yin, S Yu, X Lin, MR Savani, K Du, Y Ku… - Clinical Cancer …, 2022 - AACR
Purpose: To investigate the antitumor activity of a mitochondrial-localized HSP90 inhibitor,
Gamitrinib, in multiple glioma models, and to elucidate the antitumor mechanisms of …

Curcumin and Andrographis exhibit anti-tumor effects in colorectal cancer via activation of ferroptosis and dual suppression of glutathione peroxidase-4 and …

K Miyazaki, C Xu, M Shimada, A Goel - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. The
limitations of current chemotherapeutic drugs in CRC include their toxicity, side effects, and …

Label-free vibrational and quantitative phase microscopy reveals remarkable pathogen-induced morphomolecular divergence in tumor-derived cells

Z Liu, S Parida, S Wu, CL Sears, D Sharma… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Delineating the molecular and morphological changes that cancer cells undergo in
response to extracellular stimuli is crucial for identifying factors that promote tumor …

Engineered in vitro tumor models for cell-based immunotherapy

Y Ando, C Mariano, K Shen - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Tumor immunotherapy is rapidly evolving as one of the major pillars of cancer treatment.
Cell-based immunotherapies, which utilize patient's own immune cells to eliminate cancer …