An updated review on marine anticancer compounds: The use of virtual screening for the discovery of small-molecule cancer drugs

V Ruiz-Torres, JA Encinar, M Herranz-Lopez… - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Marine secondary metabolites are a promising source of unexploited drugs that have a wide
structural diversity and have shown a variety of biological activities. These compounds are …

Mechanobiology of tumor growth

PK Chaudhuri, BC Low, CT Lim - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, researchers have highlighted the importance of mechanical cues of
the metastatic niche such as matrix stiffness, topography, mechanical stresses, and …

Expansion of patient-derived circulating tumor cells from liquid biopsies using a CTC microfluidic culture device

BL Khoo, G Grenci, YB Lim, SC Lee, J Han, CT Lim - Nature protocols, 2018 - nature.com
The development of personalized cancer therapy depends on a robust system to monitor the
patient's individual response to anticancer treatment. Anticancer drug efficacy has been …

Recent advances in single-cell analysis by mass spectrometry

L Yin, Z Zhang, Y Liu, Y Gao, J Gu - Analyst, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Cells are the most basic structural units that play vital roles in the functioning of living
organisms. Analysis of the chemical composition and content of a single cell plays a vital …

Single-cell analysis of circulating tumour cells: enabling technologies and clinical applications

P Radfar, HA Es, R Salomon, A Kulasinghe… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Multimodal analysis of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) has the potential to provide
remarkable insight for cancer development and metastasis. CTCs and CTC clusters …

Coral and coral-associated microorganisms: A prolific source of potential bioactive natural products

VT Sang, TTH Dat, LB Vinh, LCV Cuong, PTT Oanh… - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Marine invertebrates and their associated microorganisms are rich sources of bioactive
compounds. Among them, coral and its associated microorganisms are promising providers …

High throughput screening of complex biological samples with mass spectrometry–from bulk measurements to single cell analysis

EE Kempa, KA Hollywood, CA Smith, PE Barran - Analyst, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
High throughput screening (HTS) of molecular analytes is in high demand from and
implemented in many areas of chemistry, medicine and industrial biotechnology including …

Tumorigenesis as a process of gradual loss of original cell identity and gain of properties of neural precursor/progenitor cells

Y Cao - Cell & Bioscience, 2017 - Springer
Cancer is a complex disease without a unified explanation for its cause so far. Our recent
work demonstrates that cancer cells share similar regulatory networks and characteristics …

Pirfenidone reduces immune-suppressive capacity of cancer-associated fibroblasts through targeting CCL17 and TNF-beta

H Aboulkheyr Es, S Zhand, JP Thiery… - Integrative …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Various factors in the tumor microenvironment (TME) regulate the expression of PD-L1 in
carcinoma cells. The cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) play a crucial role in regulating …

Developmental origins and oncogenic pathways in malignant brain tumors

QR Lu, L Qian, X Zhou - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Brain tumors such as adult glioblastomas and pediatric high‐grade gliomas or
medulloblastomas are among the leading causes of cancer‐related deaths, exhibiting poor …