[HTML][HTML] 3D cell culture systems: tumor application, advantages, and disadvantages

O Habanjar, M Diab-Assaf, F Caldefie-Chezet… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The traditional two-dimensional (2D) in vitro cell culture system (on a flat support) has long
been used in cancer research. However, this system cannot be fully translated into clinical …

The fibrogenic niche in kidney fibrosis: components and mechanisms

L Li, H Fu, Y Liu - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2022 - nature.com
Kidney fibrosis, characterized by excessive deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) that
leads to tissue scarring, is the final common outcome of a wide variety of chronic kidney …

[HTML][HTML] The dark side of fibroblasts: cancer-associated fibroblasts as mediators of immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment

L Monteran, N Erez - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are prominent components of the microenvironment in
most types of solid tumors, and were shown to facilitate cancer progression by supporting …

Tumor targeting via EPR: Strategies to enhance patient responses

SK Golombek, JN May, B Theek, L Appold… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2018 - Elsevier
The tumor accumulation of nanomedicines relies on the enhanced permeability and
retention (EPR) effect. In the last 5–10 years, it has been increasingly recognized that there …

Brain metastasis

A Boire, PK Brastianos, L Garzia, M Valiente - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2020 - nature.com
Brain metastasis, which commonly arises in patients with lung cancer, breast cancer and
melanoma, is associated with poor survival outcomes and poses distinct clinical challenges …

Stimuli-responsive nano-architecture drug-delivery systems to solid tumor micromilieu: past, present, and future perspectives

HS El-Sawy, AM Al-Abd, TA Ahmed, KM El-Say… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The microenvironment characteristics of solid tumors, renowned as barriers that harshly
impeded many drug-delivery approaches, were precisely studied, investigated, categorized …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of single-cell RNA-seq identifies cell-cell communication associated with tumor characteristics

MP Kumar, J Du, G Lagoudas, Y Jiao, A Sawyer… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Tumor ecosystems are composed of multiple cell types that communicate by ligand-receptor
interactions. Targeting ligand-receptor interactions (for instance, with immune checkpoint …

[HTML][HTML] The role of the extracellular matrix and its molecular and cellular regulators in cancer cell plasticity

V Poltavets, M Kochetkova, SM Pitson… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The microenvironment encompasses all components of a tumor other than the cancer cells
themselves. It is highly heterogenous, comprising a cellular component that includes …

[HTML][HTML] Cell adhesion and matrix stiffness: coordinating cancer cell invasion and metastasis

V Gkretsi, T Stylianopoulos - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Metastasis is a multistep process in which tumor extracellular matrix (ECM) and cancer cell
cytoskeleton interactions are pivotal. ECM is connected, through integrins, to the cell's …

Engineered strategies to enhance tumor penetration of drug-loaded nanoparticles

M Souri, M Soltani, FM Kashkooli… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanocarriers have been widely employed in preclinical studies and clinical trials for the
delivery of anticancer drugs. The most important causes of failure in clinical translation of …