Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models, applications and challenges in cancer research

S Abdolahi, Z Ghazvinian, S Muhammadnejad… - Journal of Translational …, 2022 - Springer
The establishing of the first cancer models created a new perspective on the identification
and evaluation of new anti-cancer therapies in preclinical studies. Patient-derived xenograft …

Molecular events in neuroendocrine prostate cancer development

Y Wang, Y Wang, X Ci, SYC Choi, F Crea, D Lin… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) is a lethal subtype of prostate cancer. NEPC arises
de novo only rarely; the disease predominantly develops from adenocarcinoma in response …

Application of prostate cancer models for preclinical study: advantages and limitations of cell lines, patient-derived xenografts, and three-dimensional culture of patient …

T Namekawa, K Ikeda, K Horie-Inoue, S Inoue - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Various preclinical models have been developed to clarify the pathophysiology of prostate
cancer (PCa). Traditional PCa cell lines from clinical metastatic lesions, as exemplified by …

Prostate lineage-specific metabolism governs luminal differentiation and response to antiandrogen treatment

JM Giafaglione, PD Crowell, AML Delcourt… - Nature cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Lineage transitions are a central feature of prostate development, tumourigenesis and
treatment resistance. While epigenetic changes are well known to drive prostate lineage …

Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying prostate cancer development: therapeutic implications

U Testa, G Castelli, E Pelosi - Medicines, 2019 - mdpi.com
Prostate cancer is the most frequent nonskin cancer and second most common cause of
cancer-related deaths in man. Prostate cancer is a clinically heterogeneous disease with …

The MURAL collection of prostate cancer patient-derived xenografts enables discovery through preclinical models of uro-oncology

GP Risbridger, AK Clark, LH Porter, R Toivanen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Preclinical testing is a crucial step in evaluating cancer therapeutics. We aimed to establish
a significant resource of patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) of prostate cancer for rapid and …

Patient-derived xenografts and organoids model therapy response in prostate cancer

S Karkampouna, F La Manna, A Benjak… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Therapy resistance and metastatic processes in prostate cancer (PCa) remain undefined,
due to lack of experimental models that mimic different disease stages. We describe an …

[HTML][HTML] Generating human prostate cancer organoids from leukapheresis enriched circulating tumour cells

L Mout, LF van Dessel, J Kraan, AC de Jong… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Circulating tumour cell (CTC)–derived organoids have the potential to provide a
powerful tool for personalised cancer therapy but are restrained by low CTC numbers …

Prostate organoids: emerging experimental tools for translational research

M Beshiri, S Agarwal, JJ Yin… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Organoid technology has provided new translational research opportunities in oncology, in
part by enabling the development of patient-representative living biobanks. Prostate cancer …

Racial disparities in prostate cancer: A complex interplay between socioeconomic inequities and genomics

D Lowder, K Rizwan, C McColl, A Paparella, M Ittmann… - Cancer letters, 2022 - Elsevier
The largest US cancer health disparity exists in prostate cancer, with Black men having more
than a two-fold increased risk of dying from prostate cancer compared to all other races. This …