3D Biomimetic Models to Reconstitute Tumor Microenvironment In Vitro: Spheroids, Organoids, and Tumor‐on‐a‐Chip

W Li, Z Zhou, X Zhou, BL Khoo… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Decades of efforts in engineering in vitro cancer models have advanced drug discovery and
the insight into cancer biology. However, the establishment of preclinical models that enable …

Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts and Extracellular Matrix: Therapeutical Strategies for Modulating the Cholangiocarcinoma Microenvironment

M Minini, L Fouassier - Current Oncology, 2023 - mdpi.com
During the last decade, immunotherapy has radically changed perspectives on anti-tumor
treatments. However, solid tumor treatment by immunotherapy has not met expectations …

The arising role of extracellular vesicles in cholangiocarcinoma: a rundown of the current knowledge regarding diagnostic and therapeutic approaches

EM Trifylli, AG Kriebardis, E Koustas… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cholangiocarcinomas (CCAs) constitute a heterogeneous group of highly malignant
epithelial tumors arising from the biliary tree. This cluster of malignant tumors includes three …

Modelling metastatic colonization of cholangiocarcinoma organoids in decellularized lung and lymph nodes

GS van Tienderen, MEA van Beek, IJ Schurink… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a type of liver cancer with an aggressive phenotype and
dismal outcome in patients. The metastasis of CCA cancer cells to distant organs, commonly …

[HTML][HTML] Construction of tumor organoids and their application to cancer research and therapy

J Lv, X Du, M Wang, J Su, Y Wei, C Xu - Theranostics, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer remains a severe public health burden worldwide. One of the challenges hampering
effective cancer therapy is that the existing cancer models hardly recapitulate the tumor …

Fish‐Derived Collagen: A Promising Biomaterial for Regulating the Migration Behavior of MCF‐7 Cells

L Zhu, YX Xiao, HL Zhu, L Zuo, C Sun… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The uncontrollable migration of cancer cells is one of the reasons for the poor prognosis.
The interaction between collagen and cellular processes is usually dominated by the full …

[HTML][HTML] The entanglement of extracellular matrix molecules and immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer: a systematic review of the literature

A Fejza, G Carobolante, E Poletto, L Camicia… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have emerged as a core pillar of cancer
therapy as single agents or in combination regimens both in adults and children …

Biomimetic Gland Models with Engineered Stratagems

X Lin, L Sun, M Lu, Y Zhao - Research, 2023 - spj.science.org
As extensively distributed tissues throughout the human body, glands play a critical role in
various physiological processes. Therefore, the construction of biomimetic gland models in …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging organoid-immune co-culture models for cancer research: From oncoimmunology to personalized immunotherapies

L Magré, MMA Verstegen, S Buschow… - … for Immunotherapy of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the past decade, treatments targeting the immune system have revolutionized the cancer
treatment field. Therapies such as immune checkpoint inhibitors have been approved as first …

Extracellular matrix stiffness and tumor-associated macrophage polarization: new fields affecting immune exclusion

KX Yu, WJ Yuan, HZ Wang, YX Li - Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, 2024 - Springer
In the malignant progression of tumors, there is deposition and cross-linking of collagen, as
well as an increase in hyaluronic acid content, which can lead to an increase in extracellular …