The dawn of spatial omics

D Bressan, G Battistoni, GJ Hannon - Science, 2023 - science.org
Spatial omics has been widely heralded as the new frontier in life sciences. This term
encompasses a wide range of techniques that promise to transform many areas of biology …

Patient-derived xenograft models in cancer therapy: technologies and applications

Y Liu, W Wu, C Cai, H Zhang, H Shen… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models, in which tumor tissues from patients are implanted
into immunocompromised or humanized mice, have shown superiority in recapitulating the …

Lineage plasticity in prostate cancer depends on JAK/STAT inflammatory signaling

JM Chan, S Zaidi, JR Love, JL Zhao, M Setty… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Drug resistance in cancer is often linked to changes in tumor cell state or lineage, but the
molecular mechanisms driving this plasticity remain unclear. Using murine organoid and …

Breast tumor microenvironment structures are associated with genomic features and clinical outcome

E Danenberg, H Bardwell, VRT Zanotelli… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The functions of the tumor microenvironment (TME) are orchestrated by precise spatial
organization of specialized cells, yet little is known about the multicellular structures that …

Vitamin B5 supports MYC oncogenic metabolism and tumor progression in breast cancer

P Kreuzaler, P Inglese, A Ghanate, E Gjelaj, V Wu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Tumors are intrinsically heterogeneous and it is well established that this directs their
evolution, hinders their classification and frustrates therapy,–. Consequently, spatially …

FOXC2 promotes vasculogenic mimicry and resistance to anti-angiogenic therapy

IG Cannell, K Sawicka, I Pearsall, SA Wild, L Deighton… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) describes the formation of pseudo blood vessels constructed of
tumor cells that have acquired endothelial-like properties. VM channels endow the tumor …

Reagents for mass cytometry

LP Arnett, R Rana, WWY Chung, X Li, M Abtahi… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Mass cytometry (cytometry by time-of-flight detection [CyTOF]) is a bioanalytical technique
that enables the identification and quantification of diverse features of cellular systems with …

Breast cancer heterogeneity

C Fumagalli, M Barberis - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Breast tumor heterogeneity is a major challenge in the clinical management of breast cancer
patients. Both inter-tumor and intra-tumor heterogeneity imply that each breast cancer (BC) …

tetraplex immunophenotyping of cell surface proteomes via synthesized plasmonic nanotags and portable Raman spectroscopy

J Wang, KM Koo, M Trau - Analytical Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Multiplex immunophenotyping of cell surface proteomes is useful for cell characterization as
well as providing valuable information on a patient's physiological or pathological state …

Molecular Characterization and Landscape of Breast cancer Models from a multi-omics Perspective

MMO Ortiz, ER Andrechek - Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and …, 2023 - Springer
Breast cancer is well-known to be a highly heterogenous disease. This facet of cancer
makes finding a research model that mirrors the disparate intrinsic features challenging …