Successes and challenges in modeling heterogeneous BRAFV600E mutated central nervous system neoplasms

YL Xing, D Panovska, CK Petritsch - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Central nervous system (CNS) neoplasms are difficult to treat due to their sensitive location.
Over the past two decades, the availability of patient tumor materials facilitated large scale …

Light‐Responsive Nanoassemblies: Advancing Biomedical Innovation

CS Sia, BT Tey, LE Low - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The integrative use of light and nanoassemblies has made a profound impact in the
biomedical field for diagnosis, drug delivery, and phototherapy. Recent advances in the …

New synthetic red-and orange-emitting luciferases to upgrade in vitro and 3D cell biosensing

MM Calabretta, D Gregucci, E Michelini - Analyst, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioluminescence (BL), ie, the emission of light in living organisms, has become an
indispensable tool for a plethora of applications including bioassays, biosensors, and in vivo …

A clinically relevant computed tomography (CT) radiomics strategy for intracranial rodent brain tumour monitoring

K Connor, E Conroy, K White, LP Shiels, S Keek… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Here, we establish a CT-radiomics based method for application in invasive, orthotopic
rodent brain tumour models. Twenty four NOD/SCID mice were implanted with U87R-Luc2 …

Path to bacteriotherapy: From bacterial engineering to therapeutic perspectives

J Liu, C He, W Tan, JH Zheng - Life Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
The major reason for the failure of conventional therapies is the heterogeneity and
complexity of tumor microenvironments (TMEs). Many malignant tumors reprogram their …

Optimization, Characterization, and Comparison of Two Luciferase-Expressing Mouse Glioblastoma Models

LT Rodgers, JA Schulz Pauly, BJ Maloney, AMS Hartz… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Inconsistent engraftment of luciferase-expressing tumors, especially
GL261 Red-FLuc, has been reported in the recent literature. However, techniques to …

[HTML][HTML] Luminescence Probes in Bio-Applications: From Principle to Practice

T Yan, F Weng, Y Ming, S Zhu, M Zhu, C Wang, C Guo… - Biosensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
Bioanalysis based on optical imaging has gained significant progress in the last few
decades. Luminescence probes are capable of detecting, monitoring, and tracing particular …

Luciferase transduction and selection protocol for reliable in vivo bioluminescent measurements in cancer research

N Dehaen, M Van Hul, L Mignion, AN Kouakou… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Bioluminescence imaging has become an essential non-invasive tool in cancer research for
monitoring various cellular processes and tumor progression in vivo. In this article, we aimed …

Measurement of mouse head and neck tumors by automated analysis of CBCT images

B Van Court, B Neupert, D Nguyen, R Ross… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Animal experiments are often used to determine effects of drugs and other biological
conditions on cancer progression, but poor accuracy and reproducibility of established …

[PDF][PDF] Optimization, Characterization, and Comparison of Two Luciferase-Expressing Mouse Glioblastoma Models. Cancers 2024, 16, 1997

LT Rodgers, JA Schulz Pauly, BJ Maloney, AMS Hartz… - 2024 - bauerhartzlab.org
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive brain cancer. To model GBM in research,
orthotopic brain tumor models, including syngeneic models like GL261 and genetically …