SARS CoV‐2 related microvascular damage and symptoms during and after COVID‐19: Consequences of capillary transit‐time changes, tissue hypoxia and …

L Østergaard - Physiological reports, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) causes symptoms from multiple organs
after infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS CoV‐2). They …

Transport of drugs from blood vessels to tumour tissue

MW Dewhirst, TW Secomb - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2017 - nature.com
The effectiveness of anticancer drugs in treating a solid tumour is dependent on delivery of
the drug to virtually all cancer cells in the tumour. The distribution of drug in tumour tissue …

Reengineering the physical microenvironment of tumors to improve drug delivery and efficacy: from mathematical modeling to bench to bedside

T Stylianopoulos, LL Munn, RK Jain - Trends in cancer, 2018 - cell.com
Physical forces have a crucial role in tumor progression and cancer treatment. The
application of principles of engineering and physical sciences to oncology has provided …

The role of mechanical forces in tumor growth and therapy

RK Jain, JD Martin… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Tumors generate physical forces during growth and progression. These physical forces are
able to compress blood and lymphatic vessels, reducing perfusion rates and creating …

Multiple functions of m6A RNA methylation in cancer

Y Pan, P Ma, Y Liu, W Li, Y Shu - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2018 - Springer
First identified in 1974, m 6 A RNA methylation, which serves as a predominant internal
modification of RNA in higher eukaryotes, has gained prodigious interest in recent years …

Molecular mechanisms and clinical applications of angiogenesis

P Carmeliet, RK Jain - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Blood vessels deliver oxygen and nutrients to every part of the body, but also nourish
diseases such as cancer. Over the past decade, our understanding of the molecular …

Principles and mechanisms of vessel normalization for cancer and other angiogenic diseases

P Carmeliet, RK Jain - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2011 - nature.com
Despite having an abundant number of vessels, tumours are usually hypoxic and nutrient-
deprived because their vessels malfunction. Such abnormal milieu can fuel disease …

Normalization of the vasculature for treatment of cancer and other diseases

S Goel, DG Duda, L Xu, LL Munn… - Physiological …, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
New vessel formation (angiogenesis) is an essential physiological process for embryologic
development, normal growth, and tissue repair. Angiogenesis is tightly regulated at the …

Combining two strategies to improve perfusion and drug delivery in solid tumors

T Stylianopoulos, RK Jain - Proceedings of the National …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Blood perfusion in tumors can be significantly lower than that in the surrounding normal
tissue owing to the leakiness and/or compression of tumor blood vessels. Impaired perfusion …

The softness of tumour-cell-derived microparticles regulates their drug-delivery efficiency

Q Liang, N Bie, T Yong, K Tang, X Shi, Z Wei… - Nature biomedical …, 2019 - nature.com
Extracellular microparticles (MPs) can function as drug-delivery vehicles for anticancer
drugs. Here, we show that the softness of MPs derived from tumour-repopulating cells …