Tumor-on-a-chip: from bioinspired design to biomedical application

X Liu, J Fang, S Huang, X Wu, X Xie, J Wang… - Microsystems & …, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer is one of the leading causes of human death, despite enormous efforts to explore
cancer biology and develop anticancer therapies. The main challenges in cancer research …

The plasminogen–activator plasmin system in physiological and pathophysiological angiogenesis

AA Ismail, BT Shaker, K Bajou - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Angiogenesis is a process associated with the migration and proliferation of endothelial
cells (EC) to form new blood vessels. It is involved in various physiological and …

Heterogeneous microenvironmental stiffness regulates pro-metastatic functions of breast cancer cells

C Liu, M Li, ZX Dong, D Jiang, X Li, S Lin, D Chen… - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Besides molecular and phenotypic variations observed in cancer cells, intratumoral
heterogeneity also occurs in the tumor microenvironment. Correlative stiffness maps of …

A 3D bioprinted in vitro model of neuroblastoma recapitulates dynamic tumor‐endothelial cell interactions contributing to solid tumor aggressive behavior

L Ning, J Shim, ML Tomov, R Liu, R Mehta… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial tumor in children resulting in
substantial morbidity and mortality. A deeper understanding of the NB tumor …

Cancer-on-a-chip: models for studying metastasis

X Zhang, M Karim, MM Hasan, J Hooper, R Wahab… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Microfluidic-based cancer-on-a-chip models are powerful tools to study the
tumor microenvironment (TME). Two-dimensional cell culture cannot recapitulate TME. In …

Piezo1 regulates meningeal lymphatic vessel drainage and alleviates excessive CSF accumulation

D Choi, E Park, J Choi, R Lu, JS Yu, C Kim… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Piezo1 regulates multiple aspects of the vascular system by converting mechanical signals
generated by fluid flow into biological processes. Here, we find that Piezo1 is necessary for …

A bioengineered lymphatic vessel model for studying lymphatic endothelial cell‐cell junction and barrier function

AR Henderson, IS Ilan, E Lee - Microcirculation, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objective Lymphatic vessels (LVs) maintain fluid homeostasis by draining interstitial
fluid. A failure in lymphatic drainage triggers lymphatic diseases such as lymphedema …

The variety of 3D breast cancer models for the study of tumor physiology and drug screening

E Fröhlich - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and responsible for multiple deaths
worldwide. 3D cancer models enable a better representation of tumor physiology than the …

[HTML][HTML] Microfluidic platforms in diagnostic of ovarian cancer

FD Moghaddam, D Dadgar, Y Esmaeili… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The most important reason for death from ovarian cancer is the late diagnosis of this
disease. The standard treatment of ovarian cancer includes surgery and chemotherapy …

Inhibition of histone deacetylase 6 destabilizes ERK phosphorylation and suppresses cancer proliferation via modulation of the tubulin acetylation-GRP78 interaction

O Wattanathamsan, N Chantaravisoot… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2023 - Springer
Background The leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide is lung cancer, and its
clinical outcome and prognosis are still unsatisfactory. The understanding of potential …