The challenging melanoma landscape: From early drug discovery to clinical approval

M Matias, JO Pinho, MJ Penetra, G Campos, CP Reis… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Melanoma is recognized as the most dangerous type of skin cancer, with high mortality and
resistance to currently used treatments. To overcome the limitations of the available …

Bioengineered skin organoids: from development to applications

ZX Hong, ST Zhu, H Li, JZ Luo, Y Yang, Y An… - Military Medical …, 2023 - Springer
Significant advancements have been made in recent years in the development of highly
sophisticated skin organoids. Serving as three-dimensional models that mimic human skin …

Patient-derived melanoma organoid models facilitate the assessment of immunotherapies

L Ou, S Liu, H Wang, Y Guo, L Guan, L Shen, R Luo… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Only a minority of melanoma patients experience durable responses to
immunotherapies due to inter-and intra-tumoral heterogeneity in melanoma. As a result …

[PDF][PDF] BCL-xL inhibition potentiates cancer therapies by redirecting the outcome of p53 activation from senescence to apoptosis

V Bharti, R Watkins, A Kumar, RL Shattuck-Brandt… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Cancer therapies trigger diverse cellular responses, ranging from apoptotic death to
acquisition of persistent therapy-refractory states such as senescence. Tipping the balance …

Viability analysis and high-content live-cell imaging for drug testing in prostate cancer xenograft-derived organoids

A Van Hemelryk, S Erkens-Schulze, L Lim… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tumor organoids have been pushed forward as advanced model systems for in vitro
oncology drug testing, with the eventual goal to direct personalized cancer treatments …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor-specific delivery of 5-fluorouracil–incorporated epidermal growth factor receptor–targeted aptamers as an efficient treatment in pancreatic ductal …

UM Mahajan, Q Li, A Alnatsha, J Maas, M Orth… - Gastroenterology, 2021 - Elsevier
Backgrounds & Aims Fluoropyrimidine c (5-fluorouracil [5FU]) increasingly represents the
chemotherapeutic backbone for neoadjuvant, adjuvant, and palliative treatment of …

Complex in vitro 3D models of digestive system tumors to advance precision medicine and drug testing: Progress, challenges, and trends

SL Song, B Li, MR Carvalho, HJ Wang, DL Mao… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Digestive system cancers account for nearly half of all cancers around the world and have a
high mortality rate. Cell culture and animal models represent cornerstones of digestive …

Scientific validation and clinical application of lung cancer organoids

D Lee, Y Kim, C Chung - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer organoid (LCO) is a novel model of lung cancer that facilitates drug screening.
However, the success rate of LCOs varies from 7% to 87%, and the culture medium …

Modeling human thyroid development by fetal tissue‐derived organoid culture

J Liang, J Qian, L Yang, X Chen, X Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Euthyroidism is of profound importance for lifetime health. However, the early diagnosis or
therapeutics of thyroid developmental defects has not been established, mainly due to …

Going with the flow: modeling the tumor microenvironment using microfluidic technology

H Xie, JW Appelt, RW Jenkins - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The clinical success of cancer immunotherapy targeting immune
checkpoints (eg, PD-1, CTLA-4) has ushered in a new era of cancer therapeutics aimed at …