Magnetic torque–driven living microrobots for increased tumor infiltration

T Gwisai, N Mirkhani, MG Christiansen, TT Nguyen… - Science Robotics, 2022 - science.org
Biohybrid bacteria–based microrobots are increasingly recognized as promising externally
controllable vehicles for targeted cancer therapy. Magnetic fields in particular have been …

Biofabrication strategies and engineered in vitro systems for vascular mechanobiology

S Pradhan, OA Banda, CJ Farino… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The vascular system is integral for maintaining organ‐specific functions and homeostasis.
Dysregulation in vascular architecture and function can lead to various chronic or acute …

Engineering the extracellular matrix to model the evolving tumor microenvironment

HM Micek, MR Visetsouk, KS Masters, PK Kreeger - IScience, 2020 - cell.com
Clinical evidence supports a role for the extracellular matrix (ECM) in cancer risk and
prognosis across multiple tumor types, and numerous studies have demonstrated that …

Feedback between mechanosensitive signaling and active forces governs endothelial junction integrity

E McEvoy, T Sneh, E Moeendarbary… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The formation and recovery of gaps in the vascular endothelium governs a wide range of
physiological and pathological phenomena, from angiogenesis to tumor cell extravasation …

Tumor cell nuclei soften during transendothelial migration

AB Roberts, J Zhang, VR Singh, M Nikolić… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
During cancer metastasis, tumor cells undergo significant deformation in order to traverse
through endothelial cell junctions in the walls of blood vessels. As cells pass through narrow …

Mechanical stress driven by rigidity sensing governs epithelial stability

S Sonam, L Balasubramaniam, SZ Lin, YMY Ivan… - Nature physics, 2023 - nature.com
Epithelia act as barriers against environmental stresses. They are continuously exposed to
various mechanical stress and abrasion, which impact epithelial integrity. The impact of the …

The effects of luminal and trans-endothelial fluid flows on the extravasation and tissue invasion of tumor cells in a 3D in vitro microvascular platform

C Hajal, L Ibrahim, JC Serrano, GS Offeddu, RD Kamm - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Throughout the process of metastatic dissemination, tumor cells are continuously subjected
to mechanical forces resulting from complex fluid flows due to changes in pressures in their …

Endothelium and subendothelial matrix mechanics modulate cancer cell transendothelial migration

Y Javanmardi, A Agrawal, A Malandrino… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer cell extravasation, a key step in the metastatic cascade, involves cancer cell arrest
on the endothelium, transendothelial migration (TEM), followed by the invasion into the …

PRIMAGE project: predictive in silico multiscale analytics to support childhood cancer personalised evaluation empowered by imaging biomarkers

L Martí-Bonmatí, Á Alberich-Bayarri… - European radiology …, 2020 - Springer
PRIMAGE is one of the largest and more ambitious research projects dealing with medical
imaging, artificial intelligence and cancer treatment in children. It is a 4-year European …

Matrix stiffness regulates the tight junction phenotypes and local barrier properties in tricellular regions in an iPSC-derived BBB model

L Yan, CW Dwiggins, RA Moriarty, JW Jung, U Gupta… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) can respond to various mechanical cues such as shear stress
and substrate stiffness. In the human brain, the compromised barrier function of the BBB is …