Targeting mTOR for cancer therapy

H Hua, Q Kong, H Zhang, J Wang, T Luo… - Journal of hematology & …, 2019 - Springer
Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a protein kinase regulating cell growth, survival,
metabolism, and immunity. mTOR is usually assembled into several complexes such as …

Modeling neoplastic disease with spheroids and organoids

M Zanoni, M Cortesi, A Zamagni, C Arienti… - Journal of hematology & …, 2020 - Springer
Cancer is a complex disease in which both genetic defects and microenvironmental
components contribute to the development, progression, and metastasization of disease …

Improving cancer immunotherapy by rationally combining oncolytic virus with modulators targeting key signaling pathways

Z Zhu, AJR McGray, W Jiang, B Lu, P Kalinski, ZS Guo - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Oncolytic viruses (OVs) represent a new class of multi-modal immunotherapies for cancer,
with OV-elicited antitumor immunity being key to their overall therapeutic efficacy. Currently …

Patient-derived organoids in precision medicine: drug screening, organoid-on-a-chip and living organoid biobank

Z Zhou, L Cong, X Cong - Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Organoids are in vitro self-assembling, organ-like, three-dimensional cellular structures that
stably retain key characteristics of the respective organs. Organoids can be generated from …

Promising applications of tumor spheroids and organoids for personalized medicine

Z Gilazieva, A Ponomarev, C Rutland, A Rizvanov… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Presently, the investigation of the tumor is carried out using different
models. One of the promising areas is the creation of 3D tumor models, such as spheroids …

An organoid-based screen for epigenetic inhibitors that stimulate antigen presentation and potentiate T-cell-mediated cytotoxicity

Z Zhou, K Van der Jeught, Y Fang, T Yu, Y Li… - Nature biomedical …, 2021 - nature.com
In breast cancer, genetic heterogeneity, the lack of actionable targets and immune evasion
all contribute to the limited clinical response rates to immune checkpoint blockade therapy …

Tumor organoids: synergistic applications, current challenges, and future prospects in cancer therapy

J Qu, FS Kalyani, L Liu, T Cheng… - Cancer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Patient‐derived cancer cells (PDCs) and patient‐derived xenografts (PDXs) are often used
as tumor models, but have many shortcomings. PDCs not only lack diversity in terms of cell …

Role of human mesenchymal stem cells in regenerative therapy

J Vasanthan, N Gurusamy, S Rajasingh, V Sigamani… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent cells which can proliferate and replace
dead cells in the body. MSCs also secrete immunomodulatory molecules, creating a …

Cancer models in preclinical research: A chronicle review of advancement in effective cancer research

H Sajjad, S Imtiaz, T Noor, YH Siddiqui… - Animal Models and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is a major stress for public well‐being and is the most dreadful disease. The models
used in the discovery of cancer treatment are continuously changing and extending toward …

Current perspectives on nasopharyngeal carcinoma

HM Lee, KS Okuda, FE González, V Patel - … advances in cell models for the …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Of the~ 129,079 new cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and 72,987
associated deaths estimated for 2018, the majority will be geographically localized to South …