Sarcoma treatment in the era of molecular medicine

TGP Grünewald, M Alonso, S Avnet… - EMBO molecular …, 2020 - embopress.org
Sarcomas are heterogeneous and clinically challenging soft tissue and bone cancers.
Although constituting only 1% of all human malignancies, sarcomas represent the second …

3D bioprinting of tumor models for cancer research

Y Kang, P Datta, S Shanmughapriya… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The exact mechanistic understanding of cancer metastasis continues to be unknown,
although it is a major cause of death worldwide. Along with the tumor mass, the tumor …

Triculture model of in vitro BBB and its application to study BBB‐associated chemosensitivity and drug delivery in glioblastoma

S Seo, SY Nah, K Lee, N Choi… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Physiologically, brain tumors interact with surrounding vascular and glial cells, and change
their responses to survive in brain tissue‐specific microenvironments. A major difficulty in …

Mimicking tumor hypoxia and tumor-immune interactions employing three-dimensional in vitro models

S Bhattacharya, K Calar, P de la Puente - Journal of Experimental & …, 2020 - Springer
The heterogeneous tumor microenvironment (TME) is highly complex and not entirely
understood. These complex configurations lead to the generation of oxygen-deprived …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in biofabrication techniques for collagen-based 3D in vitro culture models for breast cancer research

J Redmond, H McCarthy, P Buchanan… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Collagen is the most abundant component of the extracellular matrix (ECM), therefore it
represents an ideal biomaterial for the culture of a variety of cell types. Recently, collagen …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro biomimetic models for glioblastoma-a promising tool for drug response studies

T Stanković, T Ranđelović, M Dragoj, SS Burić… - Drug Resistance …, 2021 - Elsevier
The poor response of glioblastoma to current treatment protocols is a consequence of its
intrinsic drug resistance. Resistance to chemotherapy is primarily associated with …

An osteosarcoma model by 3D printed polyurethane scaffold and in vitro generated bone extracellular matrix

N Contessi Negrini, C Ricci, F Bongiorni, L Trombi… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Development of new therapeutics to treat osteosarcoma is fundamental to
decreasing its current health impact. 3D in vitro models are gaining tremendous momentum …

The role of cancer stem cells and mechanical forces in ovarian cancer metastasis

ME Bregenzer, EN Horst, P Mehta, CM Novak… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Ovarian cancer is an extremely lethal gynecologic disease; with the high-grade serous
subtype predominantly associated with poor survival rates. Lack of early diagnostic …

Effects of doxorubicin delivery by nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots on cancer cell growth: experimental study and mathematical modeling

M Frieler, C Pho, BH Lee, H Dobrovolny, GR Akkaraju… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
With 18 million new cases diagnosed each year worldwide, cancer strongly impacts both
science and society. Current models of cancer cell growth and therapeutic efficacy in vitro …

3D immunocompetent organ‐on‐a‐chip models

S Maharjan, B Cecen, YS Zhang - Small Methods, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, engineering of various human tissues in microphysiologically relevant
platforms, known as organs‐on‐chips (OOCs), are explored to establish in vitro tissue …