Cancer-on-chip: a 3D model for the study of the tumor microenvironment

E Cauli, MA Polidoro, S Marzorati, C Bernardi… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Springer
The approval of anticancer therapeutic strategies is still slowed down by the lack of models
able to faithfully reproduce in vivo cancer physiology. On one hand, the conventional in vitro …

[HTML][HTML] Next generation organoid engineering to replace animals in cancer drug testing

S Hockney, J Parker, JE Turner, X Todd… - Biochemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer therapies have several clinical challenges associated with them, namely treatment
toxicity, treatment resistance and relapse. Due to factors ranging from patient profiles to the …

Breast tumor-on-chip: from the tumor microenvironment to medical applications

Y Liu, R Liu, H Liu, T Lyu, K Chen, K Jin, Y Tian - Analyst, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
With the development of microfluidic technology, tumor-on-chip models have gradually
become a new tool for the study of breast cancer because they can simulate more key …

Recent advances in lab-on-a-chip systems for breast cancer metastasis research

B Firatligil-Yildirir, O Yalcin-Ozuysal - Nanoscale Advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women. Multiple molecular
subtypes, heterogeneity, and their ability to metastasize from the primary site to distant …

Cancer Metastasis‐on‐a‐Chip for Modeling Metastatic Cascade and Drug Screening

A Brooks, Y Zhang, J Chen… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Microfluidic chips are valuable tools for studying intricate cellular and cell–microenvironment
interactions. Traditional in vitro cancer models lack accuracy in mimicking the complexities …

Invasion/chemotaxis-and extravasation-chip models for breast cancer bone metastasis

B Firatligil-Yildirir, G Bati-Ayaz, Nonappa… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Bone is one of the most frequently targeted organs in metastatic cancers including the
breast. Breast cancer bone metastasis often results in devastating outcomes as limited …

Construction of Bone Hypoxic Microenvironment Based on Bone-on-a-Chip Platforms

C Li, R Zhao, H Yang, L Ren - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The normal physiological activities and functions of bone cells cannot be separated from the
balance of the oxygenation level, and the physiological activities of bone cells are different …

State of the art modelling of the breast cancer metastatic microenvironment: where are we?

M Nuckhir, D Withey, S Cabral, H Harrison… - Journal of Mammary …, 2024 - Springer
Metastatic spread of tumour cells to tissues and organs around the body is the most frequent
cause of death from breast cancer. This has been modelled mainly using mouse models …

A novel cross-communication of HIF-1α and HIF-2α with Wnt signaling in TNBC and influence of hypoxic microenvironment in the formation of an organ-on-chip model …

M Banerjee, V Devi Rajeswari - Medical Oncology, 2023 - Springer
The microenvironment role is very important in cancer development. The epithelial–
mesenchymal transition of the cancer cells depends upon specific signaling and …

Recent advances in micro-physiological systems for investigating tumor metastasis and organotropism

H Yoon, JS Del Río, SW Cho, TE Park - Lab on a Chip, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Tumor metastasis involves complex processes that traditional 2D cultures and animal
models struggle to fully replicate. Metastatic tumors undergo a multitude of transformations …