Targeting tumor-stromal interactions in pancreatic cancer: impact of collagens and mechanical traits

P Maneshi, J Mason, M Dongre… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has one of the worst outcomes among cancers
with a 5-years survival rate of below 10%. This is a result of late diagnosis and the lack of …

Advances in bioengineering pancreatic tumor-stroma physiomimetic Biomodels

MV Monteiro, LP Ferreira, M Rocha, VM Gaspar… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer exhibits a unique bioarchitecture and desmoplastic cancer-stoma
interplay that governs disease progression, multi-resistance, and metastasis. Emulating the …

Dynamic magneto-softening of 3D hydrogel reverses malignant transformation of cancer cells and enhances drug efficacy

Y Shou, XY Teo, X Li, L Zhicheng, L Liu, X Sun… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
High extracellular matrix stiffness is a prominent feature of malignant tumors associated with
poor clinical prognosis. To elucidate mechanistic connections between increased matrix …

Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Preclinical in vitro and ex vivo Models

B Gündel, X Liu, M Löhr, R Heuchel - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most overlooked cancers despite its
dismal median survival time of 6 months. The biggest challenges in improving patient …

Synthetic living materials in cancer biology

SR Peyton, LW Chow, SD Finley, ANF Versypt… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Living materials, which are made either of or by living cells, or are synthetic materials with
programmable elements catered to cells, are environmentally responsive and can self …

Dual functionalization of gelatin for orthogonal and dynamic hydrogel cross-linking

MH Kim, H Nguyen, CY Chang… - ACS biomaterials science …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Gelatin-based hydrogels are widely used in biomedical fields because of their abundance of
bioactive motifs that support cell adhesion and matrix remodeling. Although inherently …

Patterned photocrosslinking to establish stiffness anisotropies in fibrous 3D hydrogels

A Jagiełło, Q Hu, U Castillo, E Botvinick - Acta biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Cells are known to constantly interact with their local extracellular matrix (ECM) and respond
to a variety of biochemical and mechanical cues received from the ECM. Nonetheless …

Hydrogels for salivary gland tissue engineering

S Pillai, JG Munguia-Lopez, SD Tran - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mimicking the complex architecture of salivary glands (SGs) outside their native niche is
challenging due their multicellular and highly branched organization. However, significant …

[HTML][HTML] Unravelling the complexities of resistance mechanism in pancreatic cancer: insights from in vitro and ex-vivo model systems

G Lencioni, A Gregori, B Toledo, R Rebelo… - Seminars in Cancer …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive cancer with poor prognosis and
rising global deaths. Late diagnosis, due to absent early symptoms and biomarkers, limits …

Matrix stiffness regulates the protein profile of extracellular vesicles of pancreatic cancer cell lines

B Ferrara, S Bourgoin‐Voillard, D Habert, B Vallée… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The fibrotic stroma characterizing pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) derives from a
progressive tissue rigidification, which induces epithelial mesenchymal transition and …