Research progress, challenges, and breakthroughs of organoids as disease models

Y Huang, Z Huang, Z Tang, Y Chen… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Traditional cell lines and xenograft models have been widely recognized and used in
research. As a new research model, organoids have made significant progress and …

Clinical applications of 3D normal and breast cancer organoids: A review of concepts and methods

SM Lewis, MK Callaway… - … Biology and Medicine, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
While mouse models and two-dimensional (2D) cell culture systems have dominated as
research tools for cancer biology, three-dimensional (3D) cultures have gained traction as a …

Bioengineering the oxygen-deprived tumor microenvironment within a three-dimensional platform for studying tumor-immune interactions

S Bhattacharya, K Calar, C Evans… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Oxygen deprivation within tumors is one of the most prevalent causes of resilient cancer cell
survival and increased immune evasion in breast cancer (BCa). Current in vitro models do …

The WNK1–ERK5 route plays a pathophysiological role in ovarian cancer and limits therapeutic efficacy of trametinib

A Sánchez‐Fdez, S Matilla‐Almazán… - Clinical and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background The dismal prognosis of advanced ovarian cancer calls for the development of
novel therapies to improve disease outcome. In this regard, we set out to discover new …

Mapping cell-in-cell structures in oral squamous cell carcinoma

LO Siquara da Rocha, BSF Souza, RD Coletta… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cell-in-cell (CIC) structures contribute to tumor aggressiveness and poor prognosis in oral
squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). In vitro 3D models may contribute to the understanding of …

Reduction of metastasis via epigenetic modulation in a murine model of metastatic triple negative breast cancer (TNBC)

JLS Zylla, MM Hoffman, S Plesselova, S Bhattacharya… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary We investigate the use of the small molecule epigenetic modulator 4SC-
202 as a potential cancer therapeutic or adjuvant for Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) …

Patient-derived models: Promising tools for accelerating the clinical translation of breast cancer research findings

C Cao, X Lu, X Guo, H Zhao, Y Gao - Experimental Cell Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Breast cancer has become the highest incidence of cancer in women. It was extensively and
deeply studied by biologists and medical workers worldwide. However, the meaningful …

Reprogramming of normal fibroblasts into ovarian cancer-associated fibroblasts via non-vesicular paracrine signaling induces an activated fibroblast phenotype

H Axemaker, S Plesselova, K Calar… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are key contributors to ovarian cancer (OC)
progression and therapeutic resistance through dysregulation of the extracellular matrix …

3D in vitro modelling of human patient microglia: A focus on clinical translation and drug development in neurodegenerative diseases

C Cuní-López, R Stewart, AR White, H Quek - Journal of Neuroimmunology, 2023 - Elsevier
Microglia have an increasingly well-recognised role in the pathogenesis of
neurodegenerative diseases, thereby becoming attractive therapeutic targets. However, the …

Cellular Flocculation Using Concentrated Polymer Brush-Modified Cellulose Nanofibers with Different Fiber Lengths

X Yuan, P Nonsuwan, M Shobo, R Rajan… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this study, concentrated polymer brush-modified cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) with different
fiber lengths were used for the flocculation of cells for systematically studying the …