Applications and advances of multicellular tumor spheroids: challenges in their development and analysis

AG Mitrakas, A Tsolou, S Didaskalou… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biomedical research requires both in vitro and in vivo studies in order to explore disease
processes or drug interactions. Foundational investigations have been performed at the …

Mechanobiology in oncology: basic concepts and clinical prospects

MB Chen, Y Javanmardi, S Shahreza… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The interplay between genetic transformations, biochemical communications, and physical
interactions is crucial in cancer progression. Metastasis, a leading cause of cancer-related …

A microphysiological model of bone development and regeneration

IT Whelan, R Burdis, S Shahreza… - …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Endochondral ossification (EO) is an essential biological process than underpins how
human bones develop, grow, and heal in the event of a fracture. So much is unknown about …

Endothelium and subendothelial matrix mechanics modulate cancer cell transendothelial migration

Y Javanmardi, A Agrawal, A Malandrino… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer cell extravasation, a key step in the metastatic cascade, involves cancer cell arrest
on the endothelium, transendothelial migration (TEM), followed by the invasion into the …

[HTML][HTML] Stromal cells regulate mechanics of tumour spheroid

A Agrawal, S Lasli, Y Javanmardi, D Coursier… - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
The remarkable contractility and force generation ability exhibited by cancer cells empower
them to overcome the resistance and steric hindrance presented by a three-dimensional …

Biofabrication Directions in Recapitulating the Immune System‐on‐a‐Chip

R Janssen, L Benito‐Zarza, P Cleijpool… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ever since the implementation of microfluidics in the biomedical field, in vitro models have
experienced unprecedented progress that has led to a new generation of highly complex …

[HTML][HTML] European Society for Immunodeficiencies guidelines for the management of patients with congenital athymia

AY Kreins, F Dhalla, AM Flinn, E Howley… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Congenital athymia is a life-limiting disorder due to rare inborn errors of immunity causing
impaired thymus organogenesis or abnormal thymic stromal cell development and function …

The Proteostasis of Thymic Stromal Cells in Health and Diseases

T Liu, S Xia - The Protein Journal, 2024 - Springer
The thymus is the key immune organ for the development of T cells. Different populations of
thymic stromal cells interact with T cells, thereby controlling the dynamic development of T …

Emergent mechanical control of vascular morphogenesis

J Whisler, S Shahreza, K Schlegelmilch, N Ege… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Vascularization is driven by morphogen signals and mechanical cues that coordinately
regulate cellular force generation, migration, and shape change to sculpt the developing …