Clinical relevance of biomarkers in cholangiocarcinoma: critical revision and future directions

RIR Macias, V Cardinale, TJ Kendall, MA Avila… - Gut, 2022 - gut.bmj.com
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a malignant tumour arising from the biliary system. In Europe,
this tumour frequently presents as a sporadic cancer in patients without defined risk factors …

Organoid cultures for cancer modeling

HHN Yan, AS Chan, FPL Lai, SY Leung - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Organoids derived from adult stem cells (ASCs) and pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) are
important preclinical models for studying cancer and developing therapies. Here, we review …

Modelling immune cytotoxicity for cholangiocarcinoma with tumour-derived organoids and effector T cells

G Zhou, R Lieshout, GS van Tienderen… - British journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Background Immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) is being explored to
improve cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) therapy. However, it remains difficult to predict which ICI …

[PDF][PDF] A path to translation: How 3D patient tumor avatars enable next generation precision oncology

S Bose, M Barroso, MG Chheda, H Clevers, E Elez… - Cancer cell, 2022 - cell.com
3D patient tumor avatars (3D-PTAs) hold promise for next-generation precision medicine.
Here, we describe the benefits and challenges of 3D-PTA technologies and necessary …

The role of organoids in cancer research

Z Fang, P Li, F Du, L Shang, L Li - Experimental Hematology & Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Organoids are established through in vitro 3D culture, and they can mimic the structure and
physiological functions of organs or tissues in vivo. Organoids have attracted much attention …

Criteria for preclinical models of cholangiocarcinoma: scientific and medical relevance

DF Calvisi, L Boulter, J Vaquero… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a rare malignancy that develops at any point along the biliary
tree. CCA has a poor prognosis, its clinical management remains challenging, and effective …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities and challenges of hepatocellular carcinoma organoids for targeted drugs sensitivity screening

C Xie, A Gu, M Khan, X Yao, L Chen, J He… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the malignancies worldwide with a high mortality rate
and an increasing incidence. Molecular Targeted agents are its common first-line treatment …

Pharmacogenomic profiling of intra-tumor heterogeneity using a large organoid biobank of liver cancer

H Yang, J Cheng, H Zhuang, H Xu, Y Wang, T Zhang… - Cancer Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Inter-and intra-tumor heterogeneity is a major hurdle in primary liver cancer (PLC) precision
therapy. Here, we establish a PLC biobank, consisting of 399 tumor organoids derived from …

Modelling metastatic colonization of cholangiocarcinoma organoids in decellularized lung and lymph nodes

GS van Tienderen, MEA van Beek, IJ Schurink… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a type of liver cancer with an aggressive phenotype and
dismal outcome in patients. The metastasis of CCA cancer cells to distant organs, commonly …

[PDF][PDF] A combination therapy of bortezomib, CXCR4 inhibitor, and checkpoint inhibitor is effective in cholangiocarcinoma in vivo

L Li, Y Zhou, Y Zhang, H Hu, HQ Mao, FM Selaru - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a biliary tree malignancy with a dismal prognosis. Tumor
microenvironment (TME), including cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) has been shown to …