Navigating the collagen jungle: the biomedical potential of fiber organization in cancer

JN Ouellette, CR Drifka, KB Pointer, Y Liu… - Bioengineering, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recent research has highlighted the importance of key tumor microenvironment features,
notably the collagen-rich extracellular matrix (ECM) in characterizing tumor invasion and …

The extracellular matrix in epithelial ovarian cancer–a piece of a puzzle

A Cho, VM Howell, EK Colvin - Frontiers in oncology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Epithelial ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women and
the most lethal gynecological malignancy. Extracellular matrix (ECM) is an integral …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale tumor-associated collagen signatures identify high-risk breast cancer patients

G **, W Guo, D Kang, J Ma, F Fu, L Qiu, L Zheng… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The notion of personalized medicine demands proper prognostic biomarkers to guide the
optimal therapy for an invasive breast cancer patient. However, various risk prediction …

[HTML][HTML] Increased expression of several collagen genes is associated with drug resistance in ovarian cancer cell lines

R Januchowski, M Świerczewska, K Sterzyńska… - Journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynaecological cancer. The main reason for the high
mortality among ovarian cancer patients is the development of drug resistance. The …

Deep learning autofluorescence-harmonic microscopy

B Shen, S Liu, Y Li, Y Pan, Y Lu, R Hu, J Qu… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Laser scanning microscopy has inherent tradeoffs between imaging speed, field of view
(FOV), and spatial resolution due to the limitations of sophisticated mechanical and optical …

An engineered breast cancer model on a chip to replicate ECM‐activation in vitro during tumor progression

F Gioiella, F Urciuolo, G Imparato… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, a new model of breast cancer is proposed featuring both epithelial and stromal
tissues arranged on a microfluidic chip. The main task of the work is the in vitro replication of …

Research of pulmonary fibrosis lesions based on FLIM and SHG imaging microscopy

W Li, X Li, C Zhang, H Wang, Y Zhu, Y Wang… - Analytical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Two-photon fluorescence lifetime microscopy (TP-FLIM) is a powerful quantitative imaging
technique that characterizes and analyzes the structure and function of biological samples …

Applications of second-harmonic generation imaging microscopy in ovarian and breast cancer

K Tilbury, PJ Campagnola - Perspectives in medicinal …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
In this perspective, we discuss how the nonlinear optical technique of second-harmonic
generation (SHG) microscopy has been used to greatly enhance our understanding of the …

3D texture analysis for classification of second harmonic generation images of human ovarian cancer

B Wen, KR Campbell, K Tilbury, O Nadiarnykh… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Remodeling of the collagen architecture in the extracellular matrix (ECM) has been
implicated in ovarian cancer. To quantify these alterations we implemented a form of 3D …

Influence of hematoxylin and eosin staining on the quantitative analysis of second harmonic generation imaging of fixed tissue sections

R Hristu, SG Stanciu, A Dumitru, B Paun… - Biomedical Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy has emerged over the past two decades as
a powerful tool for tissue characterization and diagnostics. Its main applications in medicine …