A role for microfluidic systems in precision medicine

JM Ayuso, M Virumbrales-Muñoz, JM Lang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Precision oncology continues to challenge the “one-size-fits-all” dogma. Under the precision
oncology banner, cancer patients are screened for molecular tumor alterations that predict …

[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional cell cultures: the bridge between in vitro and in vivo models

O Urzì, R Gasparro, E Costanzo, A De Luca… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although historically, the traditional bidimensional in vitro cell system has been widely used
in research, providing much fundamental information regarding cellular functions and …

3D biomimetic models to reconstitute tumor microenvironment in vitro: spheroids, organoids, and tumor‐on‐a‐chip

W Li, Z Zhou, X Zhou, BL Khoo… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Decades of efforts in engineering in vitro cancer models have advanced drug discovery and
the insight into cancer biology. However, the establishment of preclinical models that enable …

Immunotherapy discovery on tumor organoid-on-a-chip platforms that recapitulate the tumor microenvironment

J Zhang, H Tavakoli, L Ma, X Li, L Han, XJ Li - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer immunotherapy has achieved remarkable success over the past decade by
modulating patients' own immune systems and unleashing pre-existing immunity. However …

Patient-specific, mechanistic models of tumor growth incorporating artificial intelligence and big data

G Lorenzo, SR Ahmed, DA Hormuth II… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Despite the remarkable advances in cancer diagnosis, treatment, and management over the
past decade, malignant tumors remain a major public health problem. Further progress in …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro 3D cultures to model the tumor microenvironment

F Fontana, M Marzagalli, M Sommariva, N Gagliano… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Tumor stroma is known to significantly influence cancer initiation and
progression. In the last decade, 3D cell cultures have shown potential in modeling the tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Microfluidics meets 3D cancer cell migration

P Mehta, Z Rahman, P Ten Dijke, PE Boukany - Trends in Cancer, 2022 - cell.com
An early step of metastasis requires a complex and coordinated migration of invasive tumor
cells into the surrounding tumor microenvironment (TME), which contains extracellular …

Engineered 3D ex vivo models to recapitulate the complex stromal and immune interactions within the tumor microenvironment

K Ravi, TJM Manoharan, KC Wang, B Pockaj… - Biomaterials, 2024 - Elsevier
Cancer thrives in a complex environment where interactions between cellular and acellular
components, surrounding the tumor, play a crucial role in disease development and …

The role of fibronectin in mediating cell migration

JH Longstreth, K Wang - American Journal of Physiology …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Fibronectin (FN) is a major extracellular matrix (ECM) protein involved in a wide range of
physiological processes, including cell migration. These FN-mediated cell migration events …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer-on-a-chip: Models for studying metastasis

X Zhang, M Karim, MM Hasan, J Hooper, R Wahab… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Microfluidic-based cancer-on-a-chip models are powerful tools to study the
tumor microenvironment (TME). Two-dimensional cell culture cannot recapitulate TME. In …