Update on adipose tissue and cancer

KA Brown, PE Scherer - Endocrine reviews, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Adipose tissue is the largest endocrine organ and an accepted contributor to overall energy
homeostasis. There is strong evidence linking increased adiposity to the development of 13 …

Can't handle the stress? Mechanobiology and disease

N Zuela-Sopilniak, J Lammerding - Trends in molecular medicine, 2022 - cell.com
Mechanobiology is a rapidly growing research area focused on how mechanical forces and
properties influence biological systems at the cell, molecular, and tissue level, and how …

Cancer plasticity: investigating the causes for this agility

S Saha, N Pradhan, B Neha, R Mahadevappa… - Seminars in cancer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer is not a hard-wired phenomenon but an evolutionary disease. From the onset of
carcinogenesis, cancer cells continuously adapt and evolve to satiate their ever-growing …

Measuring and modelling tumour heterogeneity across scales

GF Beeghly, AA Shimpi, RN Riter… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer development, progression and therapy response are heterogeneous and patient-
specific. The biological and physical properties of tumour cells and their surrounding tissue …

An engineered model of metastatic colonization of human bone marrow reveals breast cancer cell remodeling of the hematopoietic niche

I Baldassarri, DN Tavakol, PL Graney… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Incomplete understanding of metastatic disease mechanisms continues to hinder effective
treatment of cancer. Despite remarkable advancements toward the identification of …

Forcing the code: tension modulates signaling to drive morphogenesis and malignancy

R Narain, JM Muncie-Vasic… - Genes & Development, 2025 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Abstract Development and disease are regulated by the interplay between genetics and the
signaling pathways stimulated by morphogens, growth factors, and cytokines. Experimental …

Structurally decoupled hyaluronic acid hydrogels for studying matrix metalloproteinase-mediated invasion of metastatic breast cancer cells

K Goodarzi, SS Rao - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, polymeric hydrogels have been employed to investigate cancer cell-
extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions in vitro. In the context of breast cancer, cancer cells …

Multimodal characterization of the collagen hydrogel structure and properties in response to physiologically relevant pH fluctuations

O Bronner-Shtrauchler, E Nativ-Roth, DS Sanchez… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract pH fluctuations within the extracellular matrix (ECM) and its principal constituent
collagen, particularly in solid tumors and chronic wounds, may influence its structure and …

Breast tumor cell survival and morphology in a brain‐like extracellular matrix depends on matrix composition and mechanical properties

E Türker, MS Andrade Mier, J Faber… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Triple‐negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most invasive type of breast cancer with high
risk of brain metastasis. To better understand interactions between breast tumors with the …

Deleterious mechanical deformation selects mechanoresilient cancer cells with enhanced proliferation and chemoresistance

K Jiang, SB Lim, J **ao, DS Jokhun, M Shang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer cells in secondary tumors are found to form metastases more efficiently as compared
to their primary tumor counterparts. This is partially due to the unfavorable …