Bridging live-cell imaging and next-generation cancer treatment

M Alieva, AKL Wezenaar, EJ Wehrens… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
By providing spatial, molecular and morphological data over time, live-cell imaging can
provide a deeper understanding of the cellular and signalling events that determine cancer …

Connecting past and present: single-cell lineage tracing

C Chen, Y Liao, G Peng - Protein & Cell, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Central to the core principle of cell theory, depicting cells' history, state and fate is a
fundamental goal in modern biology. By leveraging clonal analysis and single-cell RNA-seq …

Imagining the future of optical microscopy: everything, everywhere, all at once

H Balasubramanian, CM Hobson, TL Chew… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
The optical microscope has revolutionized biology since at least the 17th Century. Since
then, it has progressed from a largely observational tool to a powerful bioanalytical platform …

Visualizable and lubricating hydrogel microspheres via NanoPOSS for cartilage regeneration

Y Yao, G Wei, L Deng, W Cui - Advanced Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The monitoring of tissue regeneration is particularly important. However, most materials do
not allow direct observation of the regeneration process in the cartilage layer. Here, using …

Opportunities for microphysiological systems in toxicity testing of new drug modalities

TI Maulana, NR Wevers, T Kristoforus… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
New drug modalities offer life-saving benefits for patients through access to previously
undruggable targets. Yet these modalities pose a challenge for the pharmaceutical industry …

Current strategies with implementation of three-dimensional cell culture: the challenge of quantification

J Temple, E Velliou, M Shehata, R Lévy… - Interface …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
From growing cells in spheroids to arranging them on complex engineered scaffolds, three-
dimensional cell culture protocols are rapidly expanding and diversifying. While these …

Multi‐photon microscopy

J Sanderson - Current Protocols, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this series of papers on light microscopy imaging, we have covered the fundamentals of
microscopy, super‐resolution microscopy, and lightsheet microscopy. This last review …

Uniting the role of endophytic fungi against plant pathogens and their interaction

S Akram, A Ahmed, P He, P He, Y Liu, Y Wu, S Munir… - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Endophytic fungi are used as the most common microbial biological control agents (MBCAs)
against phytopathogens and are ubiquitous in all plant parts. Most of the fungal species …

Growth factor dependency in mammary organoids regulates ductal morphogenesis during organ regeneration

S Sahu, ME Albaugh, BK Martin, NL Patel, L Riffle… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Signaling pathways play an important role in cell fate determination in stem cells and
regulate a plethora of developmental programs, the dysregulation of which can lead to …

Colorectal cancer stem cells: an overview of evolving methods and concepts

ML De Angelis, F Francescangeli, A Zeuner… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In recent years, colorectal cancer stem cells (cCSCs) have been the object
of intense investigation for their promise to disclose new aspects of colorectal cancer cell …