[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 …

Exploring the use of cold atmospheric plasma to overcome drug resistance in cancer

D Murillo, C Huergo, B Gallego, R Rodríguez, J Tornín - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Drug resistance is a major problem in cancer treatment, as it limits the effectiveness of
pharmacological agents and can lead to disease progression. Cold atmospheric plasma …

Multiplex quantitative analysis of stroma-mediated cancer cell invasion, matrix remodeling, and drug response in a 3D co-culture model of pancreatic tumor spheroids …

HJ Hwang, MS Oh, DW Lee, HJ Kuh - Journal of Experimental & Clinical …, 2019 - Springer
Background Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a stroma-rich carcinoma, and
pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) are a major component of this dense stroma. PSCs play …

Hydrogel 3D in vitro tumor models for screening cell aggregation mediated drug response

MV Monteiro, VM Gaspar, LP Ferreira, JF Mano - Biomaterials science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogel-based 3D in vitro models comprising tumor ECM-mimetic biomaterials exhibit
superlative potential as preclinical testing platforms for drug discovery and bioperformance …

Scaffold-based 3D cellular models mimicking the heterogeneity of osteosarcoma stem cell niche

G Bassi, S Panseri, SM Dozio, M Sandri… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The failure of the osteosarcoma conventional therapies leads to the growing need for novel
therapeutic strategies. The lack of specificity for the Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) population …

[HTML][HTML] Cold atmospheric plasma enhances doxorubicin selectivity in metastasic bone cancer

M Mateu-Sanz, MP Ginebra, J Tornín… - Free Radical Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
High-dose systemic chemotherapy constitutes a main strategy in the management of bone
metastases, employing drugs like doxorubicin (DOX), related with severe side effects. To …

Understanding and modeling metastasis biology to improve therapeutic strategies for combating osteosarcoma progression

TM Fan, RD Roberts, MM Lizardo - Frontiers in oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Osteosarcoma is a malignant primary tumor of bone, arising from transformed progenitor
cells with osteoblastic differentiation and osteoid production. While categorized as a rare …

Engineered bone marrow as a clinically relevant ex vivo model for primary bone cancer research and drug screening

KH Griffin, SW Thorpe, A Sebastian, NR Hum… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common primary malignant bone cancer in children and
adolescents. While numerous other cancers now have promising therapeutic advances …

[HTML][HTML] Cold atmospheric plasma: a new strategy based primarily on oxidative stress for osteosarcoma therapy

M Mateu-Sanz, J Tornín, MP Ginebra… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone tumor, and its first line of treatment
presents a high failure rate. The 5-year survival for children and teenagers with …

[HTML][HTML] Cold plasma and inhibition of STAT3 selectively target tumorigenicity in osteosarcoma

J Tornín, M Mateu-Sanz, V Rey, D Murillo, C Huergo… - Redox Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Osteosarcoma (OS) is a malignant type of bone cancer that arises in periods of increased
bone formation. Curative strategies for these types of tumors have remained essentially …