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 …

Advances in microfluidic technologies in organoid research

H Liu, Z Gan, X Qin, Y Wang… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Organoids have emerged as major technological breakthroughs and novel organ models
that have revolutionized biomedical research by recapitulating the key structural and …

Cardiac ischemia on-a-chip to investigate cellular and molecular response of myocardial tissue under hypoxia

J Veldhuizen, R Chavan, B Moghadas, JG Park… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering has enabled the development of advanced and physiologically relevant
models of cardiovascular diseases, with advantages over conventional 2D in vitro assays …

A three-dimensional (3D) organotypic microfluidic model for glioma stem cells–Vascular interactions

D Truong, R Fiorelli, ES Barrientos, EL Melendez… - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma (GBM) is one of the deadliest forms of cancer. Despite many treatment options,
prognosis of GBM remains dismal with a 5-year survival rate of 4.7%. Even then, tumors …

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 …

A human organotypic microfluidic tumor model permits investigation of the interplay between patient-derived fibroblasts and breast cancer cells

DD Truong, A Kratz, JG Park, ES Barrientos, H Saini… - Cancer research, 2019 - AACR
Tumor–stroma interactions significantly influence cancer cell metastasis and disease
progression. These interactions are partly comprised of the cross-talk between tumor and …

Microfluidic tumor–vascular model to study breast cancer cell invasion and intravasation

S Nagaraju, D Truong, G Mouneimne… - Advanced healthcare …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is a major leading cause of disease‐related death in the world. The severe impact of
cancer can be attributed to poor understanding of the mechanisms involved in earliest steps …

Engineering anisotropic human stem cell-derived three-dimensional cardiac tissue on-a-chip

J Veldhuizen, J Cutts, DA Brafman, RQ Migrino… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite significant efforts in the study of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), they persist as the
leading cause of mortality worldwide. Considerable research into human pluripotent stem …

[HTML][HTML] On-chip recapitulation of the tumor microenvironment: A decade of progress

SM Giannitelli, V Peluzzi, S Raniolo, G Roscilli… - Biomaterials, 2024 - Elsevier
One of the hurdles to the development of new anticancer therapies is the lack of in vitro
models which faithfully reproduce the in vivo tumor microenvironment (TME). Understanding …

SAHA and EGCG promote apoptosis in triple-negative breast cancer cells, possibly through the modulation of cIAP2

KL Steed, HR Jordan, TO Tollefsbol - Anticancer research, 2020 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: Inhibition of apoptosis is one of the hallmarks of cancer, and anti-apoptotic
genes are often targets of genetic and epigenetic alterations. Cellular inhibitor of apoptosis 2 …