Drosophila melanogaster: A platform for anticancer drug discovery and personalized therapies

C Munnik, MP Xaba, ST Malindisa, BL Russell… - Frontiers in …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a complex disease whereby multiple genetic aberrations, epigenetic
modifications, metabolic reprogramming, and the microenvironment contribute to the …

Cadherins and catenins in cancer: connecting cancer pathways and tumor microenvironment

WH Lin, LM Cooper, PZ Anastasiadis - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Cadherin-catenin complexes are integral components of the adherens junctions crucial for
cell-cell adhesion and tissue homeostasis. Dysregulation of these complexes is linked to …

An amuse-bouche of stem cell regulation: Underlying principles and mechanisms from adult Drosophila intestinal stem cells

B Boumard, AJ Bardin - Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Stem cells have essential functions in the development and maintenance of our organs.
Improper regulation of adult stem cells and tissue homeostasis can result in cancers and …

Insect gut regeneration

P Zhang, BA Edgar - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2022‏ - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
In adult insects, as in vertebrates, the gut epithelium is a highly regenerative tissue that can
renew itself rapidly in response to changing inputs from nutrition, the gut microbiota …

Investigating local and systemic intestinal signalling in health and disease with Drosophila

A Medina, K Bellec, S Polcowñuk… - Disease models & …, 2022‏ - journals.biologists.com
Whole-body health relies on complex inter-organ signalling networks that enable organisms
to adapt to environmental perturbations and to changes in tissue homeostasis. The intestine …

[HTML][HTML] Intestinal stem cells and their niches in homeostasis and disease

J Zhou, M Boutros - Cells & Development, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Tissues such as the intestine harbor stem cells that have remarkable functional plasticity in
response to a dynamic environment. To adapt to the environment, stem cells constantly …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular underpinnings and environmental drivers of loss of heterozygosity in Drosophila intestinal stem cells

L Al Zouabi, M Stefanutti, S Roumeliotis, G Le Meur… - Cell Reports, 2023‏ - cell.com
During development and aging, genome mutation leading to loss of heterozygosity (LOH)
can uncover recessive phenotypes within tissue compartments. This phenomenon occurs in …

[HTML][HTML] Intestinal organoid modeling: bridging the gap from experimental model to clinical translation

T Liu, X Li, H Li, J Qin, H Xu, J Wen, Y He… - Frontiers in …, 2024‏ - frontiersin.org
The 3D culture of intestinal organoids entails embedding isolated intestinal crypts and bone
marrow mesenchymal stem cells within a growth factor-enriched matrix gel. This process …

A modelling framework for cancer ecology and evolution

FR Adler - Journal of the Royal Society interface, 2024‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Cancer incidence increases rapidly with age, typically as a polynomial. The somatic
mutation theory explains this increase through the waiting time for enough mutations to build …

[HTML][HTML] The morphogenetic changes that lead to cell extrusion in development and cell competition

M Tada - Developmental Biology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Cell extrusion is a morphogenetic process in which unfit or dying cells are eliminated from
the tissue at the interface with healthy neighbours in homeostasis. This process is also …