Effects of statins on brain tumors: a review

AR Afshari, H Mollazadeh, NC Henney… - Seminars in Cancer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Evidence from preclinical studies suggests that the competitive HMG-CoA reductase
(HMGCR) inhibitors universally known as' statins,'in addition to being powerful drugs that …

A review of manufacturing capabilities of cell spheroid generation technologies and future development

D Liu, S Chen, M Win Naing - Biotechnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Spheroid culture provides cells with a three‐dimensional environment that can better mimic
physiological conditions compared to monolayer culture. Technologies involved in the …

Glioblastoma spheroid growth and chemotherapeutic responses in single and dual-stiffness hydrogels

J Bruns, T Egan, P Mercier, SP Zustiak - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the deadliest brain tumor for which there is no cure. Bioengineered
GBM models, such as hydrogel-encapsulated spheroids, that capture both cell-cell and cell …

A novel lncRNA‐LINC01116 regulates tumorigenesis of glioma by targeting VEGFA

J Ye, J Zhu, H Chen, J Qian, L Zhang… - … journal of cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Brain glioma is the most common malignant tumor of the central nervous system, and one of
the leading causes of death in patients with intracranial tumors. The clinical outcome of …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts: The origin, biological characteristics and role in cancer—A glance on colorectal cancer

C Fotsitzoudis, A Koulouridi, I Messaritakis… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Tumor microenvironment is a major contributor to tumor growth, metastasis
and resistance to therapy. It consists of many cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), which …

[HTML][HTML] The potential application of encapsulated exosomes: A new approach to increase exosomes therapeutic efficacy

A Hazrati, Z Mirsanei, N Heidari, K Malekpour… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cell therapy is one of the methods that have shown promising results in treating diseases in
recent decades. However, the use of different types of cells comes with limitations. The …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of atorvastatin loaded exosome as an anti-glioblastoma carrier to induce apoptosis of U87 cancer cells in 3D culture model

VT Nooshabadi, M Khanmohammadi, S Shafei… - … and biophysics reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Exosomes (EXOs) are naturally occurring nanosized lipid bilayers that can be efficiently
used as a drug delivery system to carry small pharmaceutical, biological molecules and …

[HTML][HTML] Exosomes impact survival to radiation exposure in cell line models of nervous system cancer

OD Mrowczynski, AB Madhankumar, JM Sundstrom… - Oncotarget, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Radiation is utilized in the therapy of more than 50% of cancer patients. Unfortunately, many
malignancies become resistant to radiation over time. We investigated the hypothesis that …

Droplet microfluidics for tumor drug‐related studies and programmable artificial cells

P Dimitriou, J Li, G Tornillo, T McCloy… - Global …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Anticancer drug development is a crucial step toward cancer treatment, that requires realistic
predictions of malignant tissue development and sophisticated drug delivery. Tumors often …

Hydrogel encapsulation of mesenchymal stem cells-derived extracellular vesicles as a novel therapeutic approach in cancer therapy

R Farahzadi, E Fathi, S Vandghanooni… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cell therapy has emerged as one of the most promising approaches to treating disease in
recent decades. The application of stem cells in anti-tumor therapy is determined by their …