Multicellular tumor spheroids: A convenient in vitro model for translational cancer research

T Patel, N Jain - Life Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
In the attempts to mitigate uncertainties in the results of monolayer culture for the
identification of cancer therapeutic targets and compounds, there has been a growing …

Patient-specific colorectal-cancer-associated fibroblasts modulate tumor microenvironment mechanics

A Micalet, A Upadhyay, Y Javanmardi, CG de Brito… - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) play a major role in reorganizing the physical tumor
micro-environment and changing tissue stiffness. Herein, using an engineered three …

[HTML][HTML] Regularization techniques and inverse approaches in 3D Traction Force Microscopy

A Apolinar-Fernández, P Blázquez-Carmona… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The conception of inverse methods in the context of Traction Force Microscopy (TFM) is
influenced by multiple factors, such as nonlinear effects, dimensionality (2D/3D), and …

Mechanical signatures in cancer metastasis

A Agrawal, Y Javanmardi, SA Watson… - npj Biological Physics …, 2025 - nature.com
The cancer metastatic cascade includes a series of mechanical barrier-crossing events,
involving the physical movement of cancer cells from their primary location to a distant …

Controlling cellular packing and hypoxia in 3D tumor spheroids via DNA interactions

SA Saemundsson, SD Curry, BM Bower… - Biomaterials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Tumor spheroids represent valuable in vitro models for studying cancer biology and
evaluating therapeutic strategies. In this study, we investigated the impact of varying lengths …