Patient-derived xenograft models in cancer therapy: technologies and applications

Y Liu, W Wu, C Cai, H Zhang, H Shen… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models, in which tumor tissues from patients are implanted
into immunocompromised or humanized mice, have shown superiority in recapitulating the …

Dissecting metastasis using preclinical models and methods

JD Hebert, JW Neal, MM Winslow - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Metastasis has long been understood to lead to the overwhelming majority of cancer-related
deaths. However, our understanding of the metastatic process, and thus our ability to …

Combined proteomics and CRISPR‒Cas9 screens in PDX identify ADAM10 as essential for leukemia in vivo

E Bahrami, JP Schmid, V Jurinovic, M Becker, AK Wirth… - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
Background Acute leukemias represent deadly malignancies that require better treatment.
As a challenge, treatment is counteracted by a microenvironment protecting dormant …

Transcription factor abnormalities in B-ALL leukemogenesis and treatment

H Yin, J Wang, Y Tan, M Jiang, H Zhang, G Meng - Trends in Cancer, 2023 - cell.com
The biological regulation of transcription factors (TFs) and repressor proteins is an important
mechanism for maintaining cell homeostasis. In B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) …

PDX models for functional precision oncology and discovery science

Z Blanchard, EA Brown, A Ghazaryan… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Precision oncology relies on detailed molecular analysis of how diverse tumours respond to
various therapies, with the aim to optimize treatment outcomes for individual patients. Patient …

The regulatory role of Pin1 in neuronal death

SC Wang, XM Hu, K **ong - Neural Regeneration Research, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Regulated cell death predominantly involves apoptosis, autophagy, and regulated necrosis.
It is vital that we understand how key regulatory signals can control the process of cell death …

ROS responsive polyethylenimine-based fluorinated polymers for enhanced transfection efficiency and lower cytotoxicity

P Hua, D Yang, R Chen, P Qiu… - Bosnian Journal of Basic …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cationic polymer polyethylenimine (PEI) plays a crucial role in gene delivery. However, high
molecular weight PEI leads to higher efficient transfection efficacy and higher cytotoxicity …

X‐linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein represents a promising therapeutic target for relapsed/refractory ALL

M Carlet, K Schmelz, J Vergalli, T Herold… - EMBO Molecular …, 2023 - embopress.org
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) represents the most frequent malignancy in children,
and relapse/refractory (r/r) disease is difficult to treat, both in children and adults. In search …

DUX4-r exerts a neomorphic activity that depends on GTF2I in acute lymphoblastic leukemia

D Campolungo, M Salomé, B Biferali, AS Tascini… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Translocations producing rearranged versions of the transcription factor double homeobox 4
(DUX4-r) are one of the most frequent causes of B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B …

Pyjacker identifies enhancer hijacking events in acute myeloid leukemia including MNX1 activation via deletion 7q

E Sollier, A Riedel, UH Toprak, JA Wierzbinska… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Acute myeloid leukemia with complex karyotype (ckAML) is characterized by high genomic
complexity, including frequent TP53 mutations and chromothripsis. We hypothesized that the …