Multimodal data fusion for cancer biomarker discovery with deep learning

S Steyaert, M Pizurica, D Nagaraj… - Nature machine …, 2023 - nature.com
Technological advances have made it possible to study a patient from multiple angles with
high-dimensional, high-throughput multiscale biomedical data. In oncology, massive …

The tumor microenvironment in tumorigenesis and therapy resistance revisited

K Dzobo, DA Senthebane, C Dandara - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Tumors are not masses of cancer cells alone but made up of cancer cells,
other cells including fibroblasts, macrophages, endothelial cells, as well as secreted factors …

The extracellular matrix: its composition, function, remodeling, and role in tumorigenesis

K Dzobo, C Dandara - Biomimetics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a ubiquitous member of the body and is key to the
maintenance of tissue and organ integrity. Initially thought to be a bystander in many cellular …

[HTML][HTML] The role of natural products as sources of therapeutic agents for innovative drug discovery

K Dzobo - Comprehensive pharmacology, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Emerging threats to human health require a concerted effort in search of both preventive and
treatment strategies, placing natural products at the center of efforts to obtain new therapies …

Modulation of the tumor microenvironment (TME) by melatonin

Q Mu, M Najafi - European journal of pharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
The tumor microenvironment (TME) includes a number of non-cancerous cells that affect
cancer cell survival. Although CD8+ T lymphocytes and natural killer (NK) cells suppress …

3D bioprinted drug-resistant breast cancer spheroids for quantitative in situ evaluation of drug resistance

S Hong, JM Song - Acta biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Drug-resistant cancer spheroids were fabricated by three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting for
the quantitative evaluation of drug resistance of cancer cells, which is a very important issue …

Cancer stem cell marker CD44 plays multiple key roles in human cancers: Immune suppression/evasion, drug resistance, epithelial–mesenchymal transition, and …

K Dzobo, M Sinkala - Omics: a journal of integrative biology, 2021 - liebertpub.com
One of the most frequently utilized cancer stem cell markers in human cancers, including
colorectal cancer and breast cancer, is CD44. A glycoprotein, CD44, traverses the cell …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting cancer drug resistance utilizing organoid technology

C Chai, P Ji, H Xu, H Tang, Z Wang, H Zhang… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer organoids generated from 3D in vitro cell cultures have contributed to the study of
drug resistance. Maintenance of genomic and transcriptomic similarity between organoids …

Spheroid culture differentially affects cancer cell sensitivity to drugs in melanoma and RCC models

A Filipiak-Duliban, K Brodaczewska, A Kajdasz… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
2D culture as a model for drug testing often turns to be clinically futile. Therefore, 3D cultures
(3Ds) show potential to better model responses to drugs observed in vivo. In preliminary …

[HTML][HTML] Ferroptosis-related genes identify tumor immune microenvironment characterization for the prediction of prognosis in cervical cancer

X Yang, F Yin, Q Liu, Y Ma, H Zhang… - Annals of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Cervical cancer (CC) is a disease that affects female health; therefore, timely
prevention and diagnosis of CC are crucial to decrease its mortality. Ferroptosis, an iron …