Pan-cancer prediction of cell-line drug sensitivity using network-based methods

M Pouryahya, JH Oh, JC Mathews, Z Belkhatir… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The development of reliable predictive models for individual cancer cell lines to identify an
optimal cancer drug is a crucial step to accelerate personalized medicine, but vast …

Extracellular matrix physical properties govern the diffusion of nanoparticles in tumor microenvironment

X He, Y Yang, Y Han, C Cao, Z Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Nanoparticles (NPs) are confronted with limited and disappointing delivery efficiency in
tumors clinically. The tumor extracellular matrix (ECM), whose physical traits have recently …

Exploring cell migration mechanisms in cancer: from wound healing assays to cellular automata models

G Migliaccio, R Ferraro, Z Wang, V Cristini, P Dogra… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cell migration is a key factor in the spread of metastatic tumors and a
major contributor to cancer-related mortality. However, our comprehension of the underlying …

Contacts with macrophages promote an aggressive nanomechanical phenotype of circulating tumor cells in prostate cancer

PA Osmulski, A Cunsolo, M Chen, Y Qian, CL Lin… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
Aggressive tumors of epithelial origin shed cells that intravasate and become circulating
tumor cells (CTC). The CTCs that are able to survive the stresses encountered in the …

Materials-driven approaches to understand extrinsic drug resistance in cancer

JR Pritchard, MJ Lee, SR Peyton - Soft matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Metastatic cancer has a poor prognosis, because it is broadly disseminated and associated
with both intrinsic and acquired drug resistance. Critical unmet needs in effectively killing …

Proximity of metastatic cells enhances their mechanobiological invasiveness

Y Merkher, D Weihs - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2017 - Springer
A critical step in metastases formation is cancer-cell invasion through tissue. During
invasion, cells change morphology and apply forces to their surroundings. We have …

Mechanotargeting: Mechanics‐Dependent Cellular Uptake of Nanoparticles

Q Wei, C Huang, Y Zhang, T Zhao, P Zhao… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Targeted delivery of nanoparticle (NP)‐based diagnostic and therapeutic agents to
malignant cells and tissues has exclusively relied on chemotargeting, wherein NPs are …

Frontiers in cancer nanomedicine: directing mass transport through biological barriers

M Ferrari - Trends in biotechnology, 2010 - cell.com
The physics of mass transport within body compartments and across biological barriers
differentiates cancers from healthy tissues. Variants of nanoparticles can be manufactured in …

A microfluidic assay for the quantification of the metastatic propensity of breast cancer specimens

CL Yankaskas, KN Thompson, CD Paul… - Nature biomedical …, 2019 - nature.com
The challenge of predicting which patients with breast cancer will develop metastases leads
to the overtreatment of patients with benign disease and to the inadequate treatment of …

Exploring the tumor microenvironment with nanoparticles

L Miao, L Huang - Nanotechnology-Based Precision Tools for the …, 2015 - Springer
Recent developments in nanotechnology have brought new approaches to cancer
diagnosis and therapy. While enhanced permeability and retention effect (EPR) promotes …