[HTML][HTML] Tumor-on-chip modeling of organ-specific cancer and metastasis

N Del Piccolo, VS Shirure, Y Bi… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Every year, cancer claims millions of lives around the globe. Unfortunately, model systems
that accurately mimic human oncology–a requirement for the development of more effective …

The role of cancer-associated fibroblasts in prostate cancer tumorigenesis

F Bonollo, GN Thalmann, M Kruithof-de Julio… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tumors strongly depend on their surrounding tumor microenvironment (TME) for growth and
progression, since stromal elements are required to generate the optimal conditions for …

Comprehensive development in organ-on-a-chip technology

X Joseph, V Akhil, A Arathi, PV Mohanan - Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2022 - Elsevier
The expeditious advancement in the organ on chip technology provided a phase change to
the conventional in vitro tests used to evaluate absorption, distribution, metabolism …

Applications of polymers for organ-on-chip technology in urology

B Galateanu, A Hudita, EI Biru, H Iovu, C Zaharia… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Organ-on-chips (OOCs) are microfluidic devices used for creating physiological organ
biomimetic systems. OOC technology brings numerous advantages in the current landscape …

Microfluidic-based prostate cancer model for investigating the secretion of prostate-specific antigen and microRNAs in vitro

A Padmyastuti, MG Sarmiento, M Dib, J Ehrhardt… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The study of prostate cancer in vitro relies on established cell lines that lack important
physiological characteristics, such as proper polarization and expression of relevant …

Microfluidic-based human prostate-cancer-on-chip

L Jiang, H Khawaja, S Tahsin, TA Clarkson… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Lack of adequate models significantly hinders advances in prostate cancer treatment, where
resistance to androgen-deprivation therapies and bone metastasis remain as major …

Organ‐on‐a‐chip technologies for biomedical research and drug development: A focus on the vasculature

D Soto Veliz, KL Lin, C Sahlgren - Smart medicine, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Current biomedical models fail to replicate the complexity of human biology. Consequently,
almost 90% of drug candidates fail during clinical trials after decades of research and …

Cancer cell–extrinsic roles for the androgen receptor in prostate cancer

AW Hahn, BA Siddiqui, J Leo, E Dondossola… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Given the central role of the androgen receptor (AR) in prostate cancer cell biology, AR-
targeted therapies have been the backbone of prostate cancer treatment for over 50 years …

Use and application of organ-on-a-chip platforms in cancer research

Y Yu, TT Zhou, L Cao - Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling, 2023 - Springer
Tumors are a major cause of death worldwide, and much effort has been made to develop
appropriate anti-tumor therapies. Existing in vitro and in vivo tumor models cannot reflect the …

Engineering cell–substrate interactions on porous membranes for microphysiological systems

Z Allahyari, TR Gaborski - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Microphysiological systems are now widely used to recapitulate physiological and
pathological microenvironments in order to study and understand a variety of cellular …