Cancer spheroids and organoids as novel tools for research and therapy: state of the art and challenges to guide precision medicine

S El Harane, B Zidi, N El Harane, KH Krause, T Matthes… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Spheroids and organoids are important novel players in medical and life science research.
They are gradually replacing two-dimensional (2D) cell cultures. Indeed, three-dimensional …

Heterogeneity in colorectal cancer: a challenge for personalized medicine?

C Molinari, G Marisi, A Passardi, L Matteucci… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
High inter-patient variability and high spatial heterogeneity are features of colorectal cancer
(CRC). This may influence the molecular characterization of tumor tissue, now mandatory for …

DDX39B drives colorectal cancer progression by promoting the stability and nuclear translocation of PKM2

G Zhao, H Yuan, Q Li, J Zhang, Y Guo, T Feng… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Metastasis is a major cause of colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality, but its molecular
mechanisms are still not fully understood. Here, we show that upregulated DDX39B …

Understanding cell‐cell communication and signaling in the colorectal cancer microenvironment

S AlMusawi, M Ahmed, AS Nateri - Clinical and translational …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Carcinomas are complex heterocellular systems containing epithelial cancer cells, stromal
fibroblasts, and multiple immune cell‐types. Cell‐cell communication between these tumor …

MSC-Derived exosomes suppress colorectal cancer cell proliferation and metastasis via miR-100/mTOR/miR-143 pathway

B Jahangiri, M Khalaj-Kondori, E Asadollahi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are mostly responsible for the
therapeutic effects of MSCs. To show the therapeutic effects of the human bone marrow …

Role of epithelial to mesenchymal transition in colorectal cancer

J Lu, M Kornmann, B Traub - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a cellular reprogramming process that
occurs during embryonic development and adult tissue homeostasis. This process involves …

Colorectal cancer-associated immune exhaustion involves T and B lymphocytes and conventional NK cells and correlates with a shorter overall survival

C Sorrentino, L D'Antonio, C Fieni, SL Ciummo… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancer worldwide, with a growing
impact on public health and clinical management. Immunotherapy has shown promise in the …

Interactions among lncRNAs, miRNAs and mRNA in colorectal cancer

XJ Tang, W Wang, SS Hann - Biochimie, 2019 - Elsevier
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are longer than 200 nts non-coding transcripts and have
recently emerged as one of the largest and significantly diverse RNA families whereas …

Ex vivo organotypic cultures for synergistic therapy prioritization identify patient-specific responses to combined MEK and Src inhibition in colorectal cancer

N Gavert, Y Zwang, R Weiser, O Greenberg, S Halperin… - Nature cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Translating preclinical studies to effective treatment protocols and identifying specific
therapeutic responses in individuals with cancer is challenging. This may arise due to the …

Profiling the heterogeneity of colorectal cancer consensus molecular subtypes using spatial transcriptomics

A Valdeolivas, B Amberg, N Giroud… - NPJ precision …, 2024 - nature.com
The consensus molecular subtypes (CMS) of colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most widely-
used gene expression-based classification and has contributed to a better understanding of …