Biology, vulnerabilities and clinical applications of circulating tumour cells

A Ring, BD Nguyen-Sträuli, A Wicki, N Aceto - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
In recent years, exceptional technological advances have enabled the identification and
interrogation of rare circulating tumour cells (CTCs) from blood samples of patients, leading …

Molecular analysis of circulating tumour cells—biology and biomarkers

MG Krebs, RL Metcalf, L Carter, G Brady… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2014 - nature.com
Growing evidence for intratumour heterogeneity informs us that single-site biopsies fall short
of revealing the complete genomic landscape of a tumour. With an expanding repertoire of …

A biomimetic nanoreactor for synergistic chemiexcited photodynamic therapy and starvation therapy against tumor metastasis

Z Yu, P Zhou, W Pan, N Li, B Tang - Nature Communications, 2018 - nature.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is ineffective against deeply seated metastatic tumors due to
poor penetration of the excitation light. Herein, we developed a biomimetic nanoreactor (bio …

Cancer-Cell-Biomimetic Nanoparticles for Targeted Therapy of Homotypic Tumors.

H Sun, J Su, Q Meng, Q Yin, L Chen, W Gu… - … (Deerfield Beach, Fla …, 2016 - europepmc.org
A unique biomimetic drug-delivery system composed of 4T1-breast-cancer-cell membranes
and paclitaxel-loaded polymeric nanoparticles (PPNs)(cell-membrane-coated PPNs) …

Circulating tumor cells: from new biological insights to clinical practice

X Gu, S Wei, X Lv - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
The primary reason for high mortality rates among cancer patients is metastasis, where
tumor cells migrate through the bloodstream from the original site to other parts of the body …

Biomimetic cell-derived nanocarriers in cancer research

E Soprano, E Polo, B Pelaz, P Del Pino - Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2022 - Springer
Nanoparticles have now long demonstrated capabilities that make them attractive to use in
biology and medicine. Some of them, such as lipid nanoparticles (SARS-CoV-2 vaccines) or …

Cell membrane-coated nanosized active targeted drug delivery systems homing to tumor cells: A review

Z He, Y Zhang, N Feng - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2020 - Elsevier
Cancer is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Cell membrane-coated nanocarriers
actively targeting tumor sites are known to circumvent the limitations of conventional …

Altered tumor-cell glycosylation promotes metastasis

I Häuselmann, L Borsig - Frontiers in oncology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Malignant transformation of cells is associated with aberrant glycosylation presented on the
cell-surface. Commonly observed changes in glycan structures during malignancy …

[HTML][HTML] Circulating tumor cell clusters: What we know and what we expect

Y Hong, F Fang, Q Zhang - … journal of oncology, 2016 - spandidos-publications.com
The major cause of cancer-associated mortality is tumor metastasis, a disease that is far
from understood. Many studies have observed circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in patients' …

Mucins in pancreatic cancer and its microenvironment

S Kaur, S Kumar, N Momi, AR Sasson… - Nature reviews …, 2013 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer remains a lethal malignancy with poor prognosis owing to therapeutic
resistance, frequent recurrence and the absence of treatment strategies that specifically …