Cancer organoids 2.0: modelling the complexity of the tumour immune microenvironment

R Polak, ET Zhang, CJ Kuo - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
The development of neoplasia involves a complex and continuous interplay between
malignantly transformed cells and the tumour microenvironment (TME). Cancer …

Plastic persisters: revival stem cells in colorectal cancer

CJ Tape - Trends in Cancer, 2024 - cell.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is traditionally considered to be a genetically driven disease.
However, nongenetic plasticity has recently emerged as a major driver of tumour initiation …

An oncogenic phenoscape of colonic stem cell polarization

X Qin, FC Rodriguez, J Sufi, P Vlckova, J Claus… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Cancer cells are regulated by oncogenic mutations and microenvironmental signals, yet
these processes are often studied separately. To functionally map how cell-intrinsic and cell …

[HTML][HTML] Trellis tree-based analysis reveals stromal regulation of patient-derived organoid drug responses

MR Zapatero, A Tong, JW Opzoomer, R O'Sullivan… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Patient-derived organoids (PDOs) can model personalized therapy responses; however,
current screening technologies cannot reveal drug response mechanisms or how tumor …

Reagents for mass cytometry

LP Arnett, R Rana, WWY Chung, X Li, M Abtahi… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Mass cytometry (cytometry by time-of-flight detection [CyTOF]) is a bioanalytical technique
that enables the identification and quantification of diverse features of cellular systems with …

[HTML][HTML] Deployable extrusion bioprinting of compartmental tumoroids with cancer associated fibroblasts for immune cell interactions

C Mazzaglia, Y Sheng, LN Rodrigues, IM Lei… - …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Realizing the translational impacts of three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting for cancer research
necessitates innovation in bioprinting workflows which integrate affordability, user …

[HTML][HTML] Everything you always wanted to know about organoid-based models (and never dared to ask)

I Hautefort, M Poletti, D Papp, T Korcsmaros - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Homeostatic functions of a living tissue, such as the gastrointestinal tract, rely on highly
sophisticated and finely tuned cell-to-cell interactions. These crosstalks evolve and …

A high-throughput mass cytometry barcoding platform recapitulating the immune features for HCC detection

Y Ji, D Sun, Y Zhao, J Tang, J Tang, J Song, J Zhang… - Nano Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a highly malignant disease, is crucial for
improving patient prognosis. Liquid biopsy has emerged as a promising approach for cancer …

An Automation Workflow for High‐Throughput Manufacturing and Analysis of Scaffold‐Supported 3D Tissue Arrays

R Cao, NT Li, S Latour, JL Cadavid… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Patient‐derived organoids have emerged as a useful tool to model tumour heterogeneity.
Scaling these complex culture models while enabling stratified analysis of different cellular …

Oncogenic PIK3CA corrupts growth factor signaling specificity

RR Madsen, A Le Marois, ON Mruk… - Molecular Systems …, 2024 - embopress.org
Technical limitations have prevented understanding of how growth factor signals are
encoded in distinct activity patterns of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT pathway …