Biomaterial-based platforms for tumour tissue engineering

R Curvello, V Kast, P Ordóñez-Morán, A Mata… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Tissue engineering has produced innovative tools for cancer research. 3D cancer models
based on molecularly designed biomaterials aim to harness the dimensionality and …

Remodelling of the tumour microenvironment by the kallikrein-related peptidases

S Srinivasan, T Kryza, J Batra, J Clements - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Kallikrein-related peptidases (KLKs) are critical regulators of the tumour microenvironment.
KLKs are proteolytic enzymes regulating multiple functions of bioactive molecules including …

Role of serine proteases at the tumor-stroma interface

R Tagirasa, E Yoo - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
During tumor development, invasion and metastasis, the intimate interaction between tumor
and stroma shapes the tumor microenvironment and dictates the fate of tumor cells. Stromal …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted and explorative profiling of kallikrein proteases and global proteome biology of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, chronic pancreatitis, and normal …

J Werner, P Bernhard, M Cosenza-Contreras, N Pinter… - Neoplasia, 2023 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) represents one of the most aggressive and
lethal malignancies worldwide with an urgent need for new diagnostic and therapeutic …

A KLK6 activity-based probe reveals a role for KLK6 activity in pancreatic cancer cell invasion

L Zhang, S Lovell, E De Vita, PKA Jagtap… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate of all common cancers due to late diagnosis
and limited treatment options. Serine hydrolases are known to mediate cancer progression …

A tumor microenvironment model of pancreatic cancer to elucidate responses toward immunotherapy

V Kast, A Nadernezhad, D Pette… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Pancreatic cancer is a devastating malignancy with minimal treatment options. Standard‐of‐
care therapy, including surgery and chemotherapy, is unsatisfactory, and therapies …

Kallikrein-related peptidase 6 (KLK6) as a contributor toward an aggressive cancer cell phenotype: a potential role in colon cancer peritoneal metastasis

H Bouzid, F Soualmia, K Oikonomopoulou… - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Kallikrein-related peptidases (KLKs) are implicated in many cancer-related processes.
KLK6, one of the 15 KLK family members, is a promising biomarker for diagnosis of many …

Kallikrein-related peptidases: mechanistic understanding for potential therapeutic targeting in cancer

GN Daneva, P Tsiakanikas… - Expert Opinion on …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Human kallikrein-related peptidases (KLKs) represent a subgroup of 15 serine
endopeptidases involved in various physiological processes and pathologies, including …

Serine protease inhibitors decrease metastasis in prostate, breast, and ovarian cancers

A Sananes, I Cohen, I Allon, O Ben‐David… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Targeted therapies for prostate, breast, and ovarian cancers are based on their activity
against primary tumors rather than their anti‐metastatic activity. Consequently, there is an …

Biomaterial-based platforms for tumour tissue engineering

R Curvello, V Kast… - Nature …, 2023 - nottingham-repository.worktribe.com
Tissue engineering has produced innovative tools for cancer research. 3D cancer models
based on molecularly designed biomaterials aim to harness the dimensionality and …