Applications of patient-derived tumor xenograft models and tumor organoids

GJ Yoshida - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2020 - Springer
Patient-derived tumor xenografts (PDXs), in which tumor fragments surgically dissected from
cancer patients are directly transplanted into immunodeficient mice, have emerged as a …

Pre-clinical modeling of cutaneous melanoma

VW Rebecca, R Somasundaram, M Herlyn - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Metastatic melanoma is challenging to manage. Although targeted-and immune therapies
have extended survival, most patients experience therapy resistance. The adaptability of …

A Self-Driven Bioreactor Based on Bacterium–Metal–Organic Framework Biohybrids for Boosting Chemotherapy via Cyclic Lactate Catabolism

JW Wang, QW Chen, GF Luo, ZY Han, WF Song… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The excessive lactate in the tumor microenvironment always leads to poor therapeutic
outcomes of chemotherapy. In this study, a self-driven bioreactor (defined as SO@ MDH …

The DNA damaging revolution: PARP inhibitors and beyond.

TA Yap, R Plummer, NS Azad… - American Society of …, 2019 - europepmc.org
Cancer-specific DNA repair defects are abundant in malignant tissue and present an
opportunity to capitalize on these aberrations for therapeutic benefit. Early preclinical data …

The fidelity of cancer cells in PDX models: Characteristics, mechanism and clinical significance

J Shi, Y Li, R Jia, X Fan - International journal of cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Patient‐derived xenograft (PDX) models are widely used as preclinical cancer models and
are considered better than cell culture models in recapitulating the histological features …

Systematic review of patient-derived xenograft models for preclinical studies of anti-cancer drugs in solid tumors

Y Koga, A Ochiai - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models are used as powerful tools for understanding
cancer biology in PDX clinical trials and co-clinical trials. In this systematic review, we focus …

HER2 CAR-T cells eradicate uveal melanoma and T-cell therapy–resistant human melanoma in IL2 transgenic NOD/SCID IL2 receptor knockout mice

EMV Forsberg, MF Lindberg, H Jespersen, S Alsén… - Cancer Research, 2019 - AACR
Chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) can transmit signals akin to those from activated T-cell
receptors when bound to a cell surface target. CAR-expressing T cells against CD19 can …

Analysis of mucosal melanoma whole-genome landscapes reveals clinically relevant genomic aberrations

R Zhou, C Shi, W Tao, J Li, J Wu, Y Han, G Yang… - Clinical Cancer …, 2019 - AACR
Purpose: Unlike advances in the genomics-driven precision treatment of cutaneous
melanomas, the current poor understanding of the molecular basis of mucosal melanomas …

Combining neratinib with CDK4/6, mTOR, and MEK inhibitors in models of HER2-positive cancer

M Zhao, S Scott, KW Evans, E Yuca, T Saridogan… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: Neratinib is an irreversible, pan-HER tyrosine kinase inhibitor that is FDA
approved for HER2-overexpressing/amplified (HER2+) breast cancer. In this preclinical …

Humanized mouse models to evaluate cancer immunotherapeutics

S Guil-Luna, C Sedlik, E Piaggio - Annual Review of Cancer …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Immunotherapy is at the forefront of cancer treatment. The advent of numerous novel
approaches to cancer immunotherapy, including immune checkpoint antibodies, adoptive …