Organoids of the female reproductive tract

C Chumduri, MY Turco - Journal of molecular medicine, 2021 - Springer
Healthy functioning of the female reproductive tract (FRT) depends on balanced and
dynamic regulation by hormones during the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and childbirth. The …

Development of organoids from mouse and human endometrium showing endometrial epithelium physiology and long-term expandability

M Boretto, B Cox, M Noben, N Hendriks… - …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
The endometrium, which is of crucial importance for reproduction, undergoes dynamic cyclic
tissue remodeling. Knowledge of its molecular and cellular regulation is poor, primarily …

Endometrial carcinoma: specific targeted pathways

N Eritja, A Yeramian, BJ Chen, D Llobet-Navas… - Molecular Genetics of …, 2017 - Springer
Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common gynecologic malignancy in the western world
with more than 280,000 cases per year worldwide. Prognosis for EC at early stages, when …

Autophagy orchestrates adaptive responses to targeted therapy in endometrial cancer

N Eritja, BJ Chen, R Rodríguez-Barrueco… - Autophagy, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Targeted therapies in endometrial cancer (EC) using kinase inhibitors rarely result in
complete tumor remission and are frequently challenged by the appearance of refractory cell …

ASCT2 regulates glutamine uptake and cell growth in endometrial carcinoma

AD Marshall, M Van Geldermalsen, NJ Otte, T Lum… - Oncogenesis, 2017 - nature.com
Glutamine commonly becomes a conditionally essential amino acid in cancer. Glutamine is
supplied to the cell by transporters such as ASCT2 (SLC1A5), which is frequently …

CTCF genetic alterations in endometrial carcinoma are pro-tumorigenic

AD Marshall, CG Bailey, K Champ, M Vellozzi… - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
CTCF is a haploinsufficient tumour suppressor gene with diverse normal functions in
genome structure and gene regulation. However the mechanism by which CTCF …

Identifying molecular phenotype of nucleus pulposus cells in human intervertebral disc with aging and degeneration

X Tang, L Jing, WJ Richardson… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Previous study claimed that disc degeneration may be preceded by structure and matrix
changes in the intervertebral disc (IVD) which coincide with the loss of distinct notochordally …

Porous chitosan derivative scaffolds affect proliferation and osteogenesis of mesenchymal stem cell via reducing intracellular ROS

J Wang, L Zhou, Q Sun, H Cai, WS Tan - Carbohydrate polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
The proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) needed
to be promoted for their use in stem cell-based therapy for large bone defects. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-layered, hyaluronic acid-based hydrogel formulations suitable for automated 3D high throughput drug screening of cancer-stromal cell co-cultures

BJ Engel, PE Constantinou, LK Sablatura… - Advanced healthcare …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
2D cell culture models are simple, low cost, well suited for automated high-throughput drug
screening, and have been successfully used to discover many clinically relevant anti-cancer …

Therapeutic potential of the new TRIB3-mediated cell autophagy anticancer drug ABTL0812 in endometrial cancer

I Felip, CP Moiola, C Megino-Luque, C Lopez-Gil… - Gynecologic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives The PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway is frequently overactivated in endometrial
cancer (EC). We assessed the efficacy of ABTL0812, a novel first-in-class molecule …