Cancer heterogeneity is not compatible with one unique cancer cell metabolic map

A Strickaert, M Saiselet, G Dom, X De Deken… - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
The Warburg effect and its accompanying metabolic features (anaplerosis, cataplerosis) are
presented in textbooks and reviews as a hallmark (general characteristic): the metabolic …

A fresh view on lymph node organogenesis

L Onder, B Ludewig - Trends in immunology, 2018 - cell.com
Lymph nodes (LNs) are strategically positioned outposts of the immune system that
underpin regional immune surveillance. The current model describing LN formation in mice …

Isolation of circulating tumor cells by dielectrophoresis

PRC Gascoyne, S Shim - Cancers, 2014 - mdpi.com
Dielectrophoresis (DEP) is an electrokinetic method that allows intrinsic dielectric properties
of suspended cells to be exploited for discrimination and separation. It has emerged as a …

A paper-based invasion assay: Assessing chemotaxis of cancer cells in gradients of oxygen

B Mosadegh, MR Lockett, KT Minn, KA Simon, K Gilbert… - Biomaterials, 2015 - Elsevier
This work describes a 3D, paper-based assay that can isolate sub-populations of cells
based on their invasiveness (ie, distance migrated in a hydrogel) in a gradient of …

Delineating intra-tumoral heterogeneity and tumor evolution in breast cancer using precision-based approaches

KR Xulu, EE Nweke, TN Augustine - Frontiers in Genetics, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The burden of breast cancer continues to increase worldwide as it remains the most
diagnosed tumor in females and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Breast …

Cancer stem cells, a fuzzy evolving concept: a cell population or a cell property?

A Antoniou, A Hébrant, G Dom, J Dumont, C Maenhaut - Cell Cycle, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The cancer stem cells (CSC) hypothesis represents a pathological extrapolation of the
physiological concept of embryonic and somatic stem cells. In its initial definition, it …

Cancer as a disorder of patterning information: computational and biophysical perspectives on the cancer problem

D Moore, SI Walker, M Levin - Convergent Science Physical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The current paradigm views cancer as arising clonally from a degradation of genetic
information in single cells. A complementary perspective, originating at the dawn of modern …

Omics data integration suggests a potential idiopathic Parkinson's disease signature

A Zagare, G Preciat, SL Nickels, X Luo… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
The vast majority of Parkinson's disease cases are idiopathic. Unclear etiology and
multifactorial nature complicate the comprehension of disease pathogenesis. Identification …

Origin of cancer: an information, energy, and matter disease

RG Hanselmann, C Welter - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Cells are open, highly ordered systems that are far away from equilibrium. For this reason,
the first function of any cell is to prevent the permanent threat of disintegration that is …

eIF4E S209 phosphorylation licenses myc-and stress-driven oncogenesis

H Ruan, X Li, X Xu, BJ Leibowitz, J Tong, L Chen, L Ao… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
To better understand a role of eIF4E S209 in oncogenic translation, we generated
EIF4ES209A/+ heterozygous knockin (4EKI) HCT 116 human colorectal cancer (CRC) cells …