Signaling pathways in cancer-associated fibroblasts and targeted therapy for cancer

F Wu, J Yang, J Liu, Y Wang, J Mu, Q Zeng… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2021 - nature.com
To flourish, cancers greatly depend on their surrounding tumor microenvironment (TME),
and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in TME are critical for cancer occurrence and …

3D tumor spheroids as in vitro models to mimic in vivo human solid tumors resistance to therapeutic drugs

AS Nunes, AS Barros, EC Costa… - Biotechnology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Three‐dimensional cell culture models, such as spheroids, can be used in the process of the
development of new anticancer agents because they are able to closely mimic the main …

Halfway between 2D and animal models: are 3D cultures the ideal tool to study cancer-microenvironment interactions?

J Hoarau-Véchot, A Rafii, C Touboul… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
An area that has come to be of tremendous interest in tumor research in the last decade is
the role of the microenvironment in the biology of neoplastic diseases. The tumor …

How to turn up the heat on the cold immune microenvironment of metastatic prostate cancer

J Stultz, L Fong - Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases, 2021 - nature.com
Background Advanced prostate cancer remains one of the most common and deadly
cancers, despite advances in treatment options. Immunotherapy has provided little benefit to …

[HTML][HTML] Multicellular spheroid based on a triple co-culture: A novel 3D model to mimic pancreatic tumor complexity

G Lazzari, V Nicolas, M Matsusaki, M Akashi… - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
The preclinical drug screening of pancreatic cancer treatments suffers from the absence of
appropriate models capable to reproduce in vitro the heterogeneous tumor …

The role of cancer-associated fibroblasts in prostate cancer tumorigenesis

F Bonollo, GN Thalmann, M Kruithof-de Julio… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tumors strongly depend on their surrounding tumor microenvironment (TME) for growth and
progression, since stromal elements are required to generate the optimal conditions for …

Nuclear receptors: recent drug discovery for cancer therapies

L Zhao, S Zhou, JÅ Gustafsson - Endocrine reviews, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Nuclear receptors (NRs) are transcription factors actively involved in many aspects of human
physiology and pathology, serving as sensors of stimuli, master regulators of downstream …

The glucocorticoid receptor is a key player for prostate cancer cell survival and a target for improved antiandrogen therapy

M Puhr, J Hoefer, A Eigentler, C Ploner, F Handle… - Clinical Cancer …, 2018 - AACR
Purpose: The major obstacle in the management of advanced prostate cancer is the
occurrence of resistance to endocrine therapy. Although the androgen receptor (AR) has …

Cancer-associated fibroblast: role in prostate cancer progression to metastatic disease and therapeutic resistance

M Bedeschi, N Marino, E Cavassi, F Piccinini, A Tesei - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common cancers in European males. Although
therapeutic approaches have changed in recent years, and several new drugs have been …

In vitro 3D cultures to model the tumor microenvironment

F Fontana, M Marzagalli, M Sommariva, N Gagliano… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Tumor stroma is known to significantly influence cancer initiation and
progression. In the last decade, 3D cell cultures have shown potential in modeling the tumor …