Nexus between in silico and in vivo models to enhance clinical translation of nanomedicine

FM Kashkooli, M Soltani, M Souri, C Meaney… - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
In cancer, one of the main barriers to effective chemotherapy is inefficient drug delivery. The
delivery of drugs to solid tumors involves various biochemical, biophysical, and mechanical …

The vascular microenvironment in glioblastoma: a comprehensive review

A Mosteiro, L Pedrosa, A Ferrés, D Diao, À Sierra… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma multiforme, the deadliest primary brain tumor, is characterized by an excessive
and aberrant neovascularization. The initial expectations raised by anti-angiogenic drugs …

Effect of vascular normalization on drug delivery to different stages of tumor progression: In-silico analysis

FM Kashkooli, M Soltani, M Rezaeian… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
Vascular normalization (VN) by anti-angiogenic factors may be efficacious for improving
drug delivery in solid tumors. In the present study, a 3D computational model is employed to …

[HTML][HTML] Hypoxia-induced therapy resistance: Available hypoxia-targeting strategies and current advances in head and neck cancer

VL Codony, M Tavassoli - Translational oncology, 2021 - Elsevier
Most solid tumors, such as head and neck cancers, feature a hypoxic microenvironment due
to angiogenic dysregulation and the consequent disruption of their vascular network. Such …

Perspectives on hypoxia signaling in tumor stroma

Y Zhang, M Coleman, RA Brekken - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Low oxygen tension (hypoxia) caused by high demand of cancer cell
proliferation or standard of care therapy is a prevalent feature of solid tumors and is often …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting response to combination evofosfamide and immunotherapy under hypoxic conditions in murine models of colon cancer

EABF Lima, PN Song, K Reeves, B Larimer… - Mathematical …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The goal of this study is to develop a mathematical model that captures the interaction
between evofosfamide, immunotherapy, and the hypoxic landscape of the tumor in the …

Deep learning characterization of brain tumours with diffusion weighted imaging

C Meaney, S Das, E Colak, M Kohandel - Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most deadly forms of cancer. Methods of
characterizing these tumours are valuable for improving predictions of their progression and …

Numerical investigation on the anti-angiogenic therapy-induced normalization in solid tumors

M Mohammadi, C Aghanajafi, M Soltani, K Raahemifar - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study numerically analyzes the fluid flow and solute transport in a solid tumor to
comprehensively examine the consequence of normalization induced by anti-angiogenic …

Exploring chronic and transient tumor hypoxia for predicting the efficacy of hypoxia-activated pro-drugs

S Mathur, S Chen, KA Rejniak - NPJ Systems Biology and Applications, 2024 - nature.com
Hypoxia, a low level of oxygen in the tissue, arises due to an imbalance between the
vascular oxygen supply and oxygen demand by the surrounding cells. Typically, hypoxia is …

Harnessing the Power of Nanomaterials to Alleviate Tumor Hypoxia in Favor of Cancer Therapy

H Rashidzadeh, F Mozafari, M Ghaffarlou… - Harnessing Materials for …, 2022 - Springer
Cancer hypoxia is considered a hallmark of almost all solid malignancy and is responsible
for diminishing the efficacy of some important cancer therapy modalities, particularly for …