Normalizing tumor microenvironment to treat cancer: bench to bedside to biomarkers

RK Jain - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2013 - ascopubs.org
For almost four decades, my work has focused on one challenge: improving the delivery and
efficacy of anticancer therapeutics. Working on the hypothesis that the abnormal tumor …

Activation of mechanoluminescent nanotransducers by focused ultrasound enables light delivery to deep-seated tissue in vivo

S Jiang, X Wu, F Yang, NJ Rommelfanger, G Hong - Nature Protocols, 2023 - nature.com
Light is used extensively in biological and medical research for optogenetic
neuromodulation, fluorescence imaging, photoactivatable gene editing and light-based …

Adenoma-linked barrier defects and microbial products drive IL-23/IL-17-mediated tumour growth

SI Grivennikov, K Wang, D Mucida, CA Stewart… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Approximately 2% of colorectal cancer is linked to pre-existing inflammation known as colitis-
associated cancer, but most develops in patients without underlying inflammatory bowel …

Principles and mechanisms of vessel normalization for cancer and other angiogenic diseases

P Carmeliet, RK Jain - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2011 - nature.com
Despite having an abundant number of vessels, tumours are usually hypoxic and nutrient-
deprived because their vessels malfunction. Such abnormal milieu can fuel disease …

Normalization of the vasculature for treatment of cancer and other diseases

S Goel, DG Duda, L Xu, LL Munn… - Physiological …, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
New vessel formation (angiogenesis) is an essential physiological process for embryologic
development, normal growth, and tissue repair. Angiogenesis is tightly regulated at the …

Tumor microvasculature and microenvironment: novel insights through intravital imaging in pre‐clinical models

DAI Fukumura, DG Duda, LL Munn, RK Jain - Microcirculation, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Microcirculation (2010) 17, 206–225. doi: 10.1111/j. 1549‐8719.2010. 00029. x Abstract
Intravital imaging techniques have provided unprecedented insight into tumor …

Bioabsorbable polymer optical waveguides for deep-tissue photomedicine

S Nizamoglu, MC Gather, M Humar, M Choi… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Advances in photonics have stimulated significant progress in medicine, with many
techniques now in routine clinical use. However, the finite depth of light penetration in tissue …

Ly6Clo monocytes drive immunosuppression and confer resistance to anti-VEGFR2 cancer therapy

K Jung, T Heishi, OF Khan, PS Kowalski… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Current anti-VEGF therapies for colorectal cancer (CRC) provide limited survival benefit, as
tumors rapidly develop resistance to these agents. Here, we have uncovered an …

Endoscopic time-lapse imaging of immune cells in infarcted mouse hearts

K Jung, P Kim, F Leuschner, R Gorbatov… - Circulation …, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: High-resolution imaging of the heart in vivo is challenging owing to the difficulty in
accessing the heart and the tissue motion caused by the heartbeat. Objective: Here, we …

What does physics have to do with cancer?

F Michor, J Liphardt, M Ferrari, J Widom - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2011 - nature.com
Large-scale cancer genomics, proteomics and RNA-sequencing efforts are currently
mapping in fine detail the genetic and biochemical alterations that occur in cancer. However …