Micro-engineering and nano-engineering approaches to investigate tumour ecosystems

M Kim, M Panagiotakopoulou, C Chen, SB Ruiz… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The interactions among tumour cells, the tumour microenvironment (TME) and non-tumour
tissues are of interest to many cancer researchers. Micro-engineering approaches and …

Engineering approaches for studying immune-tumor cell interactions and immunotherapy

SE Shelton, HT Nguyen, DA Barbie, RD Kamm - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
This review describes recent research that has advanced our understanding of the role of
immune cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME) using advanced 3D in vitro models and …

EGFR is a master switch between immunosuppressive and immunoactive tumor microenvironment in inflammatory breast cancer

X Wang, T Semba, GC Manyam, J Wang, S Shao… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), the most aggressive breast cancer subtype, is driven by
an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). Current treatments for IBC have …

[HTML][HTML] Blocking interleukin (IL) 4-and IL13-mediated phosphorylation of STAT6 (Tyr641) decreases M2 polarization of macrophages and protects against …

OM Rahal, AR Wolfe, PK Mandal, R Larson… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose To determine the role of macrophage polarization on the response of inflammatory
breast cancer (IBC) cells to radiation and whether modulation of macrophage plasticity can …

[HTML][HTML] Immunocompetent cancer-on-chip models to assess immuno-oncology therapy

TI Maulana, E Kromidas, L Wallstabe… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
The advances in cancer immunotherapy come with several obstacles, limiting its
widespread use and benefits so far only to a small subset of patients. One of the underlying …

Tumor-associated macrophages correlate with phenomenon of epithelial-mesenchymal transition and contribute to poor prognosis in triple-negative breast cancer …

W Zhang, X Wang, S Gao, C Chen, X Xu, Z Zhou… - Journal of Surgical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are associated with poor
outcomes in multiple solid cancers and play important roles in cancer progression. Epithelial …

Rho-kinase as a target for cancer therapy and its immunotherapeutic potential

S Kim, SA Kim, J Han, IS Kim - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer immunotherapy is fast rising as a prominent new pillar of cancer treatment,
harnessing the immune system to fight against numerous types of cancer. Rho-kinase …

IL-4/IL-13 stimulated macrophages enhance breast cancer invasion via rho-GTPase regulation of synergistic VEGF/CCL-18 signaling

AC Little, P Pathanjeli, Z Wu, L Bao, LE Goo… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) are increasingly recognized as major contributors
to the metastatic progression of breast cancer and enriched levels of TAMs often correlate …

High-content fluorescence imaging with the metabolic flux assay reveals insights into mitochondrial properties and functions

AC Little, I Kovalenko, LE Goo, HS Hong… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Metabolic flux technology with the Seahorse bioanalyzer has emerged as a standard
technique in cellular metabolism studies, allowing for simultaneous kinetic measurements of …

Deciphering the role of interferon alpha signaling and microenvironment crosstalk in inflammatory breast cancer

OK Provance, J Lewis-Wambi - Breast Cancer Research, 2019 - Springer
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most rare and aggressive subtype of breast cancer
characterized by clusters of tumor cells invading lymph vessels, high rates of metastasis …