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ArticleNeoplasia (New York, N.Y.)2007

Optical imaging of tumor cells in hollow fibers: evaluation of the antitumor activities of anticancer drugs and target validation.

Guo-Jun Zhang, Tsing-Bau Chen, Bohumil Bednar, Brett M Connolly, Richard Hargreaves, Cyrille Sur, David L Williams

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Article in Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.), 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Guo-Jun ZhangImaging Department, MRL, Merck and Co., Inc., West Point, PA 19486, USA. guo_jun_zhang@merck.com
Tsing-Bau Chen
Bohumil Bednar
Brett M Connolly
Richard Hargreaves
Cyrille Sur
David L Williams
United States Military Academy · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The in vivo hollow fiber assay, in which semipermeable hollow fibers filled with tumor cells, are implanted into animals, was originally developed to screen for anticancer compounds before assessment in more complex tumor models. To enhance screening and evaluation of anticancer drugs, we have applied optical imaging technology to this assay. To demonstrate that tumor cells inside hollow fibers can communicate with the host mice, we have used fluorescence imaging in vivo and CD31 immunostaining ex vivo to show that angiogenesis occurs around cell-filled hollow fibers by 2 weeks after subcutaneous implantation. Bioluminescence imaging has been used to follow the number of luciferase-expressing tumor cells within implanted hollow fibers; proliferation of those cells was found to be significantly inhibited by docetaxel or irinotecan. We also used bioluminescence imaging of hollow fibers to monitor the nuclear factor kappaB (NFkappaB) pathway in vivo; NFkappaB activation by lipopolysaccharide and tumor necrosis factor-alpha was evaluated in tumor cell lines genetically engineered to express luciferase controlled by an NFkappaB-responsive element. These results demonstrate that optical imaging of hollow fibers containing reporter tumor cells can be used for the rapid and accurate evaluation of antitumor activities of anticancer drugs and for measurement of molecular pathways.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsDrug Delivery SystemsDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorHumansLuminescent MeasurementsMiceMice, NudeNeoplasm TransplantationOptics and PhotonicsRatsTumor Cells, CulturedAntineoplastic Agentsangiogenesisbioluminescence imaginghollow fiberNFκBOptical imaging

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PMID17786184
PMCPMC1950435
OpenAlexW2030649728

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