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ArticleBiomacromolecules2023

Elastin-like Recombinamer Hydrogels as Platforms for Breast Cancer Modeling.

Barbara Blanco-Fernandez, Arturo Ibañez-Fonseca, Doriana Orbanic, Celia Ximenes-Carballo, Soledad Perez-Amodio, Jose Carlos Rodríguez-Cabello, Elisabeth Engel

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Article in Biomacromolecules, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Dynamic Hydrogels in Breast Tumor Models.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  5. Advanced Hydrogels in Breast Cancer Therapy.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  6. Contribution of the ELRs to the development of advancedFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Barbara Blanco-FernandezInstitute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Baldiri Reixac 10-12, Barcelona 08028, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5050-9663
Arturo Ibañez-FonsecaBIOFORGE Lab, CIBER-BBN, University of Valladolid, Paseo de Belén 19, 47011 Valladolid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2223-5041
Doriana OrbanicBIOFORGE Lab, CIBER-BBN, University of Valladolid, Paseo de Belén 19, 47011 Valladolid, Spain.
Celia Ximenes-CarballoInstitute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Baldiri Reixac 10-12, Barcelona 08028, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1900-594X
Soledad Perez-AmodioInstitute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Baldiri Reixac 10-12, Barcelona 08028, Spain.
Jose Carlos Rodríguez-CabelloBIOFORGE Lab, CIBER-BBN, University of Valladolid, Paseo de Belén 19, 47011 Valladolid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3438-858X
Elisabeth EngelInstitute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Baldiri Reixac 10-12, Barcelona 08028, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4855-8874

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The involvement of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in tumor progression has motivated the development of biomaterials mimicking the tumor ECM to develop more predictive cancer models. Particularly, polypeptides based on elastin could be an interesting approach to mimic the ECM due to their tunable properties. Here, we demonstrated that elastin-like recombinamer (ELR) hydrogels can be suitable biomaterials to develop breast cancer models. This hydrogel was formed by two ELR polypeptides, one containing sequences biodegradable by matrix metalloproteinase and cyclooctyne and the other carrying arginylglycylaspartic acid and azide groups to allow cell adhesion, biodegradability, and suitable stiffness through "click-chemistry" cross-linking. Our findings show that breast cancer or nontumorigenic breast cells showed high viability and cell proliferation for up to 7 days. MCF7 and MCF10A formed spheroids whereas MDA-MB-231 formed cell networks, with the expression of ECM and high drug resistance in all cases, evidencing that ELR hydrogels are a promising biomaterial for breast cancer modeling.

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Breast NeoplasmsHydrogelsBiocompatible MaterialsElastinExtracellular MatrixFemaleHumansPeptidesBiocompatible MaterialsElastinHydrogelsPeptides

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PMID36597885
PMCPMC10565832

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