ArticleCancers2023
Propagated Circulating Tumor Cells Uncover the Potential Role of NFκB, EMT, and TGFβ Signaling Pathways and
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Isolation and typing techniques for circulating tumor cells.Biomarker research · 2026Review
- Reconstructing the metastatic journey: functional circulating tumor cells and disseminated tumor cells based models for translational oncology.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2026Review
- Advancements in Circulating Tumor Cell Expansion Ex Vivo: A Matured Technology?Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
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- Longitudinal Circulating Tumor Cell Collection, Culture, and Characterization in Pancreatic Adenocarcinomas.Cancers · 2025Article
- Impact of immunosuppressants on tumor pulmonary metastasis: new insight into transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma.Cancer biology & medicine · 2024Review
- IGSF3 tissue expression in squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx: a novel tool for prognosis assessment in HPV-related and HPV-unrelated disease.APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica · 2024Article
- IGSF3 is a homophilic cell adhesion molecule that drives lung metastasis of melanoma by promoting adhesion to vascular endothelium.Cancer science · 2024Article
- Pirfenidone inhibits TGF-β1-induced metabolic reprogramming during epithelial-mesenchymal transition in non-small cell lung cancer.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2024Article
- Circulating tumor cell-derived preclinical models: current status and future perspectives.Cell death & disease · 2023Review
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Abstract
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs), a population of cancer cells that represent the seeds of metastatic nodules, are a promising model system for studying metastasis. However, the expansion of patient-derived CTCs ex vivo is challenging and dependent on the collection of high numbers of CTCs, which are ultra-rare. Here we report the development of a combined CTC and cultured CTC-derived xenograft (CDX) platform for expanding and studying patient-derived CTCs from metastatic colon, lung, and pancreatic cancers. The propagated CTCs yielded a highly aggressive population of cells that could be used to routinely and robustly establish primary tumors and metastatic lesions in CDXs. Differential gene analysis of the resultant CTC models emphasized a role for NF-κB, EMT, and TGFβ signaling as pan-cancer signaling pathways involved in metastasis. Furthermore, metastatic CTCs were identified through a prospective five-gene signature (
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