Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37202621›Full record

ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2023

A Self-Assembly Method for Creating Vascularized Tumor Explants Using Biomaterials for 3D Culture.

Lance L Munn, Despina Bazou

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Advances and challenges in human 3D solid tumor models.Advanced functional materials · 2025
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  4. Microfluidic Modulation of Microvasculature in Microdissected Tumors.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Lance L MunnEdwin L. Steele Laboratory, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Despina BazouDepartment of Haematology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. despina.bazou@ucd.ie.

Funding

Vascularized tumor explants for drug testingR01CA247441 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MUNN, LANCE L. · 2021 to 2025
$1.9M
Encouraging anastomosis of engrafted vascular networksR01HL106584 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MUNN, LANCE L. · 2012 to 2015
$1.3M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA247441NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL106584
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Validation of potential therapeutic targets in cancer requires functional live assays that recapitulate the biology, anatomy, and physiology of human tumors. We present a methodology for maintaining mouse and patient tumor samples ex vivo for in vitro drug-screening as well as for the guidance of patient-specific chemotherapies. The harvested tumor biopsy, excised from mice or patients, is integrated into a support tissue that includes extended stroma and vasculature. The methodology is more representative than tissue culture assays, faster than patient-derived xenograft models, easy to implement, amenable to high-throughput assays and does not carry the ethical issues or expense associated with animal studies. Our physiologically relevant model can be successfully used for high-throughput drug screening.

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Biocompatible MaterialsNeoplasmsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansMiceBiocompatible MaterialsCancerChemotherapyHigh-throughput assayTumor explantVascular bedVascularization

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PMID37202621
PMCPMC11110101

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