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ArticleTranslational oncology2023

Fabrication of a microfluidic device for probiotic drug's dosage screening: Precision Medicine for Breast Cancer Treatment.

Ali Salehi, Parvaneh Naserzadeh, Parastoo Tarighi, Elham Afjeh-Dana, Masoud Akhshik, Amir Jafari, Pooyan Mackvandi, Behnaz Ashtari, Masoud Mozafari

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Article in Translational oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Next-Generation Probiotics in Allergy Therapy: Scientific Evidence and Clinical Applications.Anti-inflammatory & anti-allergy agents in medicinal chemistry · 2026
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  2. Article
  3. Tumor-on-chip platforms for breast cancer continuum concept modeling.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Ali SalehiRadiation Biology Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences. Tehran, Iran.
Parvaneh NaserzadehEndocrine Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Parastoo TarighiDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Allied Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences. Tehran, Iran.
Elham Afjeh-DanaRadiation Biology Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Masoud AkhshikCentre for Biocomposites and Biomaterials Processing. University of Toronto, Canada; EPICentre, University of Windsor, Canada.
Amir JafariDepartment of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences. Tehran, Iran.
Pooyan MackvandiDepartment of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences. Tehran, Iran; Centre for Materials Interfaces, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, Pontedera, 56025 Pisa, Italy.
Behnaz AshtariRadiation Biology Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences. Tehran, Iran; Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: ashtaribeh@gmail.com.
Masoud MozafariResearch Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. Electronic address: mozafari.masoud@gmail.com.
Iran University of Medical Sciences · IRPiaggio (Italy) · ITUniversity of Oulu · FIUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women; it has been affecting the lives of millions each year globally and microfluidic devices seem to be a promising method for the future advancements in this field. This research uses a dynamic cell culture condition in a microfluidic concentration gradient device, helping us to assess breast anticancer activities of probiotic strains against MCF-7 cells. It has been shown that MCF-7 cells could grow and proliferate for at least 24 h; however, a specific concentration of probiotic supernatant could induce more cell death signaling population after 48 h. One of our key findings was that our evaluated optimum dose (7.8 mg/L) was less than the conventional static cell culture treatment dose (12 mg/L). To determine the most effective dose over time and the percentage of apoptosis versus necrosis, flowcytometric assessment was performed. Exposing the MCF-7 cells to probiotic supernatant after 6, 24 and 48 h, confirmed that the apoptotic and necrotic cell death signaling were concentration and time dependent. We have shown a case that these types of microfluidics platforms performing dynamic cell culture could be beneficial in personalized medicine and cancer therapy.

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Breast cancerMicrofluidicsMitochondrial damagePersonalized medicine

Identifiers

PMID37224765
PMCPMC10302160
OpenAlexW4377261876

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