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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2024

A 3D Bioprinted Human Neurovascular Unit Model of Glioblastoma Tumor Growth.

Yen-Ting Tung, Yu-Chi Chen, Kristy Derr, Kelli Wilson, Min Jae Song, Marc Ferrer

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yen-Ting TungNational Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, MD, 20850, USA.
Yu-Chi ChenNational Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, MD, 20850, USA.
Kristy DerrNational Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, MD, 20850, USA.
Kelli WilsonNational Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, MD, 20850, USA.
Min Jae SongNational Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, MD, 20850, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1744-0806
Marc FerrerNational Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, MD, 20850, USA.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

3D Bioprinting of human native-like tissues as disease-in-a-dish models for drug discoveryZIATR000268 · NCATS · NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES · PI FERRER-ALEGRE, MARC · 2016 to 2019
$9.1M
Adaptation of an Organotypic 3 Dimensional Culture for High-Throughput ScreeningZIATR000088 · NCATS · NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES · PI FERRER-ALEGRE, MARC · 2015 to 2017
$101k
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 TR999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA TR000088Intramural NIH HHS ZIA TR000268
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 3D bioprinted neurovascular unit (NVU) model is developed to study glioblastoma (GBM) tumor growth in a brain-like microenvironment. The NVU model includes human primary astrocytes, pericytes and brain microvascular endothelial cells, and patient-derived glioblastoma cells (JHH-520) are used for this study. Fluorescence reporters are used with confocal high content imaging to quantitate real-time microvascular network formation and tumor growth. Extensive validation of the NVU-GBM model includes immunostaining for brain relevant cellular markers and extracellular matrix components; single cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) to establish physiologically relevant transcriptomics changes; and secretion of NVU and GBM-relevant cytokines. The scRNAseq reveals changes in gene expression and cytokines secretion associated with wound healing/angiogenesis, including the appearance of an endothelial mesenchymal transition cell population. The NVU-GBM model is used to test 18 chemotherapeutics and anti-cancer drugs to assess the pharmacological relevance of the model and robustness for high throughput screening.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaPrinting, Three-DimensionalAstrocytesBioprintingCell Line, TumorEndothelial CellsHumansNeovascularization, PathologicPericytesTumor Microenvironment3D Bioprintingglioblastomashigh‐throughput screeningneurovascular unittranscriptomics

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PMID38394389
PMCPMC11176035
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