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ReviewCell communication and signaling : CCS2024

Tumor-microenvironment-on-a-chip: the construction and application.

Hanzheng Xu, Jiangtao Wen, Jiahua Yang, Shufen Zhou, Yijie Li, Ke Xu, Wei Li, Sen Li

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Review in Cell communication and signaling : CCS, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Hanzheng Xu *Department of General Surgery, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200062, China.
Jiangtao Wen *Linfen People's Hospital, The Seventh Clinical School of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, 041000, China.
Jiahua Yang *Department of General Surgery, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200062, China.
Shufen ZhouDepartment of General Surgery, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200062, China.
Yijie LiDepartment of General Surgery, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200062, China.
Ke XuInstitute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China. kexu@shu.edu.cn.
Wei LiDepartment of General Surgery, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200062, China. liwei1511972@163.com.
Sen LiDepartment of General Surgery, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200062, China. lee_lisen@163.com.

Funding

Putuo District Clinical Characteristics Speciality Disease Capacity Enhancement Project No.2020tszb03Science and Technology Innovation Project of Shanghai Putuo District Health and Wellness System No.ptkwws202308Shanghai Putuo District Central Hospital Pilot Project No.2022-RCLH-03Wenzhou Science and Technology Project No.Y20220178 & No.Y20220016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently, despite the vast amounts of time and money invested in cancer treatment, cancer remains one of the primary threats to human life. The primary factor contributing to the low treatment efficacy is cancer heterogeneity. The unclear molecular mechanisms underlying tumorigenesis, coupled with the complexity of human physiology, and the inability of animal models to accurately replicate the human tumor microenvironment, pose significant hurdles in the development of novel cancer therapies. Tumor-microenvironment-on-chip (TMOC) represents a research platform that integrates three-dimensional cell culture with microfluidic systems, simulating the essential components and physiological traits of the in vivo tumor microenvironment. It offers a dynamic setting within the chip system to study tumor progression, potentially heralding a breakthrough in cancer research. In this review, we will summarize the current advancements in this platform, encompassing various types of TMOCs and their applications in different types of cancer. From our perspective, the TMOC platform necessitates enhanced integration with tissue engineering techniques and microphysiological environments before it can evolve into a more refined preclinical model for cancer research.

Indexed as

Lab-On-A-Chip DevicesNeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsHumansCancer modelingIn vitro modelsMicrofluidicsTumor chipTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID39438954
PMCPMC11515741

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