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ReviewStem cells translational medicine2025

Recent studies of the effects of microgravity on cancer cells and the development of 3D multicellular cancer spheroids.

Daniela Grimm, Thomas J Corydon, Jayashree Sahana, Luis Fernando González-Torres, Armin Kraus, Shannon Marchal, Petra M Wise, Ulf Simonsen, Marcus Krüger

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Review in Stem cells translational medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Daniela GrimmDepartment of Microgravity and Translational Regenerative Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke-University, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4991-3105
Thomas J CorydonDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-3588-6350
Jayashree SahanaDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-6606-6315
Luis Fernando González-TorresDepartment of Microgravity and Translational Regenerative Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke-University, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.ORCID 0009-0001-3663-2953
Armin KrausClinic for Plastic, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery, Otto-von-Guericke-University, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6557-2163
Shannon MarchalDepartment of Microgravity and Translational Regenerative Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke-University, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5987-2159
Petra M WiseDepartment of Microgravity and Translational Regenerative Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke-University, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
Ulf SimonsenDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-2169-7666
Marcus KrügerDepartment of Microgravity and Translational Regenerative Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke-University, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1120-0246

Funding

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt 50WB2219German Space Agency
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The still young and developing space age, characterized by lunar and Martian exploration and the vision of extraterrestrial settlements, presents a unique environment to study the impact of microgravity (µg) on human physiology and disease development. Cancer research is currently a key focus of international space science, as µg fundamentally impacts cellular processes like differentiation, adhesion, migration, proliferation, survival, cell death, or growth of cancer cells as well as the cytoskeleton and the extracellular matrix (ECM). By creating three-dimensional (3D) tumor models in a µg-environment, like multicellular spheroids (MCS), researchers can expedite drug discovery and development, reducing the need for animal testing. This concise review analyses the latest knowledge on the influence of µg on cancer cells and MCS formation. We will focus on cells from brain tumors, lung, breast, thyroid, prostate, gastrointestinal, and skin cancer exposed to real (r-) and simulated (s-) µg-conditions.

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NeoplasmsSpheroids, CellularWeightlessnessAnimalsHumanscancercancer stem cellsin vitro metastasismicrogravityspace biotechnologytumor spheroids

Identifiers

PMID40099549
PMCPMC11914975

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