Decellularized organ biomatrices facilitate quantifiable <i>in vitro</i> 3D cancer metastasis models
Sabrina N. VandenHeuvel, Heather A. Farris, Dillon A. Noltensmeyer, Sanjana Roy, Del A. Donehoo, Scott Kopetz, Svasti Haricharan, Alex J. Walsh, Shreya Raghavan
Abstract
3D biomimetic models of metastatic cancer can aid in identifying therapeutic targets to treat or prevent metastatic progression in chemoresistant metastatic cancers.
Topics & Concepts
MetastasisCancer researchIntravasationExtracellular matrixCancer cellCancerStromal cellEpithelial–mesenchymal transitionColorectal cancerMetastatic breast cancerBreast cancerTumor microenvironmentPathologyDecellularizationMedicineChemistryBiologyInternal medicineCell biologyTumor cellsCancer Cells and Metastasis3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchTissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine