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A bioengineered microenvironment to quantitatively measure the tumorigenic properties of cancer-associated fibroblasts in human prostate cancer.
Biomaterials - 1 Jul 2013
Clark Ashlee K, Taubenberger Anna V, Taylor Renea A, Niranjan Birunthi, Chea Zhen Y, Zotenko Elena, Sieh Shirly, Pedersen John S, Norden Sam, Frydenberg Mark, Grummet Jeremy P, Pook David W, Stirzaker Clare, Clark Susan J, Lawrence Mitchell G, Ellem Stuart J, Hutmacher Dietmar W, Risbridger Gail P
Abstract excerpt
Stromal-epithelial cell interactions play an important role in cancer and the tumor stroma is regarded as a therapeutic target. In vivo xenografting is commonly used to study cellular interactions not mimicked or quantified in conventional 2D culture systems. To interrogate the effects of tumor stroma (cancer-associated fibroblasts or CAFs) on epithelia, we created a bioengineered microenvironment using human...
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