NIH R01 · 2024
Ex vivo analysis of human brain tumor cells in a microvascular niche model
PROJECT SUMMARY The region near the brain vasculature in human brain tumors, called the perivascular niche (PVN), is an important microenvironment for the maintenance of brain tumor stem-like cells (BTSCs), the development of resistance to chemo or targeted therapies, and the path for tumor infiltration to distant regions in the whole brain, leading to incurable diseases. Current in vitro models such as 2D cell cultures or 3D tumor spheroids do not contain this niche environment. Mouse models of brain tumors can recapitulate some aspects of the PVN, but have challenges in terms of costly assays, low throughput, and lack of the ability for high-resolution live cell tracking of BTSC dynamics.…
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