2016
A Novel Inherently Radiopaque Bead for Transarterial Embolization to Treat Liver Cancer - A Pre-clinical Study
Duran R, Sharma K, Dreher MR, Ashrafi K, Mirpour S, Lin M, Schernthaner RE, Schlachter TR, Tacher V, Lewis AL, Willis S, Hartog M, Radaelli A, Negussie AH, Wood BJ, Geschwind JF. A Novel Inherently Radiopaque Bead for Transarterial Embolization to Treat Liver Cancer - A Pre-clinical Study. Theranostics 2016, 6: 28-39. PMID: 26722371, PMCID: PMC4679352, DOI: 10.7150/thno.13137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalEmbolization, TherapeuticFluoroscopyLiver NeoplasmsMicrospheresRabbitsRadiographyStaining and LabelingConceptsEquilibrium water contentDurable suspensionLower equilibrium water contentPhysicomechanical propertiesBead locationSingle shotBead sizeSize distributionSimilar penetrationSimilar size distributionX-ray attenuationBead typesWater contentDeliverabilityBeadsLC beadsHigh densitySuspension timePenetrationCone-beam CTDensityRoMicroshperesSuspensionNon-target arteries
2014
Systemic Delivery of Microencapsulated 3-Bromopyruvate for the Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer
Chapiro J, Sur S, Savic LJ, Ganapathy-Kanniappan S, Reyes J, Duran R, Thiruganasambandam SC, Moats CR, Lin M, Luo W, Tran PT, Herman JM, Semenza GL, Ewald AJ, Vogelstein B, Geschwind JF. Systemic Delivery of Microencapsulated 3-Bromopyruvate for the Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2014, 20: 6406-6417. PMID: 25326230, PMCID: PMC4300523, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-14-1271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaSuit-2 cell lineOrthotopic xenograft mouse modelBioluminescence imagingFavorable toxicity profileSublethal drug concentrationsAnti-invasive effectsXenograft mouse modelPDAC cell linesCell linesXenograft tumor modelHalf maximal inhibitory concentrationStrong anticancer effectsPancreatic cancerClinical trialsDuctal adenocarcinomaMouse modelToxicity profileIC50 profileTherapeutic efficacyMatrigel invasionVivo efficacyBLI signalMatrigel assaysMiaPaCa-2Reversal of Anchorage-Independent Multicellular Spheroid into a Monolayer Mimics a Metastatic Model
Kunjithapatham R, Karthikeyan S, Geschwind JF, Kieserman E, Lin M, Fu DX, Ganapathy-Kanniappan S. Reversal of Anchorage-Independent Multicellular Spheroid into a Monolayer Mimics a Metastatic Model. Scientific Reports 2014, 4: 6816. PMID: 25351825, PMCID: PMC4212233, DOI: 10.1038/srep06816.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic phenotypeAnchorage-independent growthMolecular regulationMulticellular spheroidsStem cell markersMolecular eventsCancer stem cell markersVitro modelModel of metastasisMetastatic processSpecific therapeutic targetsTherapeutic targetAntimetastatic agentPhenotypeMetastatic modelRegulationVivo dataExpressionChemoresistanceInvasivenessSpheroidsMajor impedimentInductionMimicsGrowth