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ArticleCancers2021

Organ-Specific, Fibroblast-Derived Matrix as a Tool for Studying Breast Cancer Metastasis.

Adina R D Jensen, Edward R Horton, Lene H Blicher, Elin J Pietras, Cornelia Steinhauer, Raphael Reuten, Erwin M Schoof, Janine T Erler

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Article in Cancers, 2021. 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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7citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Adina R D JensenBiotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen (UCPH), 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Edward R HortonBiotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen (UCPH), 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lene H BlicherDepartment of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
Elin J PietrasBiotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen (UCPH), 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Cornelia SteinhauerBiotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen (UCPH), 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Raphael ReutenBiotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen (UCPH), 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-9434-4108
Erwin M SchoofDepartment of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
Janine T ErlerBiotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen (UCPH), 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
University of Copenhagen · DKTechnical University of Denmark · DK

Funding

European Research Council ERC-2015-CoG-682881-MATRICANHallas Møller Stipend None
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the metastatic process, breast cancer cells must come into contact with the extra-cellular matrix (ECM) at every step. The ECM provides both structural support and biochemical cues, and cell-ECM interactions can lead to changes in drug response. Here, we used fibroblast-derived ECM (FDM) to perform high throughput drug screening of 4T1 breast cancer cells on metastatic organ ECM (lung), and we see that drug response differs from treatment on plastic. The FDMs that we can produce from different organs are abundant in and contains a complex mixture of ECM proteins. We also show differences in ECM composition between the primary site and secondary organ sites. Furthermore, we show that global kinase signalling of 4T1 cells on the ECM is relatively unchanged between organs, while changes in signalling compared to plastic are significant. Our study highlights the importance of context when testing drug response in vitro, showing that consideration of the ECM is critically important.

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cancerdrug screeningfibroblast-derived matrix

Identifiers

PMID34283050
PMCPMC8269313
OpenAlexW3176982318

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