Journal: Cancer Cell International

Article Title: Spatial and single-cell explorations uncover prognostic significance and immunological functions of mitochondrial calcium uniporter in breast cancer

doi: 10.1186/s12935-024-03327-z

Figure Lengend Snippet: Bee swarm representation of differential expression in breast cancer patients based on various classified parameters. A – B Illustrate MCU mRNA expression levels in breast cancer patients using bee swarm plots in DNA microarray datasets and RNA-sequencing datasets. ( ER estrogen receptor, PR progesterone receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, TNBC triple-negative breast cancer)

Article Snippet: The research involved the analysis of human specimens through the utilization of tissue microarray (TMA) slides procured from SuperBioChips Laboratories in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Techniques: Quantitative Proteomics, Expressing, Microarray, RNA Sequencing

Journal: Molecular Therapy

Article Title: TALEN-edited allogeneic inducible dual CAR T cells enable effective targeting of solid tumors while mitigating off-tumor toxicity

doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2024.08.018

Figure Lengend Snippet: Tumor localized FAP + CAFs inhibit CAR T cell intra-tumoral infiltration and anti-tumor cytotoxicity (A) Schematic illustrating T cell infiltration assay in tumor spheroids plated with or without CAFs. (B) Graph depicting flow cytometry quantitation of T cells infiltrated per tumor spheroids with or without CAFs, represented as percentage of T cell input. Bars show means ± SD, n = 3; p values determined by Student t test (two-tailed, unpaired). ns, not significant, ∗ p ≤ 0.05, ∗∗ p ≤ 0.01, ∗∗∗ p ≤ 0.001. (C) Schematic of TRAC KO ML CAR T cell cytotoxicity assay against tumor spheroids of TNBC cell line MDA-MB-231-Luc alone or co-cultured with TNBC-derived CAFs. (D) Bar graph representing percentage MDA-MB-231-Luc tumor cell survival post cytotoxicity assay outlined in (C), at Effector:Target ratio = 5:1. Bars show means ± SD, n = 3; p values determined by Student t test (two-tailed, unpaired). ns, not significant, ∗ p ≤ 0.05, ∗∗ p ≤ 0.01. (E) Immunohistochemistry for detection of human FAP protein in tissue microarray of patient samples from different cancers. (F) Heatmap depicting percentage positive area stained for human FAP protein in immunohistochemical analysis of healthy human tissue microarray.

Article Snippet: Human tumor tissue and healthy tissue microarray slides were obtained from Novus Biologicals (NBP2-30234, NBP2-78082, NBP2-30232, NBP2-30233, NBP2-30189).

Techniques: Flow Cytometry, Quantitation Assay, Two Tailed Test, Cytotoxicity Assay, Cell Culture, Derivative Assay, Immunohistochemistry, Microarray, Staining, Immunohistochemical staining

Journal: Cancer Research

Article Title: Blocking Platelet-Derived Growth Factor-D/Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor β Signaling Inhibits Human Renal Cell Carcinoma Progression in an Orthotopic Mouse Model

doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-4313

Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 1. PDGF-D is overexpressed in human renal cell carcinoma samples. Normal kidney tissue in the tissue microarray stains with anti–PDGF-D antibody in collecting tubes (A-D). In clear cell type (E and G), granular cell type (F), and granular and clear cell type (H) tumor tissues, PDGF-D stains strongly and homogenously. The arrow indicates positive staining. I, isotype control staining of the tumor tissues. Antigoat immunoglobulin stains negatively of the tumor tissues. Bar, 50 Am.

Article Snippet: Tissue microarray slides bearing 50 human renal cell carcinoma tumor sections and nine normal human kidney sections were purchased from Imgenex (San Diego, CA).

Techniques: Microarray, Staining, Control