Evolution of oxygen utilization in multicellular organisms and implications for cell signalling in tissue engineering

K Stamati, V Mudera… - Journal of tissue …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Oxygen is one of the critically defining elements resulting in the existence of eukaryotic life
on this planet. The rise and fall of this element can be tracked through time and corresponds …

[HTML][HTML] Laminin promotes vascular network formation in 3D in vitro collagen scaffolds by regulating VEGF uptake

K Stamati, JV Priestley, V Mudera, U Cheema - Experimental cell research, 2014 - Elsevier
Angiogenesis is an essential neovascularisation process, which if recapitulated in 3D in vitro,
will provide better understanding of endothelial cell (EC) behaviour. Various cell types and …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer-associated fibroblasts mediate cancer progression and remodel the tumouroid stroma

J Pape, T Magdeldin, K Stamati, A Nyga… - British Journal of …, 2020 - nature.com
Background Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are highly differentiated and heterogeneous
cancer-stromal cells that promote tumour growth, angiogenesis and matrix remodelling. …

Delivery of mesenchymal stem cells in biomimetic engineered scaffolds promotes healing of diabetic ulcers

R Assi, TR Foster, H He, K Stamati, H Bai… - Regenerative …, 2016 - Future Medicine
Aim: We hypothesized that delivery of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in a biomimetic
collagen scaffold improves wound healing in a diabetic mouse model. Materials & methods: …

The next level of 3D tumour models: immunocompetence

A Nyga, J Neves, K Stamati, M Loizidou, M Emberton… - Drug discovery today, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights • There is increasing interest in the role of immune cells in cancer progression. •
Move from 2D in vitro research to 3D complex disease models. • 3D models are used to study …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment of 3D In Vitro Tumoroids of Ovarian Cancer Using Photochemical Internalisation as a Drug Delivery Method

L Mohammad Hadi, K Stamati, E Yaghini… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Photochemical internalisation (PCI) is a means of achieving spatio-temporal control of cytosolic
drug delivery using sub-lethal photodynamic therapy (PDT), with a photosensitiser that …

Therapeutic enhancement of a cytotoxic agent using photochemical internalisation in 3D compressed collagen constructs of ovarian cancer

LM Hadi, E Yaghini, K Stamati, M Loizidou… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Photochemical internalisation (PCI) is a method for enhancing delivery of drugs to their
intracellular target sites of action. In this study we investigated the efficacy of PCI using a …

[HTML][HTML] Tissue-engineering the fibrous pancreatic tumour stroma capsule in 3D tumouroids to demonstrate paclitaxel response

J Pape, K Stamati, R Al Hosni, IF Uchegbu… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic cancer is a unique cancer in that up to 90% of its tumour mass is composed of a
hypovascular and fibrotic stroma. This makes it extremely difficult for chemotherapies to be …

The anti-angiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibitor Pazopanib kills cancer cells and disrupts endothelial networks in biomimetic three-dimensional renal tumouroids

K Stamati, PA Redondo, A Nyga… - Journal of tissue …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Pazopanib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor used to treat renal cell carcinoma. Few in vitro studies
investigate its effects towards cancer cells or endothelial cells in the presence of cancer. …

[HTML][HTML] Renal tumouroids: Challenges of manufacturing 3D cultures from patient derived primary cells

A Nyga, K Stamati, PA Redondo, T Azimi… - Journal of Cell …, 2022 - Springer
Recent advancements in 3D in vitro culture have allowed for the development of cancer tissue
models which accurately recapitulate the tumour microenvironment. Consequently, there …