High-fat circulating nutrients promote growth and invasion in a 3D microfluidic tumor model of triple-negative breast cancer
Maryam Kohram, Carolina Trenado-Yuste, Molly C. Brennan-Smith, Evelyn S. Navarro Salazar, Pengfei Zhang, Jia-Yu Hao, Xincheng Xu, Bharvi M. Chavre, William Oh, Sherry X. Zhang, Susan E. Leggett, Rolf-Peter Ryseck, Joshua D. Rabinowitz, Celeste M. Nelson
The paper investigates how high-fat circulating nutrients affect tumor growth and invasion in a 3D microfluidic model of triple-negative breast cancer, finding increased metabolic activity and MMP1 expression.
bioRxiv · Jul 10, 2025 · PreprintBioengineering