Cristina M. Branco

This study shows that varying the number of tumor cells implanted affects the tumor microenvironment, with implications for disease progression and therapeutic response.

This study shows pericyte-tumor interactions promote metastatic tumor cell dormancy via PIEZO1-mediated lysophospholipid transfer, enhancing persistence and relapse risk.

This study develops a method to culture pericytes under physiological oxygen conditions, preserving their phenotypes and enabling functional studies in health and disease.

This study shows that the imprinted Igf2-Igf2r axis is essential for coordinating placental microvasculature expansion with fetal growth in mice.