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Lissette Alicia Cruz

The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonORCID 0000-0001-9175-8754Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:organoid / primary culture· 1

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BioengineeringbioRxivPreprintMar 31, 2026

3D Droplet-Based Bioprinting of Customized In Vitro Head and Neck Cancer Tumor Microenvironment Models

Victoria Messuri, Abbie Ha, Lissette Alicia Cruz, Daniel A. Harrington

This paper develops a 3D droplet-based bioprinting platform to create customizable in vitro head and neck cancer tumor microenvironment models, showing enhanced cell viability in functionalized matrices.

DOI 10.64898/2026.03.27.714925

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Developmental BiologybioRxivPreprintAug 22, 2021

TWIST1 interacts with adherens junction proteins during neural tube formation and regulates fate transition in cranial neural crest cells

Jéssica Wildgrube Bertól, Shelby Johnston, Rabia Ahmed…·Walid D. Fakhouri

This study identifies a new role for Twist1 in neural tube development and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in cranial neural crest cells, showing its interaction with Irf6 and impact on cytoskeletal remodeling and facial morphology.

DOI 10.1101/2021.08.22.457283

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