Module 3 – Stroma biology and organoid based co-cultures

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1. Why stroma is important
2. Stromal cells
3. Cancer associated fibroblasts (CAF)
4. Origin of CAFs in PDAC
5. CAF subtypes
6. Identification and functions of CAFs
7. The stroma as a drug target
8. Isolation of PSCs and CAFs co-cultures
9. Isolation of CAFs and PSCs from the tumor tissue
10. Isolation of CAFs – video
11. How to work with organoid based co-cultures
12. Importance of the co-culture system
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6. Identification and functions of CAFs

Module 3 – Stroma biology and organoid based co-cultures 6. Identification and functions of CAFs

References:
1. Öhlund D, Handly-Santana A, Biffi G, Elyada E, Almeida AS, Ponz-Sarvise M, Corbo V, Oni TE, Hearn SA, Lee EJ, Chio II. Distinct populations of inflammatory fibroblasts and myofibroblasts in pancreatic cancer. Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2017 Mar 6;214(3):579-96.
2. Huang Y, Zhou S, Huang Y, Zheng D, Mao Q, He J, Wang Y, Xue D, Lu X, Yang N, Zhao Y. Isolation of fibroblast-activation protein-specific cancer-associated fibroblasts. BioMed research international. 2017;2017.
3. Bachem MG, Schünemann M, Ramadani M, Siech M, Beger H, Buck A, Zhou S, Schmid-Kotsas A, Adler G. Pancreatic carcinoma cells induce fibrosis by stimulating proliferation and matrix synthesis of stellate cells. Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr 1;128(4):907-21.
4. Apte, Minoti V. et al. A Starring Role for Stellate Cells in the Pancreatic Cancer Microenvironment. Gastroenterology, Volume 144, Issue 6, 1210 – 1219

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