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2025

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MICROPHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS IN CANCER RESEARCH: ADVANCING IMMUNOTHERAPY THROUGH TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT-INTEGRATED ORGAN-ON-CHIP MODELS

Fabiana Moresi, Francesco Noto, Jyothsna Vasudevan, Xavier Bisteau, Giulia Adriani, Andrea Pavesi

Advanced Therapeutics (2025), e00098. https://doi.org/10.1002/adtp.202500098

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POOLED SCREENING FOR CAR FUNCTION IDENTIFIES NOVEL IL-13Rα2-TARGETED CARS FOR TREATMENT OF GLIOBLASTOMA

Giulia Adriani Gordon, K. S., Perez, C. R., Garmilla, A., Lam, M. S. Y., Aw, J. J. Y., Datta, A., Lauffenburger, D. A., Pavesi, A., & Birnbaum, M. E.

Journal for immunotherapy of cancer (2025), 13(2), e009574. https://doi.org/10.1136/jitc-2024-009574

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IN VITRO INTEGRATION OF A FUNCTIONAL VASCULATURE TO MODEL ENDOTHELIAL REGULATION OF CHEMOTHERAPY AND T-CELL IMMUNOTHERAPY IN LIVER CANCER

Jyothsna Vasudevan, Ragavi Vijayakumar, Jose Antonio Reales-Calderon, Maxine S.Y. Lam, Jin Rong Ow, Joey Aw, Damien Tan, Anthony Tanoto Tan, Antonio Bertoletti, Giulia Adriani, Andrea Pavesi
Small Biomaterials (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2025.123175​

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2024

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THE ORGANIX MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM TO RECREATE THE COMPLEX TUMOUR MICROENVIRONMENT

Giulia Adriani & Andrea Pavesi

Nature Review Immunology 24, 307 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41577-024-01011-x​

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2023

 

UNVEILING THE INFLUENCE OF TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY ON TEMOZOLOMIDE RESISTANCE IN GLIOBLASTOMA USING AN ADVANCED HUMAN IN VITRO MODEL OF THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER AND GLIOBLASTOMA

Maxine S.Y. Lam, Joey Aw, Damien Tan, Ragavi Vijayakumar, HY Grace Lim, Swathi Yada, QY Pang, Nicholas Barker, Carol Tang, BT Ang, Radoslaw M. Sobota, Andrea Pavesi 

Small (2023). https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202302280

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CHARACTERIZATION OF 3D HETEROCELLULAR SPHEROIDS OF PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA FOR THE STUDY OF CELL INTERACTIONS IN THE TUMOR IMMUNE MICROENVIRONMENT

Giulio Giustarini, Germaine Teng, Andrea Pavesi, Giulia Adriani

Frontiers in Oncology, 13 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2023.1156769

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LYTIC EFFICIENCY OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUGS RESISTANT ARMORED T CELLS AGAINST CIRCULATING HBV-RELATED HCC IN WHOLE BLOOD

M. Lin, Sebastian Chakrit Bhakdi, Damien Tan, Joycelyn J.X. Lee, David W.M. Tai, Andrea Pavesi, Lu-En Wai, Tina Wang, Anthony T. Tan, Antonio Bertoletti

Immunotherapy Advances, Vol 3 Issue 1 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1093/immadv/ltad015

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G9A/GLP INHIBITION DURING EX VIVO LYMPHOCYTE EXPANSION INCREASES IN VIVO CYTOTOXICITY OF ENGINEERED T CELLS AGAINST HEPTAOCELLULAR CARCINOMA 

Maxine S. Y. Lam, Jose Antonio Reales-Calderon, Jin Rong Ow, Joey J. Y. Aw, Damien Tan, Ragavi Vijayakumar, Erica Ceccarello, Tommaso Tabaglio, Yan Ting Lim, Wang Loo Chien, Fritz Lai, Anthony Tan Tanoto, Qingfeng Chen, Radoslaw M. Sobota, Giulia Adriani, Antonio Bertoletti, Ernesto Guccione,  Andrea Pavesi

Nat Commun 14, 563 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36160-5

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2022

 

A HUMAN NEUROVASCULAR UNIT ON-A-CHIP

Sharon W.L. Lee, Renato Rogosic, Claudia Venturi, Manuela Teresa Raimondi, Andrea Pavesi, Giulia Adriani.

Organ-on-a-Chip, 107-119; doi: https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007/978-1-0716-1693-2_7

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2021

 

A 3D PANCREATIC TUMOR MODEL TO STUDY T CELL INFILTRATION

Hilaria Mollica, Yi Juan Teo, Alrina Shin Min Tan, Damien Tan, Paolo Decuzzi, Andrea Pavesi, Giulia Adriani.

Biomater. Sci., 2021 Oct 27, 9, 7420-7431; doi: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1BM00210D

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IN-VITRO 3D LIVER TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT MODELS FOR IMMUNE CELL THERAPY OPTIMIZATION

Maxine Lam, Jose Antonio Reales Calderon, Jin Rong Ow, Giulia Adriani, Andrea Pavesi.

APL Bioengineering 5 (4), 041502; doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0057773

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HUMAN MAIT CELLS ENDOWED WITH HBV SPECIFICITY ARE CYTOTOXIC AND MIGRATE TOWARDS HBV-HCC WHILE RETAINING ANTIMICROBIAL FUNCTIONS

Katie Healy, Andrea Pavesi, Tiphaine Parrot, Michał J. Sobkowiak, Susanne E. Reinsbach, Haleh Davanian, Anthony T. Tan, Soo Aleman, Johan K. Sandberg, Antonio Bertoletti, Margaret Sällberg Chen.

JHEP Reports. 2021 Jun 11; doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2021.100318

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NANOPARTICLE-BASED THERAPIES FOR TURNING COLD TUMORS HOT: HOW TO TREAT AN IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT

Giulio Giustarini, Andrea Pavesi, Giulia Adriani.

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 2021 Jun 2; 9:458. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2021.689245

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SPLICE-SWITCHING ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES AS A TARGETED INTRINSIC ENGINEERING TOOL FOR GENERATING ARMORED REDIRECTED T CELLS

Erica Ceccarello, Tommaso Tabaglio, Sarene Koh, Vincent Oei, Winnie Teo, Owen Julianto Jonathan, Andrea Pavesi, Qingfeng Chen, Antonio Bertoletti, Keng Boon Wee, Ernesto Guccione.

nucleic acid therapeutics. 2021 Feb 9; https://doi.org/10.1089/nat.2020.0905

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SHAPING IN VITRO SOLID TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT FOR CELL THERAPY OPTIMISATION

Andrea Pavesi.

Cancer Science. 2021 Feb 1; 112, 175-175

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2020

 

IMMUNOSUPPRESIVE DRUG-RESISTANT ARMORED TCR T CELLS FOR IMMUNE-THERAPY OF HCC IN LIVER TRANSPLANT PATIENTS

Morteza Hafezi, Meiyin Lin, Adeline Chia, Alicia Chua, Zi Zong Ho, Royce Fam, Damien Tan, Joey Aw, Andrea Pavesi, Thinesh Lee Krishnamoorthy, Wan Cheng Chow, Wenjie Chen, Qi Zhang, Lu‐En Wai, Sarene Koh, Anthony T. Tan, Antonio Bertoletti

Hepatology. 2020 Nov 29; doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.31662

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CRISPR MEDIATED BASE CONVERSION ALLOWS DISCRIMINATORY DEPLETION OF ENDOGENOUS T CELL RECEPTORS FOR ENHANCED SYNTHETIC IMMUNITY

Roland Preece, Andrea Pavesi, Soragia Athina Gkazi, Kerstin A Stegmann, Christos Georgiadis, Zhi Ming Tan, Jia Ying Joey Aw, Mala K Maini, Antonio Bertoletti, Waseem Qasim.

Mol Ther. 2020 Sep 11; doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtm.2020.09.002

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METTL6 IS A TRNA M3C METHYLTRANSFERASE THAT REGULATES PLURIPOTENCY AND TUMOR CELL GROWTH

Valentina V Ignatova, Steffen Kaiser, Jessica Sook Yuin Ho, Xinyang Bing, Paul Stolz, Ying Xim Tan, Chee Leng Lee, Florence Pik Hoon Gay, Palma Rico Lastres, Raffaele Gerlini, Birgit Rathkolb, Antonio Aguilar-Pimentel, Adrián Sanz-Moreno, Tanja Klein-Rodewald, Julia Calzada-Wack, Emil Ibragimov, Magdalena Valenta, Saulius Lukauskas, Andrea Pavesi, Susan Marschall, Stefanie Leuchtenberger, Helmut Fuchs, Valerie Gailus-Durner, Martin Hrabe De Angelis, Sebastian Bultmann, Oliver J Rando, Ernesto Guccione, Stefanie M Kellner, Robert Schneider.

Science Advances. 2020 Aug 26; Vol. 6, no. 35, eaaz4551. doi: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aaz4551

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T CELL RECEPTOR-ENGINEERED MUCOSAL-ASSOCIATED INVARIANT T CELLS WITH ANTIVIRAL CYTOTOXIC POTENTIAL AGAINST HEPATITIS VIRUS REPLICATING HEPATOMA CELLS

Katie Healy, Andrea Pavesi, Tiphaine Parrot, Haleh Davanian, Anthony Tan, Johan K Sandberg, Antonio Bertoletti, Margaret Sällberg Chen.

Journal of Hepatology. 2020 Aug 1; 73, S83-S84

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RECOMBINANT T CELL RECEPTOR IMMUNITY AGAINST HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN FOLLOWING DISRUPTIVE BASE EDITING OF ENDOGENOUS T CELL RECEPTOR

Soragia-Athina Gkazi, Roland Preece, Andrea Pavesi, Kerstin Stegmann, Christos Georgiadis, Damien Tan, Joey Ying Aw, Mala Maini, Antonio Bertoletti, Waseem Qasim.

Mol Ther. 2020 Apr 28; (4), 340-340

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2019

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PHTHALIMIDE DERIVATIVE SHOWS ANTI-ANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY IN A 3D MICROFLUIDIC MODEL AND NO TERATOGENICITY IN ZEBRAFISH EMBRYOS

Mercurio A, Sharples L, Corbo F, Franchini C, Vacca A, Catalano A, Carocci A, Kamm RD, Pavesi A, Adriani G.

Front Pharmacol. 2019 Apr 17; 10:349. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2019.00349. eCollection 2019.

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2018

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A COMBINED MICROFLUIDIC-TRANSCRIPTOMIC APPROACH TO CHARACTERIZE THE EXTRAVASATION POTENTIAL OF CANCER CELLS

Bersini S, Miermont A, Pavesi A, Kamm RD, Thiery JP, Moretti M, Adriani G.

Oncotarget. 2018 Nov 16; 9(90):36110-36125. doi: https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.26306

 

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MOLECULAR RECALIBRATION OF PD-1+ ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T CELLS FROM BLOOD AND LIVER

Otano I, Escors D, Schurich A, Singh H, Robertson F, Davidson BR, Fusai G, Vargas FA, Tan ZMD, Aw JYJ, Hansi N, Kennedy PTF, Xue SA, Stauss HJ, Bertoletti A, Pavesi A, Maini MK.

Mol Ther. 2018 Nov 7; 26(11):2553-2566. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2018.08.013

 

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MBNL1 ALTERNATIVE SPLICING ISOFORMS PLAY OPPOSING ROLES IN CANCER

Tabaglio T, Low DH, Teo WKL, Goy PA, Cywoniuk P, Wollmann H, Ho J, Tan D, Aw J, Pavesi A, Sobczak K, Wee DKB, Guccione E.

Life Sci. Alliance. 2018 Sep 7. doi: https://doi.org/10.26508/lsa.201800157

 

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NONLYTIC LYMPHOCYTES ENGINEERED TO EXPRESS VIRUS-SPECIFIC T-CELL RECEPTORS LIMIT HBV INFECTION BY ACTIVATING APOBEC3

Koh S, Kah J, Tham CYL, Yang N, Ceccarello E, Chia A, Chen M, Khakpoor A, Pavesi A, Tan AT, Dandri M, Bertoletti A.

Gastroenterology. 2018 Jul; 155(1):180-193.e6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2018.03.027

 

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STUDYING TCR T CELL ANTI-TUMOR ACTIVITY IN A MICROFLUIDIC INTRAHEPATIC TUMOR MODEL

Adriani G, Pavesi A, Kamm RD.

Methods Cell Biol. 2018; 146:199-214. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.mcb.2018.05.009

 

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CHARACTERIZING THE ROLE OF MONOCYTES IN T CELL CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY USING A 3D MICROFLUIDIC MODEL

Lee SWL, Adriani G, Ceccarello E, Pavesi A, Tan AT, Bertoletti A, Kamm RD, Wong SC.

Front Immunol. 2018 Mar 6; 9:416. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.00416

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2017

 

A 3D MICROFLUIDIC MODEL FOR PRECLINICAL EVALUATION OF TCR-ENGINEERED T CELLS AGAINST SOLID TUMORS

Pavesi A, Tan AT, Koh S, Chia A, Colombo M, Antonecchia E, Miccolis C, Ceccarello E, Adriani G, Raimondi MT, Kamm RD, Bertoletti A.

JCI Insight. 2017 Jun 15; 2(12). pii: 89762. doi: https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.89762. eCollection 2017 Jun 15.

 

 

HUMAN CARDIAC FIBROBLASTS ADAPTIVE RESPONSES TO CONTROLLED COMBINED MECHANICAL STRAIN AND OXYGEN CHANGES IN VITRO

Ugolini GS, Pavesi A, Rasponi M, Fiore GB, Kamm R, Soncini M.

Elife. 2017 Mar 18; 6. pii: e22847. doi: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.22847

 

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A 3D NEUROVASCULAR MICROFLUIDIC MODEL CONSISTING OF NEURONS, ASTROCYTES AND CEREBRAL ENDOTHELIAL CELLS AS A BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER

Adriani G, Ma D, Pavesi A, Kamm RD, Goh EL.

Lab Chip. 2017 Jan 31; 17(3):448-459. doi: https://doi.org/10.1039/c6lc00638h

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2016

 

MICROFLUIDIC MODELS FOR ADOPTIVE CELL-MEDIATED CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPIES

Adriani G, Pavesi A, Tan AT, Bertoletti A, Thiery JP, Kamm RD.

Drug Discov Today. 2016 Sep; 21(9):1472-1478. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drudis.2016.05.006

 

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ADVANCES IN MICROFLUIDICS IN COMBATING INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Tay A, Pavesi A, Yazdi SR, Lim CT, Warkiani ME.

Biotechnol Adv. 2016 Jul-Aug; 34(4):404-421. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2016.02.002

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ENGINEERING A 3D MICROFLUIDIC CULTURE PLATFORM FOR TUMOR-TREATING FIELD APPLICATION

Pavesi A, Adriani G, Tay A, Warkiani ME, Yeap WH, Wong SC, Kamm RD.

Sci Rep. 2016 May 24; 6:26584. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep26584

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