The potential role of the extracellular matrix in the activity of trabectedin in UPS and L-sarcoma: evidences from a patient-derived primary culture case series in tridimensional and zebrafish models.
Alessandro De VitaFederica RecineGiacomo MiserocchiFederica PieriChiara SpadazziClaudia CocchiSilvia VanniChiara LiveraniAnna FarnediFrancesco FabbriValentina FaustiRoberto CasadeiFrancesca BrandoliniGiorgio ErcolaniDavide CavaliereAlberto BongiovanniNada RivaLorena GurrieriGiandomenico Di MennaSebastiano CalponaSilvia Angela DebonisLaura MercataliToni IbrahimPublished in: Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR (2021)
Taken together these results confirmed the activity of trabectedin in these STS histotypes. Moreover the data underline the ECM involvement in the cytotoxic effect mediated by trabectedin and could open the door for researches aimed to focus on the patient setting that could benefit from this agent.