Fine-grained simulations of the microenvironment of vascularized tumours

Sci Rep. 2019 Aug 12;9(1):11698. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48252-8.

Abstract

One of many important features of the tumour microenvironment is that it is a place of active Darwinian selection where different tumour clones become adapted to the variety of ecological niches that make up the microenvironment. These evolutionary processes turn the microenvironment into a powerful source of tumour heterogeneity and contribute to the development of drug resistance in cancer. Here, we describe a computational tool to study the ecology of the microenvironment and report results about the ecology of the tumour microenvironment and its evolutionary dynamics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biological Evolution
  • Cell Cycle
  • Clone Cells
  • Computer Simulation
  • Genetic Heterogeneity
  • Humans
  • Models, Biological*
  • Neoplasms / blood supply*
  • Neoplasms / genetics
  • Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / genetics
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / pathology*
  • Selection, Genetic
  • Tumor Microenvironment*