Group Profile (Home Institution): Institute of Anatomy, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague
Recent publications
Jobe NP, Rösel D, Dvořánková B, Kodet O, Lacina L, Mateu R, Smetana K, Brábek J. Simultaneous blocking of IL-6 and IL-8 is sufficient to fully inhibit CAF-induced human melanoma cell invasiveness. Histochem Cell Biol. 2016 Aug;146(2):205-17. doi: 10.1007/s00418-016-1433-8. Epub 2016 Apr 21.
Lacina, L., Plzak, J., Kodet, O., Szabo, P., Chovanec, M., Dvorankova, B., Smetana, K. Jr.: Cancer Microenvironment: What Can We Learn from the Stem Cell Niche. Int J Mol Sci. 16(10):24094-24110 (2015)
Kodet, O., Lacina, L., Krejčí, E., Dvořánková, B., Grim, M., Štork, J., Kodetová, D., Vlček, Č., Šáchová, J., Kolář, M., Strnad, H., Smetana, K.: Melanoma cells influence the differentiation pattern of human epidermal keratinocytes. Mol Cancer. doi: 10.1186/1476-4598-14-1 (2015)
Jarkovska, K., Dvorankova,B., Halada, P., Kodet, O., Szabo, P., Gadher, S.J., Motlik, J., Kovarova, H., Smetana, K. Jr.: Revelation of fibroblast protein commonalities and differences and their possible roles in wound healing and tumourigenesis using co-culture models of cells. Biol Cell. 106(7):203-18 (2014) IF 3.872
Smetana, K, Jr et al: Role of stromal fibroblasts in cancer originated from squamous epithelia. In Bai, X. (ed) Dermal Fibroblasts: Histological Perspectives, Characterization and Role in Disease. Nova Sciences Publishers, New York (2013) pp. 83-94
Valach J, Fík Z, Strnad H, Chovanec M, Plzák J, Cada Z, Szabó P, Šáchová J, Hroudová M, Urbanová M, Šteffl M, Pačes J, Mazánek J, Vlcek C, Betka J, Kaltner H, André S, Gabius H-J, Kodet R, Smetana K Jr, Gál P, Kolár M. Smooth muscle actin-expressing stromal fibroblasts in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: increased expression of galectin-1 and induction of poor-prognosis factors. Int J Cancer, doi: 10.1002/ijc.27550, 2012
Dvořánková, B., Szabo, P., Lacina, L., Kodet, O., Matoušková, E., Smetana, K., Jr.: Fibroblasts prepared from different types of malignant tumors stimulate expression of luminal marker keratin 8 in the EM-G3 breast cancer cell line. Histochem. Cell Biol. 137: 679-685 (2012)
Dvořánková, B., Szabo, P., Lacina, L., Gal, P., Uhrova, J., Zima, T., Kaltner, H., André, S., Gabius, H.-J., Syková, E., Smetana, K., Jr.: Human galectins induce conversion of dermal fibroblasts into myofibroblasts and production of extracellular matrix: potential application in tissue engineering and wound repair. Cells Tissues Organs 194(6):469-80 (2011)
Szabo, P., Kolář, M., Dvořánková, B., Lacina, L., Štork, J., Vlček, Č., Strnad, H., Tvrdek, M., Smetana, K., Jr.: Mouse 3T3 fibroblasts under the influence of fibroblasts isolated from stroma of human basal cell carcinoma acquire properties of multipotent stem cells. Biol. Cell 103: 233-248, 2011
Smetana, K., Jr., Gabius, H.-J., Dvořánková, B., Kalter, H., Lacina, L., André, S., Szabo, P., Valach, J., Zima, T., Syková, E., Jendelová, P.: Použití galektinů a způsob přípravy myofibroblastů a nanovláken extracellulární matrix. Český patent No. 302505, 2011.