• Application of multi-omics in deciphering interactions between the Hedgehog signalling pathway and intratumoral microbiome in the development of high-grade serous ovarian cancer - OVCARBIOMICS

  12.10.2026 - 11.10.2029 | 199,927.50 EUR

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Original scientific paper

• Vuković Đerfi, Kristina; Vasiljević, Tea; Dragičević, Tea; Matijević Glavan, Tanja | Mithramycin targets head and neck cancer stem cells by inhibiting Sp1 and UFMylation // Cancer cell international, 24 (2024), 1; 412, 15. doi: 10.1186/s12935-024-03609-6

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Conference abstract

• Nikolina Vučemilo Paripović, Tea Dragičević, Dora Raos, Maja Sabol | DORMANT BUT DANGEROUS: SASP-MEDIATED SURVIVAL AND QUIESCENCE IN 3D OVARIAN CANCER MODELS // 10th Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium / Petrović Popović, Petra; Popović, Matija (ur.). | Zagreb: University of Zagreb Faculty of Science, 2026. str. 98-98

• Vučemilo Paripović, Nikolina; Raos, Dora; Dragičević, Tea; Sabol, Maja | Uncovering Ovarian Cancer Secretome Using 3D Spheroid Cell Models // Pokusne životinje u znanstvenim istraživanjima: 4. znanstveno-stručni simpozij Hrvatskog društva za znanost o laboratorijskim životinjama (CroLASA) i 3. zajednički skup CroLASA-e i Slovenskog društva za laboratorijske živali (SLAS) s međunarodni / Lang Balija, Maja ; Trnski Levak, Sara ; Nedić Erjavec, Gordana et al. (ur.). | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo za znanost o laboratorijskim životinjama, 2025. str. 64-65

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• Dragičević, Tea; Vučemilo Paripović, Nikolina; Raos, Dora; Sabol, Maja | Decoding the hedgehog: unraveling tumor-stroma interactions in head and neck cancer in 3D models // Pokusne životinje u znanstvenim istraživanjima: 4. znanstveno-stručni simpozij Hrvatskog društva za znanost o laboratorijskim životinjama (CroLASA) i 3. zajednički skup CroLASA-e i Slovenskog društva za laboratorijske živali (SLAS) s međunarodni / Lang Balija, Maja ; Trnski Levak, Sara ; Nedić Erjavec, Gordana et al. (ur.). | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo za znanost o laboratorijskim životinjama, 2025. str. 62-63

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• Dragičević, Tea; Vučemilo Paripović Nikolina; Raos, Dora; Sabol, Maja | Hedgehog-GLI Signaling in Head and Neck Cancer: Unraveling Microenvironmental Crosstalk Using 3D Spheroid Cultures // Book of Abstracts of 9th Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium / Petrović, Petra (ur.). | Zagreb: Sveučilište u Zagrebu Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, 2025. str. 82-82

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• Vučemilo Paripović, Nikolina ; Dragičević, Tea ; Raos, Dora ; Sabol, Maja | 3D Spheroid Models: A Tool for Unraveling the Ovarian Cancer Secretome // Book of Abstracts of 9th Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium / Petrović, Petra (ur.). | Zagreb: Sveučilište u Zagrebu Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, 2025. str. 99-99

• Dragičević, Tea; Vasiljević, Tea; Matijević Glavan, Tanja | Comparison of the Expression of Protein UFSP2 in Human Adherent Head and Neck Cancer Cells and Cancer Stem Cells After the Activation of TLR3 // HDIR-7: Advances in Cancer Research and Treatment: Book of Abstracts / Ozretić, Petar (ur.). | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo za istraživanje raka (HDIR), 2024. str. 38-38

Conference abstract

• Sabol, Maja; Raos, Dora; Dragičević, Tea; Vučemilo Paripović, Nikolina; Jelačić, Josipa; Musani, Vesna; Ozretić, Petar | Transcriptomic Profiling of 3D Spheroids Reveals Structural and Metabolic Rewiring Shared by Neoplastic and Mesenchymal Cells in 3D // Molecular oncology, 2026

• Nikolina Vučemilo Paripović, Tea Dragičević, Dora Raos, Maja Sabol | When Hedgehog meets the stroma: IL-8 as GLI2’s voice in ovarian cancer // FEBS Open Bio, 16, 2, 2026. str. S221-S222

• Raos, Dora; Musani, Vesna; Vučemilo Paripović, Nikolina; Dragičević, Tea; Sabol, Maja | GLI2 transcription factor regulates PSA expression in androgen-sensitive prostate cancer cell line // FEBS Open Bio, 15, S2, 2025, P-30-051, 1

• Vučemilo Paripović, Nikolina ; Dragičević, Tea ; Raos, Dora ; Sabol, Maja | 3D Spheroid Cell Models Reveal the Ovarian Cancer Secretome // Oncology insights, 3, 2025. str. 164-165

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Unpublished conference paper

• Dragičević, Tea; Vučemilo Paripović, Nikolina; Raos, Dora; Sabol, Maja | Tumor–Fibroblast Crosstalk Drives Transcriptional Reprogramming in the Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas // The Tumour Ecosystem: From Mechanisms to Novel Therapeutics | Bergamo, Italija, 17.03.2026-19.03.2026

• Dragičević, Tea; Vučemilo Paripović, Nikolina; Raos, Dora; Sabol, Maja | When Hedgehogs Go Rouge: The role of Hedgehog Signalling in Head and Neck Carcinoma // Hedgehog Signalling Workshop 2026 | Cambridge, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 18.04.2026-18.04.2026

• Dragičević, Tea; Vučemilo Paripović, Nikolina; Raos, Dora; Sabol, Maja | Friend or Foe? Exploring the Role of Tumor-Fibroblast Crosstalk in Head and Neck Cancer Cell Survival // Tumour microenvironment: From tumour heterogeneity to therapy resistance | Heraklion, Grčka, 04.05.2026-08.05.2026

• Dragičević, Tea; Vučemilo Paripović, Nikolina; Raos, Dora; Sabol, Maja | Bidirectional Tumor–Stromal Crosstalk Promotes Survival and Drug Resistance in Head and Neck Cancers // 5th OPMDay - Towards precision oral medicine and pathology | Foggia, Italija, 04.06.2026-05.06.2026

• Dragičević, Tea; Vučemilo Paripovć, Nikolina; Raos, Dora; Sabol, Maja | The use of 3D models in decoding the role of Hedgehog-GLI signaling in tumor-stroma communication in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas // 4th OPMDay Annual Congress | Zagreb, Hrvatska, 12.06.2025-13.06.2025

• Dragičević, Tea; Vučemilo Paripović, Nikolina; Raos, Dora; Sabol, Maja | EMMPRIN: A Key Mediator of Cell Migration is Regulated by GLI2 in HNSCC // BRIDGING MINDS – Interdisciplinary research for the future of life sciences | Glasgow, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 10.09.2025-12.09.2025

• Vučemilo Paripović, Nikolina; Dragičević, Tea; Raos, Dora; Sabol, Maja | Uncovering GLI2 Transcriptional Targets in 3D Cancer Spheroid Models // Goodbye Flat Biology: ex vivo to in vivo models of cancer | Essen, Njemačka, 23.09.2025-25.09.2025

• Nikolina Vučemilo Paripović, Tea Dragičević, Dora Raos, Maja Sabol | 3D Spheroid Cell Models Reveal the Ovarian Cancer Secretome // The 1st Regional SDIR-HDIR-MOKAD Congress | Beograd, Srbija, 08.10.2025-10.10.2025

Master's thesis (university)

• Dragičević, Tea | Usporedba ekspresije proteina UFSP2 u adherentnim i matičnim stanicama tumora glave i vrata čovjeka nakon aktivacije proteina TLR3 / Matijević Glavan, Tanja (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2023