Target-Specific Nanoparticle Polyplex Down-Regulates Mutant Kras to Prevent Pancreatic Carcinogenesis and Halt Tumor Progression

JP Smith, W Chen, N Shivapurkar, M Gerber… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Survival from pancreatic cancer is poor because most cancers are diagnosed in the late
stages and there are no therapies to prevent the progression of precancerous pancreatic …

Sequential Targeting TGF‐β signaling and kras mutation increases therapeutic efficacy in pancreatic cancer

Y Pei, L Chen, Y Huang, J Wang, J Feng, M Xu, Y Chen… - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Pancreatic cancer is a highly aggressive malignancy that strongly resists extant treatments.
The failure of existing therapies is majorly attributed to the tough tumor microenvironment …

Nanoparticle delivery of an AKT/PDK1 inhibitor improves the therapeutic effect in pancreatic cancer

A Lucero-Acuña, JJ Jeffery, ER Abril… - International journal …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The K-ras mutation in pancreatic cancer can inhibit drug delivery and increase drug
resistance. This is exemplified by the therapeutic effect of PH-427, a small molecule inhibitor …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor penetrating nanomedicine targeting both an oncomiR and an oncogene in pancreatic cancer

ME Gilles, L Hao, K Brown, J Lim, SN Bhatia, FJ Slack - Oncotarget, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Developing new targeted therapy for pancreatic cancer is one of the major current
challenges in cancer research. KRAS mutations and miRNA dysregulation (eg miR-21-5p …

Small molecule KRAS inhibitors: the future for targeted pancreatic cancer therapy?

J Gillson, Y Ramaswamy, G Singh, AA Gorfe… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the deadliest solid tumors in the world.
Currently, there are no approved targeted therapies for PDAC. Mutations in Kirsten rat …

Mutant KRAS is a druggable target for pancreatic cancer

E Zorde Khvalevsky, R Gabai… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) represents an unmet therapeutic challenge. PDA
is addicted to the activity of the mutated KRAS oncogene which is considered so far an …

Targeted nanodelivery of siRNA against KRAS G12D inhibits pancreatic cancer

R Huang, H Du, L Cheng, P Zhang, F Meng, Z Zhong - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer (PC) stands as a most deadly malignancy due to few effective treatments
in the clinics. KRAS G12D mutation is a major driver for most PC cases, and silencing of …

[HTML][HTML] Precision delivery of RAS-inhibiting siRNA to KRAS driven cancer via peptide-based nanoparticles

MS Strand, BA Krasnick, H Pan, X Zhang, Y Bi… - Oncotarget, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Over 95% of pancreatic adenocarcinomas (PDACs), as well as a large fraction of other
tumor types, such as colorectal adenocarcinoma, are driven by KRAS activation. However …

Precision delivery of RAS-inhibiting siRNA to pancreatic cancer via peptide-based nanoparticles.

MS Strand, H Pan, B Krasnick, X Zhang… - 2017 - ascopubs.org
287 Background: Greater than 95% of pancreatic adenocarcinomas (PDACs) are driven by
KRAS activation; yet, despite decades of work, no RAS inhibitors have reached the clinic …

Cholecystokinin-B receptor-targeted nanoparticle for imaging and detection of precancerous lesions in the pancreas

JP Smith, H Cao, EF Edmondson, SSK Dasa, ST Stern - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Survival from pancreatic cancer remains extremely poor, in part because this malignancy is
not diagnosed in the early stages, and precancerous pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia …