Strategies to improve the EPR effect: A mechanistic perspective and clinical translation

M Ikeda-Imafuku, LLW Wang, D Rodrigues… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many efforts have been made to achieve targeted delivery of anticancer drugs to enhance
their efficacy and to reduce their adverse effects. These efforts include the development of …

Ferritin–a multifaceted protein scaffold for biotherapeutics

NK Lee, S Cho, IS Kim - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
The ferritin nanocage is an endogenous protein that exists in almost all mammals. Its hollow
spherical structure that naturally stores iron ions has been diversely exploited by …

Engineering self-assembling protein nanoparticles for therapeutic delivery

A Olshefsky, C Richardson, SH Pun… - Bioconjugate …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Despite remarkable advances over the past several decades, many therapeutic
nanomaterials fail to overcome major in vivo delivery barriers. Controlling immunogenicity …

The role of coagulome in the tumor immune microenvironment

R Wahab, MM Hasan, Z Azam, PJ Grippo… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rising incidence and persistent thrombosis in multiple cancers including those that are
immunosuppressive highlight the need for understanding the tumor coagulome system and …

Ferritin in cancer therapy: A pleiotropic tumoraffin nanocage‐based transport

G Deng, Y Li, N Liang, P Hu, Y Zhang, L Qiao… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Ferritin, a ubiquitously distributed iron storage protein, can specifically target
tumor cells through transferrin receptor 1. Due to its rearrangeable nanocage structure …

Anti-lymphangiogenesis for boosting drug accumulation in tumors

C Wang, J Xu, X Cheng, G Sun, F Li, G Nie… - Signal Transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
The inadequate tumor accumulation of anti-cancer agents is a major shortcoming of current
therapeutic drugs and remains an even more significant concern in the clinical prospects for …

Assembly of protein cages for drug delivery

X Yu, Z Weng, Z Zhao, J Xu, Z Qi, J Liu - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticles (NPs) have been widely used as target delivery vehicles for therapeutic
goods; however, compared with inorganic and organic nanomaterials, protein …

Ferritin-based nanomedicine for disease treatment

Y Zhu, Y Zhu, T Cao, X Liu, X Liu, Y Yan, Y Shi… - Medical …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Ferritin is an endogenous protein which is self-assembled by 24 subunits into a highly
uniform nanocage structure. Due to the drug-encapsulating ability in the hollow inner cavity …

Computational design of non-porous pH-responsive antibody nanoparticles

EC Yang, R Divine, MC Miranda, AJ Borst… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
Programming protein nanomaterials to respond to changes in environmental conditions is a
current challenge for protein design and is important for targeted delivery of biologics. Here …

Extracellular fibrin promotes non-small cell lung cancer progression through integrin β1/PTEN/AKT signaling

G Li, J Cai, J Xie, Y Dai - Open Life Sciences, 2023 - degruyter.com
The extracellular matrix (ECM) has been strongly correlated with cancer progression in
various tumor types. However, the specific mechanisms underlying ECM-associated tumor …