Nitric oxide signaling in health and disease

JO Lundberg, E Weitzberg - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The surprising discovery that the diatomic gas nitric oxide (NO) is generated by mammalian
cells and serves to regulate a multitude of physiological processes has continued to …

Advanced nitric oxide generating nanomedicine for therapeutic applications

Z Wang, A Jin, Z Yang, W Huang - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nitric oxide (NO), a gaseous transmitter extensively present in the human body, regulates
vascular relaxation, immune response, inflammation, neurotransmission, and other crucial …

Conquering the hypoxia limitation for photodynamic therapy

Y Wan, LH Fu, C Li, J Lin, P Huang - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has aroused great research interest in recent years owing to its
high spatiotemporal selectivity, minimal invasiveness, and low systemic toxicity. However …

Thermal immuno-nanomedicine in cancer

Z Yang, D Gao, J Zhao, G Yang, M Guo… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of patients with cancer. However,
promoting antitumour immunity in patients with tumours that are resistant to these therapies …

Nanotechnology for boosting cancer immunotherapy and remodeling tumor microenvironment: the horizons in cancer treatment

S Gao, X Yang, J Xu, N Qiu, G Zhai - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Immunotherapy that harnesses the human immune system to fight cancer has received
widespread attention and become a mainstream strategy for cancer treatment. Cancer …

Fighting immune cold and reprogramming immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment with red blood cell membrane-camouflaged nanobullets

Z Yang, D Gao, X Guo, L Jin, J Zheng, Y Wang… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nanomedicine, acting as the magic bullet, is capable of combining immunotherapy with
other treatments to reverse a cold tumor (immune depletion) into a hot tumor. However, how …

Reengineering the physical microenvironment of tumors to improve drug delivery and efficacy: from mathematical modeling to bench to bedside

T Stylianopoulos, LL Munn, RK Jain - Trends in cancer, 2018 - cell.com
Physical forces have a crucial role in tumor progression and cancer treatment. The
application of principles of engineering and physical sciences to oncology has provided …

Antiangiogenesis strategies revisited: from starving tumors to alleviating hypoxia

RK Jain - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
Ten antiangiogenic drugs targeting VEGF or its receptors are approved for cancer treatment.
However, these agents, intended to block tumors' blood supply, may cause hypoxia, which …

A Self‐Catalytic NO/O2 Gas‐Releasing Nanozyme for Radiotherapy Sensitization through Vascular Normalization and Hypoxia Relief

S Wang, M Cheng, S Wang, W Jiang, F Yang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Radiotherapy (RT), essential for treating various cancers, faces challenges from tumor
hypoxia, which induces radioresistance. A tumor‐targeted “prosthetic‐Arginine” …

Gasotransmitters in cancer: from pathophysiology to experimental therapy

C Szabo - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2016 - nature.com
The three endogenous gaseous transmitters—nitric oxide (NO), carbon monoxide (CO) and
hydrogen sulfide (H2S)—regulate a number of key biological functions. Emerging data have …