New perspectives of physiological and pathological functions of nucleolin (NCL)

W Jia, Z Yao, J Zhao, Q Guan, L Gao - Life sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
Nucleolin (NCL) is a multifunctional protein that mainly localized in the nucleolus, it is also
found in the nucleoplasm, cytoplasm and cell membrane. The three main structural domains …

Somatostatin and Somatostatin Receptors in Tumour Biology

U Kumar - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Somatostatin (SST), a growth hormone inhibitory peptide, is expressed in endocrine and
non-endocrine tissues, immune cells and the central nervous system (CNS). Post-release …

Aptamer/peptide‐functionalized genome‐editing system for effective immune restoration through reversal of PD‐L1‐mediated cancer immunosuppression

XY He, XH Ren, Y Peng, JP Zhang, SL Ai… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Effective reversal of tumor immunosuppression is of critical importance in cancer therapy. A
multifunctional delivery vector that can effectively deliver CRISPR‐Cas9 plasmid for β …

Dual-functional DNA nanogels for anticancer drug delivery

H Zhu, J Wu, J Zhao, L Yu, BR Liyarita, X Xu, Y Xiao… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2024 - Elsevier
DNA hydrogels with unique sequence programmability on nucleic acid framework manifest
remarkable attributes, such as high payload capacities, biocompatibility and biosafety. The …

Enhanced cancer therapy with pH-dependent and aptamer functionalized doxorubicin loaded polymeric (poly D, L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles

K Saravanakumar, X Hu, S Shanmugam… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2019 - Elsevier
Aptamer based drug delivery systems are gaining the importance in anticancer therapy due
to their targeted drug delivery efficiency without harming the normal cells. The present work …

Multifaceted nucleolin protein and its molecular partners in oncogenesis

I Ugrinova, M Petrova, M Chalabi-Dchar… - Advances in protein …, 2018 - Elsevier
Discovered in 1973, nucleolin is one of the most abundant phosphoproteins of the
nucleolus. The ability of nucleolin to be involved in many cellular processes is probably …

Nucleolin-targeting AS1411-aptamer-modified graft polymeric micelle with dual pH/redox sensitivity designed to enhance tumor therapy through the codelivery of …

S Yang, Z Ren, M Chen, Y Wang, B You… - Molecular …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In this article, a novel graft polymeric micelle with targeting function ground on aptamer
AS1411 was synthesized. The micelle was based on chitosan-ss-polyethylenimine-urocanic …

Aptamer-functionalized DNA nanostructures for biological applications

X Fu, F Peng, J Lee, Q Yang, F Zhang, M Xiong… - … : From Structure to …, 2020 - Springer
DNA nanostructures hold great promise for various applications due to their remarkable
properties, including programmable assembly, nanometric positional precision, and …

microRNA-301b-3p downregulation underlies a novel inhibitory role of long non-coding RNA MBNL1-AS1 in non-small cell lung cancer

P Li, W Xing, J Xu, D Yuan, G Liang, B Liu… - Stem cell research & …, 2019 - Springer
Background Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the second most prevalent cause of
cancer-related fatality. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been observed to exercise …

Targeted delivery of doxorubicin to cancer cells by a cruciform DNA nanostructure composed of AS1411 and FOXM1 aptamers

K Abnous, NM Danesh, M Ramezani… - Expert opinion on …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: Here, a novel cruciform DNA nanostructure was developed for targeted delivery
of doxorubicin (Dox), as an anticancer agent, to lung (A549 cells) and breast (4T1 cells) …