Recent discoveries on marine organism immunomodulatory activities

E Montuori, D de Pascale, C Lauritano - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Marine organisms have been shown to be a valuable source for biologically active
compounds for the prevention and treatment of cancer, inflammation, immune system …

A wireframe DNA cube: Antibody conjugate for targeted delivery of multiple copies of monomethyl auristatin E

A Märcher, MAD Nijenhuis, KV Gothelf - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, several antibody drug conjugates (ADC) have been accepted by the FDA as
therapeutics against cancer. It is well‐known that control of drug‐to‐antibody ratio (DAR) is …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor protease-activated theranostic nanoparticles for MRI-guided glioblastoma therapy

CH Huang, E Chang, L Zheng, JGJ Raj, W Wu… - Theranostics, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Rationale: As a cancer, Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly lethal and difficult-to-treat.
With the aim of improving therapies to GBM, we developed novel and target-specific …

Current Prospects and Clinical Status of Microalgae Derived Chemotherapeutics

V Joshi, N Bharadvaja - Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, 2023 - Springer
Globally, despite clinical advancements made over a decade, cancer remains a prominent
cause of death. Numerous drugs have been chemically synthesized to cure this disorder …

Reversible Protection and Targeted Delivery of DNA Origami with a Disulfide‐Containing Cationic Polymer

S Youssef, E Tsang, A Samanta, V Kumar, KV Gothelf - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
DNA nanostructures have considerable biomedical potential as intracellular delivery
vehicles as they are highly homogeneous and can be functionalized with high spatial …

Structure–Activity Relationships of Bis-Intercalating Peptides and Their Application as Antibody–Drug Conjugate Payloads

ME Petersen, MG Brant, M Lasalle… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Synthetic analogs based on the DNA bis-intercalating natural product peptides sandramycin
and quinaldopeptin were investigated as antibody drug conjugate (ADC) payloads …

Site-specific, stoichiometric-controlled, pegylated conjugates of fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) with hydrophilic auristatin y for highly selective killing of cancer cells …

MA Krzyscik, M Zakrzewska… - Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2020 - ACS Publications
In spite of significant progress in the field of targeted anticancer therapy, the FDA has
approved only five ADC-based drugs. Hence the search for new targeted anticancer agents …

Increasing the potential of the auristatin cancer-drug family by shifting the conformational equilibrium

IK Sokka, FS Ekholm, MP Johansson - Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2019 - ACS Publications
Monomethyl auristatin E and monomethyl auristatin F are widely used cytotoxic agents in
antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs), a group of promising cancer drugs. The ADCs …

Halogenation at the Phenylalanine Residue of Monomethyl Auristatin F Leads to a Favorable cis/trans Equilibrium and Retained Cytotoxicity

IK Sokka, S Imlimthan, M Sarparanta… - Molecular …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Halogenation can be utilized for the purposes of labeling and molecular imaging, providing
a means to, eg, follow drug distribution in an organism through positron emission …

Freshwater Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Microalgae as a Source of Compounds with Anticancer Activities. Pt 1: Background and Assessment

GNA Senhorinho, C Lannér… - … Journal on Algae, 2024 - dl.begellhouse.com
Although the percentage of cancer survivors has increased over time, cancer remains the
second leading cause of death worldwide. Chemotherapy, a common approach to treating …