Progress and future directions with peptide-drug conjugates for targeted cancer therapy

J Lindberg, J Nilvebrant, PÅ Nygren, F Lehmann - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
We review drug conjugates combining a tumor-selective moiety with a cytotoxic agent as
cancer treatments. Currently, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are the most common drug …

Transdermal gene delivery

W Zhang, Y Jiao, Z Zhang, Y Zhang, J Yu… - Journal of Controlled …, 2024 - Elsevier
Gene delivery has revolutionized conventional medical approaches to vaccination, cancer,
and autoimmune diseases. However, current gene delivery methods are limited to either …

Docetaxel-loaded exosomes for targeting non-small cell lung cancer: preparation and evaluation in vitro and in vivo

Y Wang, M Guo, D Lin, D Liang, L Zhao, R Zhao… - Drug …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a highly lethal disease and the majority of NSCLC
patients are desperate for therapies that can effectively target their cancer and ultimately …

Protein scaffolds: antibody alternatives for cancer diagnosis and therapy

R Luo, H Liu, Z Cheng - RSC chemical biology, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Although antibodies are well developed and widely used in cancer therapy and diagnostic
fields, some defects remain, such as poor tissue penetration, long in vivo metabolic …

Antimicrobial peptides as potential therapeutics for breast cancer

S Aghamiri, F Zandsalimi, P Raee… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is the most common and deadliest cancer in women worldwide. Although
notable advances have been achieved in the treatment of breast cancer, the overall survival …

Revolutionizing cancer treatment: the promising horizon of Zein Nanosystems

S Preetam, D Duhita Mondal, N Mukerjee… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Various nanomaterials have recently become fascinating tools in cancer diagnostic
applications because of their multifunctional and inherent molecular characteristics that …

Zein nanoparticles as nontoxic delivery system for maytansine in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer

X Yu, H Wu, H Hu, Z Dong, Y Dang, Q Qi, Y Wang… - Drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Maytansine (DM1) is a potent anticancer drug and limited in clinical application due
to its poor water solubility and toxic side effects. Zein is widely used in nano drug delivery …

Amphiphilic Affibody-PROTAC conjugate self-assembled nanoagents for targeted cancer therapy

W Gao, X Xia, X Yang, Q Li, X Xia, W Huang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are an emerging class of promising therapeutic
molecules that can target specific disease-related proteins and then degrade them by the …

Recombinant immunotoxins development for HER2-based targeted cancer therapies

R Mahmoudi, H Dianat-Moghadam… - Cancer cell …, 2021 - Springer
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of cancer biology introduces targeted therapy as
a complementary method along with other conventional therapies. Recombinant …

Self-assembled nanomicelles of affibody-drug conjugate with excellent therapeutic property to cure ovary and breast cancers

X Xia, X Yang, W Huang, X Xia, D Yan - Nano-Micro Letters, 2022 - Springer
Affibody molecules are small non-immunoglobulin affinity proteins, which can precisely
target to some cancer cells with specific overexpressed molecular signatures. However, the …