Nanobodies: next generation of cancer diagnostics and therapeutics

EY Yang, K Shah - Frontiers in Oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The development of targeted medicine has greatly expanded treatment options and spurred
new research avenues in cancer therapeutics, with monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) emerging …

Overview of human cytomegalovirus pathogenesis

HL Fulkerson, MT Nogalski, D Collins-McMillen… - … : Methods and Protocols, 2021 - Springer
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a betaherpesvirus with a global seroprevalence of 60–
90%. HCMV is the leading cause of congenital infections and poses a great health risk to …

Nanobodies in cancer

ER Verhaar, AW Woodham, HL Ploegh - Seminars in immunology, 2021 - Elsevier
For treatment and diagnosis of cancer, antibodies have proven their value and now serve as
a first line of therapy for certain cancers. A unique class of antibody fragments called …

Ligand-targeted delivery of photosensitizers for cancer treatment

P Gierlich, AI Mata, C Donohoe, RMM Brito, MO Senge… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising cancer treatment which involves a
photosensitizer (PS), light at a specific wavelength for PS activation and oxygen, which …

Applications of nanobodies in brain diseases

F Zheng, Y Pang, L Li, Y Pang, J Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Nanobodies are antibody fragments derived from camelids, naturally endowed with
properties like low molecular weight, high affinity and low immunogenicity, which contribute …

More than just oncogenes: mechanisms of tumorigenesis by human viruses

MM Gaglia, K Munger - Current opinion in virology, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Viral infections cause approximately 12% of all human cancers.•Viral cancers
represent rare outcomes of frequent infections.•Oncogenicity of viral proteins reflects their …

G protein–coupled receptors in asthma therapy: pharmacology and drug action

SG Wendell, H Fan, C Zhang - Pharmacological reviews, 2020 - ASPET
Asthma is a heterogeneous inflammatory disease of the airways that is associated with
airway hyperresponsiveness and airflow limitation. Although asthma was once simply …

[HTML][HTML] The emerging role of human cytomegalovirus infection in human carcinogenesis: a review of current evidence and potential therapeutic implications

CS Nauclér, J Geisler, K Vetvik - Oncotarget, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
It is well-established that infections with viruses harboring oncogenic potential increase the
cancer risk. Virus induced oncogenic processes are influenced by a complex and unique …

A few good reasons to use nanobodies for cancer treatment

NA Jumapili, M Zivalj, RM Barthelmess… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract mAbs have been instrumental for targeted cancer therapies. However, their
relatively large size and physicochemical properties result in a heterogenous distribution in …

HCMV latency: what regulates the regulators?

E Elder, J Sinclair - Medical microbiology and immunology, 2019 - Springer
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) latency and reactivation is regulated by the chromatin
structure at the major immediate early promoter (MIEP) within myeloid cells. Both cellular …