Nanotechnology for COVID-19: therapeutics and vaccine research

G Chauhan, MJ Madou, S Kalra, V Chopra, D Ghosh… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The current global health threat by the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) requires
an urgent deployment of advanced therapeutic options available. The role of …

Photosensitizers with aggregation‐induced emission: materials and biomedical applications

F Hu, S Xu, B Liu - Advanced materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy is arising as a noninvasive treatment modality for cancer and other
diseases. One of the key factors to determine the therapeutic function is the efficiency of …

Supramolecular polymerization‐induced nanoassemblies for self‐augmented cascade chemotherapy and chemodynamic therapy of tumor

K Yang, G Yu, Z Yang, L Yue, X Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The clinical application of chemodynamic therapy is impeded by the insufficient intracellular
H2O2 level in tumor tissues. Herein, we developed a supramolecular nanoparticle via a …

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 protects ovarian cancer cells from ferroptotic cell death

L Tesfay, BT Paul, A Konstorum, Z Deng, AO Cox… - Cancer research, 2019 - AACR
Activation of ferroptosis, a recently described mechanism of regulated cell death,
dramatically inhibits growth of ovarian cancer cells. Given the importance of lipid metabolism …

Molecular determinants and mechanism for antibody cocktail preventing SARS-CoV-2 escape

Z Ku, X Xie, E Davidson, X Ye, H Su… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Antibody cocktails represent a promising approach to prevent SARS-CoV-2 escape. The
determinants for selecting antibody combinations and the mechanism that antibody cocktails …

Icaritin exacerbates mitophagy and synergizes with doxorubicin to induce immunogenic cell death in hepatocellular carcinoma

Z Yu, J Guo, M Hu, Y Gao, L Huang - Acs Nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) resistant to both chemotherapy and immunotherapy is
among the deadliest malignancies. Doxorubicin widely used in transarterial chemotherapy …

Analysis of drug combinations: current methodological landscape

J Foucquier, M Guedj - Pharmacology research & perspectives, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Combination therapies exploit the chances for better efficacy, decreased toxicity, and
reduced development of drug resistance and owing to these advantages, have become a …

MAT2A inhibition blocks the growth of MTAP-deleted cancer cells by reducing PRMT5-dependent mRNA splicing and inducing DNA damage

P Kalev, ML Hyer, S Gross, Z Konteatis, CC Chen… - Cancer Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) gene is located adjacent to the cyclin-
dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (CDKN2A) tumor-suppressor gene and is co-deleted with …

A novel MCL1 inhibitor combined with venetoclax rescues venetoclax-resistant acute myelogenous leukemia

HE Ramsey, MA Fischer, T Lee, AE Gorska, MP Arrate… - Cancer discovery, 2018 - AACR
Suppression of apoptosis by expression of antiapoptotic BCL2 family members is a hallmark
of acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML). Induced myeloid leukemia cell differentiation protein …

Ferroptosis is induced following siramesine and lapatinib treatment of breast cancer cells

S Ma, ES Henson, Y Chen, SB Gibson - Cell death & disease, 2016 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent, oxidative cell death, and is distinct from apoptosis,
necrosis and autophagy. In this study, we demonstrated that lysosome disrupting agent …