Exploiting the folate receptor α in oncology

M Scaranti, E Cojocaru, S Banerjee… - Nature reviews clinical …, 2020 - nature.com
Folate receptor α (FRα) came into focus as an anticancer target many decades after the
successful development of drugs targeting intracellular folate metabolism, such as …

Functional ligands for improving anticancer drug therapy: current status and applications to drug delivery systems

R Bajracharya, JG Song, BR Patil, SH Lee, HM Noh… - Drug Delivery, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Conventional chemotherapy lacking target selectivity often leads to severe side effects,
limiting the effectiveness of chemotherapy. Therefore, drug delivery systems ensuring both …

[HTML][HTML] Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosome: A tumor regulator and carrier for targeted tumor therapy

F Zhang, J Guo, Z Zhang, Y Qian, G Wang, M Duan… - Cancer letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent stromal cells that have the ability to
differentiate into multiple cell types. Several studies have shown that exosomes secreted by …

Cyclodextrin based natural nanostructured carbohydrate polymers as effective non-viral siRNA delivery systems for cancer gene therapy

H Mousazadeh, Y Pilehvar-Soltanahmadi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Short interfering RNAs (siRNAs), as small non-coding RNA fragments, are one of the widely
studied RNAi inducers for gene modulations. The reasonably designed siRNA probes …

[HTML][HTML] Extracellular vesicles as an emerging drug delivery system for cancer treatment: Current strategies and recent advances

Z Wang, H Mo, Z He, A Chen, P Cheng - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer is one of the primary causes of death worldwide, and its morbidity and mortality rates
are increasing rapidly. However, standard treatment modalities (surgery, radiotherapy …

Smart targeting to improve cancer therapeutics

M Morales-Cruz, Y Delgado, B Castillo… - Drug design …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Cancer is the second largest cause of death worldwide with the number of new cancer
cases predicted to grow significantly in the next decades. Biotechnology and medicine can …

First-in-human phase 1 study of morab-202, an antibody–drug conjugate comprising farletuzumab linked to eribulin mesylate, in patients with folate receptor-Α …

T Shimizu, Y Fujiwara, K Yonemori, T Koyama… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: MORAb-202, an antibody–drug conjugate containing farletuzumab and
eribulin with a cathepsin-B cleavable linker, targets folate receptor α (FRα)–expressing …

A phase II, multicenter, open-label trial of OTL38 injection for the intra-operative imaging of folate receptor-alpha positive ovarian cancer

LM Randall, RM Wenham, PS Low, SC Dowdy… - Gynecologic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose OTL38 is a folate-indole-cyanine green-like conjugate to folate receptor alpha
(FRa). The objectives of this prospective trial were to assess the safety and efficacy …

[HTML][HTML] Folate receptor as a biomarker and therapeutic target in solid tumors

O Young, N Ngo, L Lin, L Stanbery, JF Creeden… - Current Problems in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Folate is a B vitamin necessary for basic biological functions, including rapid cell turnover
occurring in cancer cell proliferation. Though the role of folate as a causative versus …

Harnessing normal and engineered mesenchymal stem cells derived exosomes for cancer therapy: opportunity and challenges

M Ahmadi, M Mahmoodi, M Shoaran… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
There remains a vital necessity for new therapeutic approaches to combat metastatic
cancers, which cause globally over 8 million deaths per year. Mesenchymal stem cells …