Cancer stem cells: advances in knowledge and implications for cancer therapy

X Chu, W Tian, J Ning, G Xiao, Y Zhou… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), a small subset of cells in tumors that are characterized by self-
renewal and continuous proliferation, lead to tumorigenesis, metastasis, and maintain tumor …

Nano-drug delivery system targeting tumor microenvironment: a prospective strategy for melanoma treatment

M Xu, S Li - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Melanoma, the most aggressive form of cutaneous malignancy arising from melanocytes, is
frequently characterized by metastasis. Despite considerable progress in melanoma …

Photocatalytic carbon dots‐triggered pyroptosis for whole cancer cell vaccines

Q Cheng, T Zhang, Q Wang, X Wu, L Li… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Manufacturing whole cancer cell vaccines (WCCV) with both biosafety and efficacy is crucial
for tumor immunotherapy. Pyroptotic cancer cells, due to their highly immunogenic …

Quality by design (QbD) assisted Fabrication & evaluation of Simvastatin loaded Nano-Enabled thermogel for melanoma therapy

P Famta, S Shah, V Fernandes, KC Kumar… - International journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Melanoma is a form of skin cancer that starts in melanocytes. Rampant chemo-resistance,
metastasis, and inability to cross the skin barriers and accumulate within the tumor …

Quality by design steered development of Niclosamide loaded liposomal thermogel for Melanoma: In vitro and Ex vivo evaluation

S Shah, P Famta, V Fernandes, D Bagasariya… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Melanoma is the most malignant form of skin cancer across the globe. Conventional
therapies are currently ineffective which could be attributed to the rampant chemo …

Heterogeneity in melanoma

MF Ng, JL Simmons, GM Boyle - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Tumour heterogeneity is a phenomenon where the cancer cells evolve
diversely over the course of the disease. As a result of the evolution, the cancer cells can be …

Advances in adoptive T-cell therapy for metastatic melanoma

A Das, A Ghose, K Naicker, E Sanchez… - Current Research in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Adoptive T cell therapy (ACT) is a fast developing, niche area of immunotherapy (IO), which
is revolutionising the therapeutic landscape of solid tumour oncology, especially metastatic …

Oxygen‐generating cryogels restore T cell mediated cytotoxicity in hypoxic tumors

T Colombani, LJ Eggermont, SM Hatfield… - Advanced functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Solid tumors are protected from antitumor immune responses due to their hypoxic
microenvironments. Weakening hypoxia‐driven immunosuppression by hyperoxic breathing …

Can CD133 Be Regarded as a Prognostic Biomarker in Oncology: Pros and Cons

A Gisina, Y Kim, K Yarygin, A Lupatov - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The CD133 cell membrane glycoprotein, also termed prominin-1, is expressed on some of
the tumor cells of both solid and blood malignancies. The CD133-positive tumor cells were …

Emerging roles of prominin-1 (CD133) in the dynamics of plasma membrane architecture and cell signaling pathways in health and disease

P Pleskač, CA Fargeas, R Veselska, D Corbeil… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Prominin-1 (CD133) is a cholesterol-binding membrane glycoprotein selectively
associated with highly curved and prominent membrane structures. It is widely recognized …