In response to precision medicine: Current subcellular targeting strategies for cancer therapy

Z Li, J Zou, X Chen - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging as a potent anticancer treatment, subcellular targeted cancer therapy has drawn
increasing attention, bringing great opportunities for clinical application. Here, two targeting …

Drug-tolerant persister cells in cancer: the cutting edges and future directions

Y Pu, L Li, H Peng, L Liu, D Heymann… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Drug-tolerant persister (DTP) cell populations were originally discovered in antibiotic-
resistant bacterial biofilms. Similar populations with comparable features have since been …

Molecular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 resistance to nirmatrelvir

Y Duan, H Zhou, X Liu, S Iketani, M Lin, X Zhang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Nirmatrelvir is a specific antiviral drug that targets the main protease (Mpro) of SARS-CoV-2
and has been approved to treat COVID-19,. As an RNA virus characterized by high mutation …

GSH/APE1 cascade-activated nanoplatform for imaging therapy resistance dynamics and enzyme-mediated adaptive ferroptosis

R Yue, M Zhou, X Li, L Xu, C Lu, Z Dong, L Lei, H Liu… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ferroptosis, as a type of programmed cell death process, enables effective damage to
various cancer cells. However, we discovered that persistent oxidative stress during …

Identification of structurally diverse FSP1 inhibitors that sensitize cancer cells to ferroptosis

JM Hendricks, CE Doubravsky, E Wehri, Z Li… - Cell Chemical …, 2023 - cell.com
Ferroptosis is a regulated form of cell death associated with the iron-dependent
accumulation of phospholipid hydroperoxides. Inducing ferroptosis is a promising approach …

Metal− Organic Frameworks Nucleated by Silk Fibroin and Modified with Tumor‐Targeting Peptides for Targeted Multimodal Cancer Therapy

Y Chen, R Lyu, J Wang, Q Cheng, Y Yu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Multimodal therapy requires effective drug carriers that can deliver multiple drugs to specific
locations in a controlled manner. Here, the study presents a novel nanoplatform constructed …

Blocking genomic instability prevents acquired resistance to MAPK inhibitor therapy in melanoma

P Dharanipragada, X Zhang, S Liu, SH Lomeli, A Hong… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Blocking cancer genomic instability may prevent tumor diversification and escape from
therapies. We show that, after MAPK inhibitor (MAPKi) therapy in patients and mice bearing …

Hypoxia-inducible factor 2 alpha (HIF2α) inhibitors: Targeting genetically driven tumor hypoxia

RA Toledo, C Jimenez, G Armaiz-Pena… - Endocrine …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Tumors driven by deficiency of the VHL gene product, which is involved in degradation of
the hypoxia-inducible factor subunit 2 alpha (HIF2α), are natural candidates for targeted …

A Dual‐Channel Ca2+ Nanomodulator Induces Intracellular Ca2+ Disorders via Endogenous Ca2+ Redistribution for Tumor Radiosensitization

D Wang, H Jia, H Cao, X Hou, Q Wang, J Lin… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor cells harness Ca2+ to maintain cellular homeostasis and withstand external stresses
from various treatments. Here, a dual‐channel Ca2+ nanomodulator (CAP‐P‐NO) is …

PINK1-mediated mitophagy promotes oxidative phosphorylation and redox homeostasis to induce drug-tolerant persister cancer cells

Y Li, H Chen, X Xie, B Yang, X Wang, J Zhang, T Qiao… - Cancer Research, 2023 - AACR
The drug-tolerant persister (DTP) state enables cancer cells to evade cytotoxic stress from
anticancer therapy. However, the mechanisms governing DTP generation remain poorly …