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 …

Novel nano-drug delivery system for brain tumor treatment

Z Qiu, Z Yu, T Xu, L Wang, N Meng, H Jin, B Xu - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
As the most dangerous tumors, brain tumors are usually treated with surgical removal,
radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. However, due to the aggressive growth of gliomas …

An iRGD-conjugated prodrug micelle with blood-brain-barrier penetrability for anti-glioma therapy

L Lu, X Zhao, T Fu, K Li, Y He, Z Luo, L Dai, R Zeng… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Various obstacles impede the chemotherapy efficiency of glioma in clinic, such as blood
brain barrier (BBB) and blood brain tumor barrier (BBTB). Ligand-mediated polymeric …

Nano-therapies for glioblastoma treatment

E Alphandéry - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Traditional anti-cancer treatments are inefficient against glioblastoma, which remains one of
the deadliest and most aggressive cancers. Nano-drugs could help to improve this situation …

Autophagy modulators: mechanistic aspects and drug delivery systems

S Tavakol, M Ashrafizadeh, S Deng, M Azarian… - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Autophagy modulation is considered to be a promising programmed cell death mechanism
to prevent and cure a great number of disorders and diseases. The crucial step in designing …

Sniping cancer stem cells with nanomaterials

WD Wang, YY Guo, ZL Yang, GL Su, ZJ Sun - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) drive tumor initiation, progression, and therapeutic resistance due
to their self-renewal and differentiation capabilities. Despite encouraging progress in cancer …

Nanomedicines targeting glioma stem cells

A Sabu, TI Liu, SS Ng, RA Doong… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Glioblastoma (GBM), classified as a grade IV glioma, is a rapidly growing, aggressive, and
most commonly occurring tumor of the central nervous system. Despite the therapeutic …

Ultra-thin metal–organic framework nanosheets for chemo-photodynamic synergistic therapy

R Zeng, T He, L Lu, K Li, Z Luo, K Cai - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Synergistic therapies, such as chemo-photodynamic therapy, have been growing fast
because of their efficacy against cancers. Although metal–organic frameworks have been …

Bio-inspired engineered ferritin-albumin nanocomplexes for targeted ferroptosis therapy

C Xue, H Zhang, X Wang, H Du, L Lu, Y Fei, Y Li… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology-enabled ferroptosis therapy is an emerging paradigm for tumor treatment,
but amplifying ferroptotic damage in tumor cells in a safe and selective manner is still …

Enzyme-based autophagy in anti-neoplastic management: from molecular mechanisms to clinical therapeutics

A Ajoolabady, A Aghanejad, Y Bi, Y Zhang… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved self-cannibalization process commonly found in
all eukaryotic cells. Through autophagy, long-lived or damaged organelles, superfluous …