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Open AccessExtracellular vesicle miRNAs for predicting the efficacy of late-line treatment with anlotinib in patients with lung adenocarcinoma
Anlotinib is a targeted therapy indicated for some malignancies, including advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, noninvasive biomarkers for identifying patients who will benefit from this disea...
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Open AccessA novel PH1/pE27HGFK1 nanoparticles for orthotopic glioblastoma therapy
The therapeutic resistance to ionizing radiation (IR) and angiogenesis inhibitors is a great challenge for clinicians in the treatment of glioblastoma, which is associated with Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)/M...
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Open AccessThe research trends and future prospects of nanomaterials in breast cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths among women globally and the most deadly illness for them. New advances in nanotechnology have led to the development of strategies intended to t...
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Open AccessNanoparticle delivery of si-Notch1 modulates metabolic reprogramming to affect 5-FU resistance and cell pyroptosis in colorectal cancer
Nanocarrier delivery of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) to silence cancer-associated genes is a promising method for cancer treatment. Here, we explored the role and mechanisms of PLAG NPs-delivered si-Notch1 ...
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Open AccessInvestigation of mitochondria-dependent apoptosis pathway and lipid peroxidation level induced by biosynthesized silver nanoparticles: caspase-3 activation, BAK1/BCLx regulation and malondialdehyde production
Nowadays, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have attracted the attention of many researchers due to their special physical, chemical, and biological properties. There is strong evidence that biogenic AgNPs can act ...
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Open AccessThe effect of doxorubicin curcumin co-loaded lipid nanoparticles and doxorubicin on osteosarcoma before surgery
The research aims to observe the difference in the effect of preoperative doxorubicin curcumin co-loaded lipid nanoparticles (DOX+CUR LPNs) and doxorubicin (VAD) in the treatment of osteosarcoma.
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Open AccessPolymer lipid hybrid nanoparticles encapsulated with Emodin combined with DOX reverse multidrug resistance of breast cancer via IL-6/JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is one of the main reasons affecting the efficacy of chemotherapy in breast cancer (BC). Our previous studies constructed polymer lipid hybrid nanoparticles encapsulated with Emodin ...
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Open AccessNovel nanoparticle CS-C60-Fe3O4 magnetically induces tissue-specific aggregation and enhances thermal ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma
Metallofullerenes are an important type of metallic nanomaterial with promising applications in several medical fields. Thermal ablation, including radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and microwave ablation (MWA), i...
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Open AccessNovel nanotherapeutics for cancer immunotherapy by albumin nanoparticles functionalized with PD-1 and PD-L1 aptamers
PD-1/PD-L1 blockade plays a crucial role in cancer immunotherapy. Exploration of new technologies to further enhance the efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 blockade is therefore of potential medical importance. Nanotherap...
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Open AccessMesothelin-targeted MRI for assessing migration, invasion, and prognosis in malignant pleural mesothelioma
Mesothelin (MSLN) has been implicated in cancer migration, invasion, and prognosis, making it a potential tumor marker. However, the precise role of MSLN in the migration and invasion of malignant pleural meso...
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Open AccessApplication of tumor microparticles in tumor prevention and treatment
Tumor microparticles (T-MPs) are vesicles released from tumor cells when they receive apoptotic or stimuli signals. T-MPs, which contain some proteins, lipids and nucleic acids from tumor cells, contribute to ...
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Open AccessInduction of ferroptosis by artesunate nanoparticles is an effective therapeutic strategy for hepatocellular carcinoma
Artesunate (ART) has great value in the field of tumor therapy. Interestingly, in this study, we found that ART could obviously induce ferroptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells, but its low water sol...
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Open AccessTargeting and internalizing PEGylated nanodrugs to enhance the therapeutic efficacy of hematologic malignancies by anti-PEG bispecific antibody (mPEG × CD20)
PEGylated nanoparticles (PEG-NPs) are not effective for hematologic malignancies as they lack the enhanced permeability and retention effect (EPR effect). Tumor-targeted PEG-NPs can systemically track lymphoma...
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Open AccessTargeting and sensitizing MDR cancer by an MMP2 and pH dual-responsive ZnO-based nanomedicine
Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) have been known as a therapeutic agent and drug delivery system for treating various diseases, including infectious diseases and cancer. However, due to the low biocompatibil...
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Open AccessADAMTS9-AS1 inhibits tumor growth and drug resistance in clear cell renal cell carcinoma via recruiting HuR to enhance ADAMTS9 mRNA stability
The lack of efficacious treatments for clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) has led to a poor 5-year survival rate. Here, we found that the expression of ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 mot...
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Open AccessInhibition of tumor immune escape by blocking PD-1/PD-L1 engagement with dual-targeting molecularly imprinted polymer layer
Blocking the binding of PD-1/PD-L1 has become an effective strategy in inhibition of tumor immune escape. At present, it mainly depends on the employment of macromolecular antibodies, which target PD-1/PD-L1 p...
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Open AccessNeutrophil membrane-derived nanoparticle loading TLR7 agonists augments radiotherapy efficacy and boosts abscopal effect via regulating tumor microenvironment
Increasing evidence indicates that radiotherapy (RT) has synergistic inhibitory efficiency with immunotherapy agents in multiple cancers and enhances abscopal effects by regulating the innate immune response, ...
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Open AccessMonocytes reprogrammed by tumor microparticle vaccine inhibit tumorigenesis and tumor development
Tumor microparticles (T-MPs) are considered as a tumor vaccine candidate. Although some studies have analyzed the mechanism of T-MPs as tumor vaccine, we still lack understanding of how T-MPs stimulate a stron...
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Open AccessNovel bispecific aptamer targeting PD-1 and nucleolin for cancer immunotherapy
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) is a promising strategy for cancer treatment and has achieved remarkable clinical results. Further improvement of ICB efficacy may advance cancer immunotherapy and has evident ...
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Open AccessDual-sensitive and highly biocompatible O-carboxymethyl chitosan nanodroplets for prostate tumor ultrasonic imaging and treatment
Nanosized drug delivery systems have rapidly emerged as a promising approach to tumor therapy, which still have many challenges in clinical application. In this study, doxorubicin-loaded O-carboxymethyl chitos...