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Polyoxyethylene 40 stearate modulates multidrug resistance and enhances antitumor activity of vinblastine sulfate
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is one of the major obstacles limiting the efficacy of cancer chemotherapy. Identification of new and effective MDR reversal agents is needed. In this study, the effects of polyoxyet...
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Novel Self-assembly Endows Human Serum Albumin Nanoparticles with an Enhanced Antitumor Efficacy
Protein-based nanomedicine plays an important role in tumor chemotherapy due to their merits in bioavailability, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and low toxicity. In this study, we developed a novel method...
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A Floating Hydrogel System Capable of Generating CO2 Bubbles to Diminish Urinary Obstruction After Intravesical Instillation
Intravesical instillation is commonly used to decrease the tumor recurrence after transurethral resection. However, most drug solutions would be eliminated from bladder after the first voiding of urine, so its...
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L-1416, a novel MDR reversing agent with possible reduced calcium antagonism
Multidrug efflux transporter P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is highly expressed on membrane of tumor cells and supposed to be implicated in the resistance to tumor chemotherapy. However, currently none of P-gp inhibito...
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Open AccessPerfluorocarbon nanoparticles enhance reactive oxygen levels and tumour growth inhibition in photodynamic therapy
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) kills cancer cells by converting tumour oxygen into reactive singlet oxygen (1O2) using a photosensitizer. However, pre-existing hypoxia in tumours and oxygen consumption during PDT can...
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Open AccessSelf-assembled IR780-loaded transferrin nanoparticles as an imaging, targeting and PDT/PTT agent for cancer therapy
Combination of photothermal and photodynamic therapy (PTT/PDT) offer unique advantages over PDT alone. However, to achieve synergetic PDT/PTT effect, one generally needs two lasers with different wavelengths. ...
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Open AccessLiposome encapsulated perfluorohexane enhances radiotherapy in mice without additional oxygen supply
To investigate the effect of perfluorochemical preparations in enhancing radiotherapy, perfluocarbon nanoparticles were by encapsulating perfluorohexane into liposome [lip(PFH)].
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Open AccessGenome-wide copy number variation analysis in a Chinese autism spectrum disorder cohort
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) describes a group of neurodevelopmental disorders with high heritability, although the underlying genetic determinants of ASDs remain largely unknown. Large-scale whole-genome st...
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Open AccessPerfluorocarbon regulates the intratumoural environment to enhance hypoxia-based agent efficacy
Hypoxia-based agents (HBAs), such as anaerobic bacteria and bioreductive prodrugs, require both a permeable and hypoxic intratumoural environment to be fully effective. To solve this problem, herein, we report...
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Open AccessNanoscale coordination polymers induce immunogenic cell death by amplifying radiation therapy mediated oxidative stress
Radiation therapy can potentially induce immunogenic cell death, thereby priming anti-tumor adaptive immune responses. However, radiation-induced systemic immune responses are very rare and insufficient to mee...
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Versatile iron-vitamin K3 derivative-based nanoscale coordination polymer augments tumor ferroptotic therapy
Ferroptosis is a newly form of regulated cell death, which has attracted great attention for tumor therapy. Herein, we prepared nanoscale coordination polymer Fe-NQA particles to deliver iron and NQA (vitamin K3 ...
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Systemic immune responses to irradiated tumours via the transport of antigens to the tumour periphery by injected flagellate bacteria
Because the tumour microenvironment is typically immunosuppressive, the release of tumour antigens mediated by radiotherapy or chemotherapy does not sufficiently activate immune responses. Here we show that, f...
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Open AccessNLRP6 potentiates PI3K/AKT signalling by promoting autophagic degradation of p85α to drive tumorigenesis
The PI3K/AKT pathway plays an essential role in tumour development. NOD-like receptors (NLRs) regulate innate immunity and are implicated in cancer, but whether they are involved in PI3K/AKT pathway regulation...
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Open AccessChiral coordination polymer nanowires boost radiation-induced in situ tumor vaccination
Radiation-induced in situ tumor vaccination alone is very weak and insufficient to elicit robust antitumor immune responses. In this work, we address this issue by develo** chiral vidarabine monophosphate-ga...
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Nanoparticles for inducing Gaucher disease-like damage in cancer cells
Nutrient avidity is one of the most distinctive features of tumours. However, nutrient deprivation has yielded limited clinical benefits. In Gaucher disease, an inherited metabolic disorder, cells produce chol...