[HTML][HTML] On the design principles of peptide–drug conjugates for targeted drug delivery to the malignant tumor site

EI Vrettos, G Mező, AG Tzakos - Beilstein journal of organic …, 2018 - beilstein-journals.org
Cancer is the second leading cause of death affecting nearly one in two people, and the
appearance of new cases is projected to rise by> 70% by 2030. To effectively combat the …

Drug delivery and release systems for targeted tumor therapy

D Böhme, AG Beck‐Sickinger - Journal of Peptide Science, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Most toxic agents currently used for chemotherapy show a narrow therapeutic window,
because of their inability to distinguish between healthy and cancer cells. Targeted drug …

Liposome-based glioma targeted drug delivery enabled by stable peptide ligands

X Wei, J Gao, C Zhan, C **e, Z Chai, D Ran… - Journal of Controlled …, 2015 - Elsevier
The treatment of glioma is one of the most challenging tasks in clinic. As an intracranial
tumor, glioma exhibits many distinctive characteristics from other tumors. In particular …

Peptide-functionalized oxime hydrogels with tunable mechanical properties and gelation behavior

F Lin, J Yu, W Tang, J Zheng, A Defante, K Guo… - …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate the formation of polyethylene glycol (PEG) based hydrogels via oxime
ligation and the photoinitiated thiol–ene 3D patterning of peptides within the hydrogel matrix …

Recent advances in the biomedical applications of functionalized nanogels

KB Narayanan, R Bhaskar, SS Han - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nanomaterials have been extensively used in several applications in the past few decades
related to biomedicine and healthcare. Among them, nanogels (NGs) have emerged as an …

Treatment of breast cancer with gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs

M Huerta-Reyes, G Maya-Núñez… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Although significant progress has been made in the implementation of new breast cancer
treatments over the last three decades, this neoplasm annually continues to show high …

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptors in prostate cancer: molecular aspects and biological functions

F Fontana, M Marzagalli, M Montagnani Marelli… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pituitary Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone receptors (GnRH-R) mediate the activity of the
hypothalamic decapeptide GnRH, thus playing a key role in the regulation of the …

Cellular internalization and inhibition capacity of new anti-glioma peptide conjugates: physicochemical characterization and evaluation on various monolayer-and 3D …

Z Baranyai, B Biri-Kovács, M Kratky… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Most therapeutic agents used for treating brain malignancies face hindered transport
through the blood–brain barrier (BBB) and poor tissue penetration. To overcome these …

Recent advances in pH-or/and photo-responsive nanovehicles

Y Shin, P Husni, K Kang, D Lee, S Lee, E Lee, Y Youn… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The combination of nanotechnology and chemotherapy has resulted in more effective drug
design via the development of nanomaterial-based drug delivery systems (DDSs) for tumor …

NGR-peptide− drug conjugates with dual targeting properties

KN Enyedi, S Tóth, G Szakács, G Mező - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Peptides containing the asparagine-glycine-arginine (NGR) motif are recognized by
CD13/aminopeptidase N (APN) receptor isoforms that are selectively overexpressed in …