The metastatic niche and stromal progression

JP Sleeman - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2012 - Springer
The tumor stroma is comprised of extracellular matrix, non-malignant cells, and the signaling
molecules they produce. It is an integral and vital component of primary tumors that together …

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy for metastatic melanoma: challenges and road ahead

T Soltantoyeh, B Akbari, A Karimi… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Metastatic melanoma is the most aggressive and difficult to treat type of skin cancer, with a
survival rate of less than 10%. Metastatic melanoma has conventionally been considered …

Brachytherapy via a depot of biopolymer-bound 131I synergizes with nanoparticle paclitaxel in therapy-resistant pancreatic tumours

JL Schaal, J Bhattacharyya, J Brownstein… - Nature biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
Locally advanced pancreatic tumours are highly resistant to conventional
radiochemotherapy. Here we show that such resistance can be surmounted by an injectable …

Engineering of cell microenvironment-responsive polypeptide nanovehicle co-encapsulating a synergistic combination of small molecules for effective chemotherapy …

T Ramasamy, HB Ruttala, N Chitrapriya, BK Poudal… - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, we report a facile method to construct a bioactive (poly (phenylalanine)-b-poly
(l-histidine)-b-poly (ethylene glycol) polypeptide nanoconstruct to co-load doxorubicin (DOX) …

Multimodal selenium nanoshell-capped Au@mSiO2 nanoplatform for NIR-responsive chemo-photothermal therapy against metastatic breast cancer

T Ramasamy, HB Ruttala, P Sundaramoorthy… - NPG Asia …, 2018 - nature.com
Multimodal therapeutic agents based on novel nanomaterials for multidrug resistance have
attracted increasing attention in cancer therapy. In this study, we describe the construction of …

Lung‐endothelium‐targeted nanoparticles based on a pH‐sensitive lipid and the GALA peptide enable robust gene silencing and the regression of metastatic lung …

MM Abd Elwakil, IA Khalil, YHA Elewa… - Advanced functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The development of efficient gene delivery systems targeting the lung endothelium remains
a serious challenge. This study reports on the design and optimization of a multifunctional …

Delivery of therapeutic siRNA to the lung endothelium via novel lipoplex formulation DACC

V Fehring, U Schaeper, K Ahrens, A Santel, O Keil… - Molecular Therapy, 2014 - cell.com
Posttranscriptional gene silencing by RNA interference can be therapeutically exploited to
inhibit pathophysiological gene expression. However, in contrast to the established …

PECAM-1 isoforms, eNOS and endoglin axis in regulation of angiogenesis

S Park, CM Sorenson, N Sheibani - Clinical science, 2015 - portlandpress.com
Vascular development and maintenance of proper vascular function through various
regulatory mechanisms are critical to our wellbeing. Delineation of the regulatory processes …

Lipid envelope-type nanoparticle incorporating a multifunctional peptide for systemic siRNA delivery to the pulmonary endothelium

K Kusumoto, H Akita, T Ishitsuka, Y Matsumoto… - ACS …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A system that permits the delivery of cargoes to the lung endothelium would be
extraordinarily useful in terms of curing a wide variety of lung-related diseases. This study …

Facile construction of bioreducible crosslinked polypeptide micelles for enhanced cancer combination therapy

HB Ruttala, N Chitrapriya, K Kaliraj, T Ramasamy… - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, we developed pH and redox-responsive crosslinked polypeptide-based
combination micelles for enhanced chemotherapeutic efficacy and minimized side effects …