Bioactive inorganic nanomaterials for cancer theranostics

Z Pei, H Lei, L Cheng - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioactive materials are a special class of biomaterials that can react in vivo to induce a
biological response or regulate biological functions, thus achieving a better curative effect …

Organometallic anti-tumor agents: targeting from biomolecules to dynamic bioprocesses

K Peng, Y Zheng, W **a, ZW Mao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The great clinical success of cisplatin and its derivatives has convinced people that metal
complexes could play a more significant role in human cancer therapy. However, targeting …

Engineering nanomedicine for glutathione depletion-augmented cancer therapy

Y **ong, C **ao, Z Li, X Yang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Glutathione (GSH), the main redox buffer, has long been recognized as a pivotal modulator
of tumor initiation, progression and metastasis. It is also implicated in the resistance of …

Quercetin ameliorates diabetic kidney injury by inhibiting ferroptosis via activating Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway

Q Feng, Y Yang, Y Qiao, Y Zheng, X Yu… - The American Journal …, 2023 - World Scientific
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is thought to be the major cause of end-stage renal disease. Due
to its complicated pathogenesis and the low efficacy of DN treatment, a deep understanding …

The adipocyte microenvironment and cancer

A Mukherjee, AJ Bilecz, E Lengyel - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2022 - Springer
Many epithelial tumors grow in the vicinity of or metastasize to adipose tissue. As tumors
develop, crosstalk between adipose tissue and cancer cells leads to changes in adipocyte …

A natural polyphenol activates and enhances GPX4 to mitigate amyloid-β induced ferroptosis in Alzheimer's disease

P Baruah, H Moorthy, M Ramesh, D Padhi… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Ferroptosis, an iron-dependent cell death, plays a crucial role in the pathology of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Several characteristics of AD, including excessive iron …

A self-amplifying nanodrug to manipulate the Janus-faced nature of ferroptosis for tumor therapy

M Zhang, X Qin, Z Zhao, Q Du, Q Li, Y Jiang… - Nanoscale …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Ferroptosis, an unusual non-apoptotic cell death caused by the iron-dependent
accumulation of lipid peroxide, enables the flexible design of an antitumor platform …

[HTML][HTML] Ferroptosis in life: To be or not to be

L Xu, Y Liu, X Chen, H Zhong, Y Wang - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Ferroptosis is a novel type of programmed cell death, characterized by a dysregulated iron
metabolism and accumulation of lipid peroxides. It features the alteration of mitochondria …

Reactive oxygen species-upregulating nanomedicines towards enhanced cancer therapy

Y Ding, Q Pan, W Gao, Y Pu, K Luo, B He - Biomaterials Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a crucial role in physiological and pathological
processes, emerging as a therapeutic target in cancer. Owing to the high concentration of …

Small-molecule allosteric inhibitors of GPX4

H Liu, F Forouhar, AJ Lin, Q Wang, V Polychronidou… - Cell chemical …, 2022 - cell.com
Encouraged by the dependence of drug-resistant, metastatic cancers on GPX4, we
examined biophysical mechanisms of GPX4 inhibition, which revealed an unexpected …