Immune cells as tumor drug delivery vehicles

F Combes, E Meyer, NN Sanders - Journal of Controlled Release, 2020 - Elsevier
This review article describes the use of immune cells as potential candidates to deliver anti-
cancer drugs deep within the tumor microenvironment. First, the rationale of using drug …

[HTML][HTML] Hybrid biomicromotors

L Schwarz, M Medina-Sánchez… - Applied Physics Reviews, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Micromotors are devices that operate at the microscale and convert energy to motion. Many
micromotors are microswimmers, ie, devices that can move freely in a liquid at a low …

Mesenchymal stem cells: a promising targeted-delivery vehicle in cancer gene therapy

YL Hu, YH Fu, Y Tabata, JQ Gao - Journal of Controlled Release, 2010 - Elsevier
The targeting drug delivery systems (TDDS) have attracted extensive attention of
researchers in recent years. More and more drug/gene targeted delivery carriers, such as …

Carrier cell-based delivery of an oncolytic virus circumvents antiviral immunity

AT Power, J Wang, TJ Falls, JM Paterson, KA Parato… - Molecular Therapy, 2007 - cell.com
Oncolytic viruses capable of tumor-selective replication and cytolysis have shown early
promise as cancer therapeutics. However, the host immune system remains a significant …

The participation of mesenchymal stem cells in tumor stroma formation and their application as targeted-gene delivery vehicles

B Hall, M Andreeff, F Marini - Bone marrow-derived progenitors, 2007 - Springer
Recent evidence suggests that mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) selectively proliferate to
tumors and contribute to the formation of tumor-associated stroma. The biological rationale …

A tumor-selective biotherapy with prolonged impact on established metastases based on cytokine gene-engineered MSCs

X Chen, X Lin, J Zhao, W Shi, H Zhang, Y Wang… - Molecular Therapy, 2008 - cell.com
The poor prognosis for patients with advanced malignancy relates partly to the inability to
reverse cancer metastasis. In this study we have investigated an integrated immunotherapy …

Cell carriers for oncolytic viruses: Fed Ex for cancer therapy

C Willmon, K Harrington, T Kottke, R Prestwich… - Molecular therapy, 2009 - cell.com
Oncolytic viruses delivered directly into the circulation face many hazards that impede their
localization to, and infection of, metastatic tumors. Such barriers to systemic delivery could …

Cyclophosphamide facilitates antitumor efficacy against subcutaneous tumors following intravenous delivery of reovirus

J Qiao, H Wang, T Kottke, C White… - Clinical Cancer …, 2008 - aacrjournals.org
Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether it is possible to
achieve truly systemic delivery of oncolytic reovirus, in immunocompetent hosts, using …

Mesenchymal stem cells in cancer: tumor-associated fibroblasts and cell-based delivery vehicles

B Hall, J Dembinski, AK Sasser, M Studeny… - International journal of …, 2007 - Springer
Recent evidence suggests that mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) selectively home to tumors,
where they contribute to the formation of tumor-associated stroma. This effect can be …

Tumor-targeted, systemic delivery of therapeutic viral vectors using hitchhiking on antigen-specific T cells

C Cole, J Qiao, T Kottke, RM Diaz, A Ahmed… - Nature medicine, 2005 - nature.com
Antigen-specific T cells circulate freely and accumulate specifically at sites of antigen
expression. To enhance the survival and targeting of systemically delivered viral vectors, we …