Targeting lysosomes in human disease: from basic research to clinical applications

M Cao, X Luo, K Wu, X He - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021 - nature.com
In recent years, accumulating evidence has elucidated the role of lysosomes in dynamically
regulating cellular and organismal homeostasis. Lysosomal changes and dysfunction have …

Links between COVID-19 and Parkinson's disease/Alzheimer's disease: reciprocal impacts, medical care strategies and underlying mechanisms

P Huang, LY Zhang, YY Tan, SD Chen - Translational Neurodegeneration, 2023 - Springer
The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on patients with
neurodegenerative diseases and the specific neurological manifestations of COVID-19 have …

Mutations in the P. falciparum digestive vacuole transmembrane protein PfCRT and evidence for their role in chloroquine resistance

DA Fidock, T Nomura, AK Talley, RA Cooper… - Molecular cell, 2000 - cell.com
The determinant of verapamil-reversible chloroquine resistance (CQR) in a Plasmodium
falciparum genetic cross maps to a 36 kb segment of chromosome 7. This segment harbors …

Targeted iron oxide nanoparticles for the enhancement of radiation therapy

AK Hauser, MI Mitov, EF Daley, RC McGarry… - Biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
To increase the efficacy of radiation, iron oxide nanoparticles can be utilized for their ability
to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS). Radiation therapy promotes leakage of electrons …

Lysosomal membrane permeabilization by targeted magnetic nanoparticles in alternating magnetic fields

M Domenech, I Marrero-Berrios, M Torres-Lugo… - ACS …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Lysosomal death pathways are being explored as alternatives of overcoming cancer tumor
resistance to traditional forms of treatment. Nanotechnologies that can selectively target and …

Lysosomal sequestration of hydrophobic weak base chemotherapeutics triggers lysosomal biogenesis and lysosome-dependent cancer multidrug resistance

B Zhitomirsky, YG Assaraf - Oncotarget, 2014 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a primary hindrance to curative cancer chemotherapy. In this
respect, lysosomes were suggested to play a role in intrinsic MDR by sequestering …

Dynamic Magnetic Fields Remote-Control Apoptosis via Nanoparticle Rotation

E Zhang, MF Kircher, M Koch, L Eliasson… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The ability to control the movement of nanoparticles remotely and with high precision would
have far-reaching implications in many areas of nanotechnology. We have designed a …

Hybrid magnetic nanovectors promote selective glioblastoma cell death through a combined effect of lysosomal membrane permeabilization and chemotherapy

C Pucci, D De Pasquale, A Marino… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Glioblastoma multiforme is the most aggressive brain tumor, due to its high invasiveness
and genetic heterogeneity. Moreover, the blood–brain barrier prevents many drugs from …

Hydroxychloroquine: a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model in the context of cancer-related autophagy modulation

KP Collins, KM Jackson, DL Gustafson - The Journal of pharmacology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a lysosomotropic autophagy inhibitor being used in over 50
clinical trials either alone or in combination with chemotherapy. Pharmacokinetic (PK) and …

Magnetic nanowires in biomedical applications

A Mukhtar, K Wu, X Cao - Nanotechnology, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic nanostructures and nanomaterials play essential roles in modern bio medicine
and technology. Proper surface functionalization of nanoparticles (NPs) allows the selective …