Hypoxia-directed drug strategies to target the tumor microenvironment

MP Hay, KO Hicks, J Wang - Tumor Microenvironment and Cellular Stress …, 2014 - Springer
Hypoxia is an important component of the tumor microenvironment and has been the target
of drug discovery efforts for almost half a century. These efforts have evolved from offsetting …

Hypoxic tumor microenvironment: Opportunities to develop targeted therapies

A Patel, S Sant - Biotechnology advances, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been great progress in the understanding of tumor biology and its
surrounding microenvironment. Solid tumors create regions with low oxygen levels …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting tumor hypoxia in radiotherapy: a brief review of historical background and recent progress

M Zhang, Z Zhou, Z Zhao… - Exploratory Research and …, 2016 - xiahepublishing.com
Tumor hypoxia is a physiologic barrier to radiotherapy and anti-tumor drug delivery.
Numerous efforts have been made to overcome this barrier and to improve therapeutic …

Design of hypoxia-targeting drugs as new cancer chemotherapeutics

H Nagasawa, Y Uto, KL Kirk, H Hori - Biological and Pharmaceutical …, 2006 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The tumor microenvironment is now recognized as a major factor that influences not only the
response to conventional anti-cancer therapies but also helps define the potential for …

Exploiting tumour hypoxia in cancer treatment

JM Brown, WR Wilson - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2004 - nature.com
Solid tumours contain regions at very low oxygen concentrations (hypoxia), often
surrounding areas of necrosis. The cells in these hypoxic regions are resistant to both …

Hypoxia signaling: challenges and opportunities for cancer therapy

M Ivan, ML Fishel, OM Tudoran, KE Pollok, X Wu… - Seminars in cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypoxia is arguably the first recognized cancer microenvironment hallmark and affects
virtually all cellular populations present in tumors. During the past decades the complex …

Targeting tumor hypoxia

M Skwarski, E Bowler, JD Wilson, GS Higgins… - Molecular Targeted …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Hypoxia (oxygen levels below 1–2%) is a common finding in solid tumors. The
development of tumor hypoxia can be viewed as an imbalance between oxygen supply and …

[HTML][HTML] Reprogramming of the tumor in the hypoxic niche: the emerging concept and associated therapeutic strategies

GZ Qiu, MZ Jin, JX Dai, W Sun, JH Feng… - Trends in pharmacological …, 2017 - cell.com
Hypoxia exerts a profound impact on diverse aspects of cancer biology. Increasing evidence
has revealed novel functions of hypoxia in cancer cell epigenomics, epitranscriptomics …

Hypoxia-targeted drug delivery

A Sharma, JF Arambula, S Koo, R Kumar… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Hypoxia is a state of low oxygen tension found in numerous solid tumours. It is typically
associated with abnormal vasculature, which results in a reduced supply of oxygen and …

How to overcome (and exploit) tumor hypoxia for targeted gene therapy

O Greco, B Marples, MC Joiner… - Journal of cellular …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor hypoxia has long been recognized as a critical issue in oncology. Resistance of
hypoxic areas has been shown to affect treatment outcome after radiation, chemotherapy …