[HTML][HTML] Enhancing cell penetration efficiency of cyclic oligoarginines using rigid scaffolds

C Bató, I Szabó, Z Bánóczi - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Delivering therapeutic agents into cells has always been a major challenge. In recent years,
cyclization emerged as a tool for designing CPPs to increase their internalization and …

[HTML][HTML] The balance between hydrophobicity/aromaticity and positively charged residues may influence the cell penetration ability

D Soltész, I Szabó, Z Bánóczi - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) are commonly modified to increase their cellular uptake,
alter the mechanism of penetration or enhance their endosomal release. Earlier, we …

[HTML][HTML] Recent Advances and Trends in Chemical CPP–Drug Conjugation Techniques

F Gayraud, M Klussmann, I Neundorf - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review summarizes recent developments in conjugation techniques for the synthesis of
cell-penetrating peptide (CPP)–drug conjugates targeting cancer cells. We will focus on …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of the Dabcyl group on the cellular uptake of cationic peptides: Short oligoarginines as efficient cell-penetrating peptides

I Szabó, F Illien, LE Dókus, M Yousef, Z Baranyai… - Amino Acids, 2021 - Springer
Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) are promising delivery vehicles. These short peptides can
transport wide range of cargos into cells, although their usage has often limitations. One of …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of Aza-Glycine substitution on the internalization of penetratin

K Tarchoun, D Soltész, V Farkas, HJ Lee, I Szabó… - Pharmaceutics, 2024 - mdpi.com
The cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) penetratin has gained much attention over many years
due to its potential role as a transporter for a broad range of cargo into cells. The …

Finding the ideal polyethylenimine-plasmid DNA system for co-delivery of payloads in cancer therapy

D Costa, AJM Valente, JA Queiroz, Â Sousa - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Researchers still hold for the development of a safety and advanced delivery system able of
efficient therapeutic action. The co-delivery of different payloads is part of this strategy and …

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 6-substituted pyrrolo [3, 2-d] pyrimidine analogues as antifolate antitumor agents

C Tian, M Wang, Z Han, F Fang, Z Zhang… - European journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
A series of novel 6-substituted pyrrolo [3, 2-d] pyrimidine analogues (10a, 11a-13a, 15a,
17a, 18a, 27a and 28a) have been designed and synthesized as antifolate antitumor agents …

[HTML][HTML] Peptide based inhibitors of protein binding to the mitogen-activated protein kinase docking groove

A Alexa, O Ember, I Szabó, Y Mo'ath, ÁL Póti… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) are important regulatory units in cells and they
take part in the regulation of many cellular functions such as cell division, differentiation or …

Cell-penetrating peptides improve pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of anticancer drugs

I Rusiecka, I Gągało, I Kocić - Tissue Barriers, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This review concentrates on the research concerning conjugates of anticancer drugs with
versatile cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs). For a better insight into the relationship between …

The effect of conjugation on antitumor activity of vindoline derivatives with octaarginine, a cell‐penetrating peptide

Z Bánóczi, A Keglevich, I Szabó… - Journal of Peptide …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Some Vinca alkaloids (eg, vinblastine, vincristine) have been widely used as antitumor
drugs for a long time. Unfortunately, vindoline, a main alkaloid component of Catharanthus …