Plant‐derived extracellular vesicles: Recent advancements and current challenges on their use for biomedical applications

MQ Lian, WH Chng, J Liang, HQ Yeo… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) represent a diverse class of lipid bilayer membrane vesicles
released by both animal and plant cells. These ubiquitous vesicles are involved in …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of the protective effects of silymarin/silibinin against doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity

M Singh, MM Kadhim, A Turki Jalil, SK Oudah… - Cancer Cell …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Although doxorubicin chemotherapy is commonly applied for treating different
malignant tumors, cardiotoxicity induced by this chemotherapeutic agent restricts its clinical …

Neutrophil extracellular traps formed during chemotherapy confer treatment resistance via TGF-β activation

A Mousset, E Lecorgne, I Bourget, P Lopez, K Jenovai… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Metastasis is the major cause of cancer death, and the development of therapy resistance is
common. The tumor microenvironment can confer chemotherapy resistance …

Stress and cancer: mechanisms, significance and future directions

A Eckerling, I Ricon-Becker, L Sorski… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The notion that stress and cancer are interlinked has dominated lay discourse for decades.
More recent animal studies indicate that stress can substantially facilitate cancer …

Inflammation as a regulator of hematopoietic stem cell function in disease, aging, and clonal selection

F Caiado, EM Pietras, MG Manz - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2021 - rupress.org
Inflammation is an evolutionarily selected defense response to infection or tissue damage
that involves activation and consumption of immune cells in order to reestablish and …

Chemotherapy: a double-edged sword in cancer treatment

N Behranvand, F Nasri, R Zolfaghari Emameh… - Cancer immunology …, 2022 - Springer
Chemotherapy is a well-known and effective treatment for different cancers; unfortunately, it
has not been as efficient in the eradication of all cancer cells as been expected. The …

Protection against chemotherapy-and radiotherapy-induced side effects: A review based on the mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities of phytochemicals

YQ Liu, XL Wang, DH He, YX Cheng - Phytomedicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Although great achievements have been made in the field of cancer therapy,
chemotherapy and radiotherapy remain the mainstay cancer therapeutic modalities …

Curcumin as an anti‐inflammatory agent: Implications to radiotherapy and chemotherapy

B Farhood, K Mortezaee, NH Goradel… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is the second cause of death worldwide. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are the
most common modalities for the treatment of cancer. Experimental studies have shown that …

[HTML][HTML] Bitter melon derived extracellular vesicles enhance the therapeutic effects and reduce the drug resistance of 5-fluorouracil on oral squamous cell carcinoma

M Yang, Q Luo, X Chen, F Chen - Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2021 - Springer
Background Plant-derived extracellular vesicles (PDEVs) have been exploited for cancer
treatment with several benefits. Bitter melon is cultivated as a vegetable and folk medicine …

[HTML][HTML] Paradoxical effects of chemotherapy on tumor relapse and metastasis promotion

C D'Alterio, S Scala, G Sozzi, L Roz… - Seminars in cancer biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Several lines of compelling pre-clinical evidence identify chemotherapy as a potentially
double-edged sword: therapeutic efficacy on the primary tumor may in fact be …