Protein cages: from fundamentals to advanced applications

TGW Edwardson, MD Levasseur, S Tetter… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Proteins that self-assemble into polyhedral shell-like structures are useful molecular
containers both in nature and in the laboratory. Here we review efforts to repurpose diverse …

Functional ligands for improving anticancer drug therapy: current status and applications to drug delivery systems

R Bajracharya, JG Song, BR Patil, SH Lee, HM Noh… - Drug Delivery, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Conventional chemotherapy lacking target selectivity often leads to severe side effects,
limiting the effectiveness of chemotherapy. Therefore, drug delivery systems ensuring both …

HSP90 inhibitors and cancer: Prospects for use in targeted therapies

ZN Li, Y Luo - Oncology reports, 2022 - spandidos-publications.com
Heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) is a vital chaperone protein, regulating signaling pathways
and correcting misfolded proteins in cancer cells by interacting with oncogenic client …

Approaches for bacteriophage genome engineering

M Mahler, AR Costa, SPB van Beljouw… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
In recent years, bacteriophage research has been boosted by a rising interest in using
phage therapy to treat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. In addition, there is a desire to …

Recent advances in targeted drug delivery strategy for enhancing oncotherapy

J Li, Q Wang, G Xia, N Adilijiang, Y Li, Z Hou, Z Fan… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Targeted drug delivery is a precise and effective strategy in oncotherapy that can accurately
deliver drugs to tumor cells or tissues to enhance their therapeutic effect and, meanwhile …

Huc-MSC-derived exosomes modified with the targeting peptide of aHSCs for liver fibrosis therapy

Y Lin, M Yan, Z Bai, Y Xie, L Ren, J Wei, D Zhu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Effective therapeutics to stop or reverse liver fibrosis have not emerged,
because these potential agents cannot specifically target activated hepatic stellate cells …

[HTML][HTML] Phage display derived peptides for Alzheimer's disease therapy and diagnosis

X Zhang, X Zhang, H Gao, G Qing - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an incurable and fatal progressive neurodegenerative disorder
associated with memory and cognition impairment. AD is one of the top medical care …

Immunotherapy in hematologic malignancies: achievements, challenges and future prospects

L Tang, Z Huang, H Mei, Y Hu - Signal Transduction and Targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
The immune-cell origin of hematologic malignancies provides a unique avenue for the
understanding of both the mechanisms of immune responsiveness and immune escape …

Peptides for vaccine development

IW Hamley - ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2022 - ACS Publications
This review discusses peptide epitopes used as antigens in the development of vaccines in
clinical trials as well as future vaccine candidates. It covers peptides used in potential …

Life cycle progression and sexual development of the apicomplexan parasite Cryptosporidium parvum

J Tandel, ED English, A Sateriale, JA Gullicksrud… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The apicomplexan parasite Cryptosporidium is a leading global cause of severe diarrhoeal
disease and an important contributor to early childhood mortality. Currently, there are no …