A bifunctional biomaterial with photothermal effect for tumor therapy and bone regeneration

H Ma, C Jiang, D Zhai, Y Luo, Y Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Malignant bone tumor is one of the major bone diseases. The treatment of such a bone
disease typically requires the removal of bone tumor and regeneration of tumor‐initiated …

PKM2 contributes to cancer metabolism

N Wong, D Ojo, J Yan, D Tang - Cancer letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Reprogramming of cell metabolism is essential for tumorigenesis, and is regulated by a
complex network, in which PKM2 plays a critical role. PKM2 exists as an inactive monomer …

Immune system in cancer radiotherapy: Resistance mechanisms and therapy perspectives

K Mortezaee, M Najafi - Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 2021 - Elsevier
Radiotherapy is a common modality for more than half of cancer patients. Classically,
radiation is known as a strategy to kill cancer cells via direct interaction with DNA or …

[HTML][HTML] Induction of hypoxia and necrosis in multicellular tumor spheroids is associated with resistance to chemotherapy treatment

S Däster, N Amatruda, D Calabrese, R Ivanek… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Culture of cancerous cells in standard monolayer conditions poorly mirrors growth in three-
dimensional architectures typically observed in a wide majority of cancers of different …

Near-infrared light and glucose dual-responsive cascading hydroxyl radical generation for in situ gelation and effective breast cancer treatment

Y Hao, Z Dong, M Chen, Y Chao, Z Liu, L Feng, Y Hao… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
A general therapeutic strategy to treat breast cancer is attractive as different subtypes of
breast cancers often exhibit distinct response to existing cancer therapeutics. To this end, we …

Hypoxic radioresistance: can ROS be the key to overcome it?

H Wang, H Jiang, M Van De Gucht, M De Ridder - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Radiotherapy is a mainstay treatment for many types of cancer and kills cancer cells via
generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Incorporating radiation with pharmacological …

Targeting tumor-associated fibroblasts for therapeutic delivery in desmoplastic tumors

L Miao, Q Liu, CM Lin, C Luo, Y Wang, L Liu, W Yin… - Cancer research, 2017 - AACR
The off-target distribution of anticancer nanoparticles to fibroblasts creates a barrier to the
effective treatment of desmoplastic tumors. However, we hypothesized that this nanoparticle …

Therapeutic implications for overcoming radiation resistance in cancer therapy

BM Kim, Y Hong, S Lee, P Liu, JH Lim, YH Lee… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Ionizing radiation (IR), such as X-rays and gamma (γ)-rays, mediates various forms of cancer
cell death such as apoptosis, necrosis, autophagy, mitotic catastrophe, and senescence …

Metabolic crosstalk in the tumor microenvironment regulates antitumor immunosuppression and immunotherapy resisitance

F Wei, D Wang, J Wei, N Tang, L Tang, F Xiong… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
The successful treatment of human cancers by immunotherapy has been made possible by
breakthroughs in the discovery of immune checkpoint regulators, including CTLA-4 and PD …

A comprehensive review of Sirtuins: With a major focus on redox homeostasis and metabolism

S Shahgaldi, FR Kahmini - Life Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Sirtuins are Class III protein deacetylases with seven conserved isoforms. In general,
Sirtuins are highly activated under cellular stress conditions in which NAD+ levels are …