Recent advances in nanoparticle-based photothermal therapy for breast cancer

SG Alamdari, M Amini, N Jalilzadeh… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women that is associated with
high mortality. Conventional treatments including surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting cancer stem cell pathways for cancer therapy

L Yang, P Shi, G Zhao, J Xu, W Peng, J Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Since cancer stem cells (CSCs) were first identified in leukemia in 1994, they have been
considered promising therapeutic targets for cancer therapy. These cells have self-renewal …

Demethylzeylasteral targets lactate by inhibiting histone lactylation to suppress the tumorigenicity of liver cancer stem cells

L Pan, F Feng, J Wu, S Fan, J Han, S Wang… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer stem cells drive tumor initiation, progression, and recurrence, which compromise the
effectiveness of anti-tumor drugs. Here, we report that demethylzeylasteral (DML), a …

[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional in vitro cell culture models in drug discovery and drug repositioning

SA Langhans - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Drug development is a lengthy and costly process that proceeds through several stages
from target identification to lead discovery and optimization, preclinical validation and …

[HTML][HTML] Mutant p53 in cancer progression and targeted therapies

G Zhu, C Pan, JX Bei, B Li, C Liang, Y Xu, X Fu - Frontiers in oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
TP53 is the most frequently mutated tumor suppressor gene in human cancer. The majority
of mutations of p53 are missense mutations, leading to the expression of the full length p53 …

Up-down regulation of HIF-1α in cancer progression

M Rashid, LR Zadeh, B Baradaran, O Molavi… - Gene, 2021 - Elsevier
Hypoxia induicible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) is a key transcription factor in cancer progression
and target therapy in cancer. HIF-1α acts differently depending on presence or absence of …

[HTML][HTML] Lipid-based nanoparticles: application and recent advances in cancer treatment

B García-Pinel, C Porras-Alcalá, A Ortega-Rodríguez… - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Many therapeutically active molecules are non-soluble in aqueous systems, chemically and
biologically fragile or present severe side effects. Lipid-based nanoparticle (LBNP) systems …

[HTML][HTML] Role of p38 MAP kinase in cancer stem cells and metastasis

S Kudaravalli, P den Hollander, SA Mani - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
Therapeutic resistance and metastatic progression are responsible for the majority of cancer
mortalities. In particular, the development of resistance is a significant barrier to the efficacy …

PRMTs and arginine methylation: cancer's best-kept secret?

J Jarrold, CC Davies - Trends in molecular medicine, 2019 - cell.com
Post-translational modification (PTM) of proteins is vital for increasing proteome diversity
and maintaining cellular homeostasis. If the writing, reading, and removal of modifications …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting glucose metabolism to overcome resistance to anticancer chemotherapy in breast cancer

E Varghese, SM Samuel, A Líšková, M Samec… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer (BC) is the most prevalent cancer in women. BC is heterogeneous, with
distinct phenotypical and morphological characteristics. These are based on their gene …