Peptide-based agents for cancer treatment: Current applications and future directions

NTT Nhàn, T Yamada, KH Yamada - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Peptide-based strategies have received an enormous amount of attention because of their
specificity and applicability. Their specificity and tumor-targeting ability are applied to …

Targeting transcription factors ATF5, CEBPB and CEBPD with cell-penetrating peptides to treat brain and other cancers

LA Greene, Q Zhou, MD Siegelin, JM Angelastro - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Developing novel therapeutics often follows three steps: target identification, design of
strategies to suppress target activity and drug development to implement the strategies. In …

Effect of the Lipid Landscape on the Efficacy of Cell-Penetrating Peptides

F Zakany, IM Mándity, Z Varga, G Panyi, P Nagy… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Every cell biological textbook teaches us that the main role of the plasma membrane is to
separate cells from their neighborhood to allow for a controlled composition of the …

A straightforward method for the development of positively charged gold nanoparticle-based vectors for effective siRNA delivery

TN Elizarova, ML Antopolsky, DO Novichikhin… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The therapeutic potential of short interfering RNA (siRNA) to treat many diseases that are
incurable with traditional preparations is limited by the extensive metabolism of serum …

Cell Penetrating Peptides: Classification, Mechanisms, Methods of Study, and Applications

A Gori, G Lodigiani, SG Colombarolli… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cell‐penetrating peptides (CPPs) encompass a class of peptides that possess the
remarkable ability to cross cell membranes and deliver various types of cargoes, including …

Prediction of drug synergism between peptides and antineoplastic drugs Paclitaxel, 5-Fluorouracil, and Doxorubicin using in silico approaches

N Vale, M Pereira, J Santos, C Moura… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chemotherapy is the main treatment for most early-stage cancers; nevertheless, its efficacy
is usually limited by drug resistance, toxicity, and tumor heterogeneity. Cell-penetrating …

Cell penetrating peptides: Highlighting points in cancer therapy

AM Asrorov, H Wang, M Zhang, Y Wang… - Drug Development …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Cell‐penetrating peptides (CPPs), first identified in HIV a few decades ago,
deserved great attention in the last two decades; especially to support the penetration of …

[HTML][HTML] Rational design, synthesis and structural characterization of peptides and peptidomimetics to target Hsp90/Cdc37 interaction for treating hepatocellular …

S Sukumaran, M Tan, SF Ben-Uliel, H Zhang… - Computational and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) and cell division cycle 37 (Cdc37) work together as
a molecular chaperone complex to regulate the activity of a multitude of client protein …

Cell Penetrability of a γ-Crystallin Peptide Fragment from the Discarded Cataractous Eye Emulsion

P Chowdhury, AK Ojha, S Bhowmik, K Halder… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The efficiency of the intracellular transport of medication and target specificity is frequently
hampered by biological obstacles. The potential for therapeutic use of peptide fragments …

A Nucleus-Targeting WT1 Antagonistic Peptide Encapsulated in Polymeric Nanomicelles Combats Refractory Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

M Chen, X Fang, R Du, J Meng, J Liu, M Liu, Y Yang… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is recognized as a classic clonal myeloproliferative
disorder. Given the limited treatment options for CML patients in the accelerated phase (AP) …