Progressing nanotechnology to improve targeted cancer treatment: overcoming hurdles in its clinical implementation

M Chehelgerdi, M Chehelgerdi, OQB Allela… - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
The use of nanotechnology has the potential to revolutionize the detection and treatment of
cancer. Developments in protein engineering and materials science have led to the …

Recent advances of immunotherapy for biliary tract cancer

A Rizzo, AD Ricci, G Brandi - Expert review of gastroenterology & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Biliary tract cancer (BTC) is a heterogeneous group of aggressive malignancies
comprising intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, gallbladder …

Durvalumab: an investigational anti-PD-L1 antibody for the treatment of biliary tract cancer

A Rizzo, AD Ricci, G Brandi - Expert opinion on investigational …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The prognosis of patients with advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC) remains
dismal, with a 5-year overall survival rate of less than 10%. Although immune checkpoint …

YKL-40 derived from infiltrating macrophages cooperates with GDF15 to establish an immune suppressive microenvironment in gallbladder cancer

Z Wang, S Wang, Z Jia, Y Hu, D Cao, M Yang, L Liu… - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite of the high lethality of gallbladder cancer (GBC), little is known regarding molecular
regulation of the tumor immunosuppressive microenvironment. Here, we determined tumor …

Gallbladder cancer: current multimodality treatment concepts and future directions

N Sturm, JS Schuhbaur, F Hüttner, L Perkhofer… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Gallbladder cancer is the most common malignancy of the biliary tract and
is associated with several risk factors such as female sex, ethnic background, and chronic …

Multifunctional tumor-targeting Carbon dots for Tumor Microenvironment activated ferroptosis and immunotherapy in Cancer Treatment

Y Bao, G Li, S Li, H Zhang, X Wu, R Yan… - … applied materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As an emerging cancer treatment strategy, ferroptosis is distinguished by the perturbation of
lipid metabolism equilibrium and the accumulation of lipid peroxidation. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] LncRNA MNX1-AS1 sustains inactivation of Hippo pathway through a positive feedback loop with USP16/IGF2BP3 axis in gallbladder cancer

S Liu, H Li, Y Zhu, X Ma, Z Shao, Z Yang, C Cai, Z Wu… - Cancer Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
The long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been implicated in multiple human cancers,
which may offer great potential as putative targets for cancer diagnosis and treatment …

The 'speck'-tacular oversight of the NLRP3-pyroptosis pathway on gastrointestinal inflammatory diseases and tumorigenesis

V Arrè, R Scialpi, M Centonze, G Giannelli… - Journal of biomedical …, 2023 - Springer
The NLRP3 inflammasome is an intracellular sensor and an essential component of the
innate immune system involved in danger recognition. An important hallmark of …

Isoliquiritigenin induces HMOX1 and GPX4-mediated ferroptosis in gallbladder cancer cells

Z Wang, W Li, X Wang, Q Zhu, L Liu, S Qiu… - Chinese Medical …, 2023 - mednexus.org
Background: Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is the most common malignant tumor of biliary tract.
Isoliquiritigenin (ISL) is a natural compound with chalcone structure extracted from the roots …

NLRP3 inflammasome-induced pyroptosis in digestive system tumors

J Wen, B Xuan, Y Liu, L Wang, L He, X Meng… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Programmed cell death (PCD) refers to cell death in a manner that depends on specific
genes encoding signals or activities. PCD includes apoptosis, pyroptosis, autophagy and …