Recent advances in hyaluronic acid-decorated nanocarriers for targeted cancer therapy

JM Wickens, HO Alsaab, P Kesharwani, K Bhise… - Drug discovery today, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•CD44 receptor is overexpressed in highly invasive stem-like cancer cells
(SLCS).•CD44 receptors have high affinity toward hyaluronic acid (HA) binding.•Recent …

Insecticidal and repellent activity of several plant-derived essential oils against Aedes aegypti

RM Castillo, E Stashenko, JE Duque - Journal of the American Mosquito …, 2017 - BioOne
We examined the pupicidal, adulticidal, repellent, and oviposition-deterrent activities of
essential oils (EOs) from Lippia alba, L. origanoides, Eucalyptus citriodora, Cymbopogon …

[HTML][HTML] The cytotoxic effects of dimethyl sulfoxide in mouse preimplantation embryos: a mechanistic study

MH Kang, J Das, S Gurunathan, HW Park, H Song… - Theranostics, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is commonly used as a solvent for water-insoluble
substances, a vehicle for drug therapy, and a cryoprotectant for cultured cells. DMSO …

Hyaluronic acid-quercetin conjugate micelles: synthesis, characterization, in vitro and in vivo evaluation

X Pang, Z Lu, H Du, X Yang, G Zhai - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2014 - Elsevier
A tumor cell-targeted prodrug was developed for quercetin, using hyaluronic acid as
polymeric carrier. Hyaluronic acid-quercetin (HA-QT) bioconjugates were synthesized by …

[HTML][HTML] An important player in brine shrimp lethality bioassay: The solvent

C Wu - Journal of advanced pharmaceutical technology & …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Brine shrimp lethality bioassay is a simple, high throughput cytotoxicity test of bioactive
chemicals. It is based on the killing ability of test compounds on a simple zoological …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of the peripheral FAAH inhibitor, URB937, in animal models of acute and chronic migraine

R Greco, C Demartini, A Zanaboni, I Casini… - Neurobiology of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Inhibiting the activity of fatty-acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), the enzyme that deactivates the
endocannabinoid anandamide, enhances anandamide-mediated signaling and holds …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient mRNA delivery with mRNA lipoplexes prepared using a modified ethanol injection method

M Tang, A Sagawa, N Inoue, S Torii, K Tomita, Y Hattori - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Messenger RNA (mRNA)-based therapies are a novel class of therapeutics used in
vaccination and protein replacement therapies for monogenic diseases. Previously, we …

Antimicrobial in-situ forming gels based on bleached shellac and different solvents

T Phaechamud, O Setthajindalert - Journal of Drug Delivery Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract N-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), 2-pyrrolidone (PYR) and
eutectic (1: 1 menthol: camphor) were used as solvents for bleached shellac in doxycycline …

Amelioration of oxidative stress utilizing nanoemulsion loaded with bromocriptine and glutathione for the management of Parkinson's disease

MU Ashhar, P Vyas, D Vohora, PK Sahoo… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is triggered by the formation of free radicals in dopaminergic
neurons, which results in oxidative stress-induced neurodegeneration. The objective of the …

[HTML][HTML] Specific Activation of A3, A2A and A1 Adenosine Receptors in CD73-Knockout Mice Affects B16F10 Melanoma Growth, Neovascularization, Angiogenesis …

P Koszałka, M Gołuńska, A Urban, G Stasiłojć… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
CD73 (ecto-5'-nucleotidase), a cell surface enzyme hydrolyzing AMP to adenosine, was
lately demonstrated to play a direct role in tumor progression including regulation of tumor …