MiR-21: an environmental driver of malignant melanoma?

BC Melnik - Journal of translational medicine, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Since the mid-1950's, melanoma incidence has been rising steadily in
industrialized Caucasian populations, thereby pointing to the pivotal involvement of …

Recent advances in applying nanotechnologies for cancer immunotherapy

R Mahjub, S Jatana, SE Lee, Z Qin, G Pauli… - Journal of controlled …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cancer immunotherapy aimed at boosting cancer-specific immunoresponses to eradicate
tumor cells has evolved as a new treatment modality. Nanoparticles incorporating antigens …

The curcumin analog EF24 targets NF-κB and miRNA-21, and has potent anticancer activity in vitro and in vivo

CH Yang, J Yue, M Sims, LM Pfeffer - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
EF24 is a curcumin analog that has improved anticancer activity over curcumin, but its
therapeutic potential and mechanism of action is unknown, which is important to address as …

IFN Induces miR-21 through a Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3–dependent pathway as a suppressive negative feedback on IFN-induced apoptosis

CH Yang, J Yue, M Fan, LM Pfeffer - Cancer research, 2010 - AACR
The microRNA miR-21 is overexpressed in many human cancers, wherein accumulating
evidence indicates that it functions as an oncogene. Here, we report that the cytokine IFN …

Next‐generation bromodomain inhibitors of the SWI/SNF complex enhance DNA damage and cell death in glioblastoma

C Yang, Y He, Y Wang, PJ McKinnon… - Journal of Cellular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive brain cancer with a poor prognosis. While surgical
resection is the primary treatment, adjuvant temozolomide (TMZ) chemotherapy and …

Melittin derived peptides for nanoparticle based siRNA transfection

KK Hou, H Pan, GM Lanza, SA Wickline - Biomaterials, 2013 - Elsevier
Traditional transfection agents including cationic lipids and polymers have high efficiency
but cause cytotoxicity. While cell penetrating peptide based transfection agents exhibit …

STAT3 inhibitory stattic enhances immunogenic cell death induced by chemotherapy in cancer cells

S Jafari, A Lavasanifar, MS Hejazi… - DARU Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Induction of immunogenic cell death (ICD) is considered a promising strategy
for cancer immunotherapy. Stattic is an inhibitor of STAT3, which is found constitutively …

[HTML][HTML] The critical role that STAT3 plays in glioma-initiating cells: STAT3 addiction in glioma

D Ganguly, M Fan, CH Yang, B Zbytek, D Finkelstein… - Oncotarget, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Glioma-Initiating Cells (GICs) are thought to be responsible for tumor initiation,
progression and recurrence in glioblastoma (GBM). In previous studies, we reported the …

Renalase expression by melanoma and tumor-associated macrophages promotes tumor growth through a STAT3-mediated mechanism

L Hollander, X Guo, H Velazquez, J Chang… - Cancer research, 2016 - AACR
To sustain their proliferation, cancer cells overcome negative-acting signals that restrain
their growth and promote senescence and cell death. Renalase (RNLS) is a secreted …

Synthesis of titanium dioxide nanotubes (TNT) conjugated with quercetin and its in vivo antitumor activity against skin cancer

S Gulla, VC Reddy, PB Araveti, D Lomada… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer has a significant impact on public health around the world. Treating cancer by
chemotherapy or radiotherapy has several side effects. In combinational cancer therapy …