FDA-approved ferumoxytol displays anti-leukaemia efficacy against cells with low ferroportin levels

V Trujillo-Alonso, EC Pratt, H Zong… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Acute myeloid leukaemia is a fatal disease for most patients. We have found that ferumoxytol
(Feraheme), an FDA-approved iron oxide nanoparticle for iron deficiency treatment …

Iron oxide nanoparticles inhibit tumour growth by inducing pro-inflammatory macrophage polarization in tumour tissues

S Zanganeh, G Hutter, R Spitler, O Lenkov… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Until now, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved iron supplement ferumoxytol
and other iron oxide nanoparticles have been used for treating iron deficiency, as contrast …

A novel view of ferritin in cancer

BP Shesh, JR Connor - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since its discovery more than 85 years ago, ferritin has principally been known as an iron
storage protein. However, new roles, beyond iron storage, are being uncovered. Novel …

[HTML][HTML] Repurposing ferumoxytol: Diagnostic and therapeutic applications of an FDA-approved nanoparticle

Y Huang, JC Hsu, H Koo, DP Cormode - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ferumoxytol is an intravenous iron oxide nanoparticle formulation that has been approved
by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating anemia in patients with chronic …

High-dose deferoxamine treatment disrupts intracellular iron homeostasis, reduces growth, and induces apoptosis in metastatic and nonmetastatic breast cancer cell …

K Bajbouj, J Shafarin, M Hamad - Technology in cancer …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Mounting evidence suggest that iron overload enhances cancer growth and metastasis;
hence, iron chelation is being increasingly used as part of the treatment regimen in patients …

Human ferritin for tumor detection and therapy

K Fan, L Gao, X Yan - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Ferritin, a major iron storage protein found in most living organisms, is composed of a 24‐
subunit protein cage with a hollow interior cavity. Serum ferritin serves as a critical marker to …

Iron and cancer: recent insights

DH Manz, NL Blanchette, BT Paul… - Annals of the New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Iron is an essential dietary element. However, the ability of iron to cycle between oxidized
and reduced forms also renders it capable of contributing to free radical formation, which …

Biodistribution and targeting properties of iron oxide nanoparticles for treatments of cancer and iron anemia disease

E Alphandéry - Nanotoxicology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
IONP (iron oxide nanoparticles) commercialized for treatments of iron anemia or cancer
diseases can be administered at doses exceeding 1 g per patient, indicating their bio …

Ferroportin deficiency in erythroid cells causes serum iron deficiency and promotes hemolysis due to oxidative stress

DL Zhang, MC Ghosh, H Ollivierre, Y Li… - Blood, The Journal of …, 2018 - ashpublications.org
Ferroportin (FPN), the only known vertebrate iron exporter, transports iron from intestinal,
splenic, and hepatic cells into the blood to provide iron to other tissues and cells in vivo …

Ferritin: a multifunctional nanoplatform for biological detection, imaging diagnosis, and drug delivery

N Song, J Zhang, J Zhai, J Hong, C Yuan… - Accounts of chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Ferritins are spherical iron storage proteins within cells that are composed of a
combination of 24 subunits of two types, heavy-chain ferritin (HFn) and light-chain ferritin …