The role of lipids in Parkinson's disease

H Xicoy, B Wieringa, GJM Martens - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by a progressive
loss of dopaminergic neurons from the nigrostriatal pathway, formation of Lewy bodies, and …

Engineering patient-specific cancer immunotherapies

L Scheetz, KS Park, Q Li, PR Lowenstein… - Nature biomedical …, 2019 - nature.com
Research into the immunological processes implicated in cancer has yielded a basis for the
range of immunotherapies that are now considered the fourth pillar of cancer treatment …

High-density lipoprotein-mimicking nanodiscs for chemo-immunotherapy against glioblastoma multiforme

P Kadiyala, D Li, FM Nuñez, D Altshuler, R Doherty… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive primary brain tumor, for which there is no
cure. Treatment effectiveness for GBM has been limited due to tumor heterogeneity, an …

Targeting foam cell formation in atherosclerosis: therapeutic potential of natural products

D Wang, Y Yang, Y Lei, NT Tzvetkov, X Liu… - Pharmacological …, 2019 - ASPET
Foam cell formation and further accumulation in the subendothelial space of the vascular
wall is a hallmark of atherosclerotic lesions. Targeting foam cell formation in the …

Bioinspired lipoproteins-mediated photothermia remodels tumor stroma to improve cancer cell accessibility of second nanoparticles

T Tan, H Hu, H Wang, J Li, Z Wang, J Wang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The tumor stromal microenvironments (TSM) including stromal cells and extracellular matrix
(ECM) form an abominable barrier hampering nanoparticles accessibility to cancer cells …

Hydrophobicity drives the systemic distribution of lipid-conjugated siRNAs via lipid transport pathways

MF Osborn, AH Coles, A Biscans… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Efficient delivery of therapeutic RNA beyond the liver is the fundamental obstacle preventing
its clinical utility. Lipid conjugation increases plasma half-life and enhances tissue …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoparticle delivery of immunostimulatory agents for cancer immunotherapy

J Zhuang, M Holay, JH Park, RH Fang, J Zhang… - Theranostics, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Immunostimulatory agents, including adjuvants, cytokines, and monoclonal antibodies, hold
great potential for the treatment of cancer. However, their direct administration often results …

Sequential Targeting TGF‐β signaling and kras mutation increases therapeutic efficacy in pancreatic cancer

Y Pei, L Chen, Y Huang, J Wang, J Feng, M Xu, Y Chen… - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Pancreatic cancer is a highly aggressive malignancy that strongly resists extant treatments.
The failure of existing therapies is majorly attributed to the tough tumor microenvironment …

Atherosclerosis Treatment with Stimuli‐Responsive Nanoagents: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

A Maruf, Y Wang, T Yin, J Huang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Atherosclerosis is the root of approximately one‐third of global mortalities. Nanotechnology
exhibits splendid prospects to combat atherosclerosis at the molecular level by engineering …

Nanotherapeutics engineered to cross the blood-brain barrier for advanced drug delivery to the central nervous system

J Kim, SI Ahn, YT Kim - Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Drug delivery to the brain remains challenging mainly due to the blood-brain barrier (BBB)
that regulates the entrance of substances to the brain. Advances in nanotechnology have …