Targeting nucleic acid-based therapeutics to tumors: Challenges and strategies for polyplexes

VC Vetter, E Wagner - Journal of Controlled Release, 2022 - Elsevier
The current medical reality of cancer gene therapy is reflected by more than ten approved
products on the global market, including oncolytic and other viral vectors and CAR T-cells as …

[HTML][HTML] Glioblastoma multiforme: the latest diagnostics and treatment techniques

A Czarnywojtek, M Borowska, K Dyrka, S Van Gool… - Pharmacology, 2023 - karger.com
Background: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a WHO grade 4 glioma and the most
common malignant primary brain tumour. Recently, there has been outstanding progress in …

[HTML][HTML] Current progress in engineered and nano-engineered mesenchymal stem cells for cancer: From mechanisms to therapy

F Shams, B Pourjabbar, N Hashemi… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), as self-renewing multipotent stromal cells, have been
considered promising agents for cancer treatment. A large number of studies have …

Mesenchymal Stem Cell–mediated Image-guided Sodium Iodide Symporter (NIS) Gene Therapy Improves Survival of Glioblastoma-bearing Mice

C Kitzberger, R Spellerberg, Y Han, KA Schmohl… - Clinical Cancer …, 2023 - AACR
Purpose: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) have emerged as cellular-based vehicles for the
delivery of therapeutic genes in cancer therapy based on their inherent tumor-homing …

[HTML][HTML] The sodium iodide symporter (NIS) as theranostic gene: its emerging role in new imaging modalities and non-viral gene therapy

C Kitzberger, R Spellerberg, V Morath, N Schwenk… - EJNMMI research, 2022 - Springer
Cloning of the sodium iodide symporter (NIS) in 1996 has provided an opportunity to use
NIS as a powerful theranostic transgene. Novel gene therapy strategies rely on image …

[HTML][HTML] Interleukin-6-controlled, mesenchymal stem cell-based sodium/iodide symporter gene therapy improves survival of glioblastoma-bearing mice

C Kitzberger, K Shehzad, V Morath… - Molecular Therapy …, 2023 - cell.com
New treatment strategies are urgently needed for glioblastoma (GBM)—a tumor resistant to
standard-of-care treatment with a high risk of recurrence and extremely poor prognosis …

[HTML][HTML] Dual EGFR-and TfR-targeted gene transfer for sodium iodide symporter gene therapy of glioblastoma

R Spellerberg, T Benli-Hoppe, C Kitzberger… - Molecular Therapy …, 2022 - cell.com
Sodium iodide symporter (NIS) gene transfer for active accumulation of iodide in tumor cells
is a powerful theranostic strategy facilitating both diagnostic and therapeutic application of …

[HTML][HTML] Image-Guided Mesenchymal Stem Cell Sodium Iodide Symporter (NIS) Radionuclide Therapy for Glioblastoma

S Shah, B Lucke-Wold - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common glioma, which belongs to the
aggressive and malignant type of brain tumor. Conventional treatments such as surgical …

[HTML][HTML] Overexpression of both human sodium iodide symporter (NIS) and BRG1-bromodomain synergistically enhances radioiodine sensitivity by stabilizing p53 …

J Na, CH Lee, JK Chung, H Youn - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Improved therapeutic strategies are required to minimize side effects associated with
radioiodine gene therapy to avoid unnecessary damage to normal cells and radiation …

A new antiviral hypothesis and radioactive iodine therapy to other cancers, such as breast cancer, lung cancer, and glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)?

A Czarnywojtek, P Gut, M Borowska… - Endokrynologia …, 2023 - journals.viamedica.pl
Radioactive iodine therapy (RIT) is an effective, safe, and cheap method in benign and
malignant thyroid diseases. There is still an unresolved question of whether RIT treatment …