Visible-to-NIR-light activated release: from small molecules to nanomaterials

R Weinstain, T Slanina, D Kand, P Klan - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Photoactivatable (alternatively, photoremovable, photoreleasable, or photocleavable)
protecting groups (PPGs), also known as caged or photocaged compounds, are used to …

Nanoprobe-based molecular imaging for tumor stratification

X Ma, M Mao, J He, C Liang, HY Xie - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The responses of patients to tumor therapies vary due to tumor heterogeneity. Tumor
stratification has been attracting increasing attention for accurately distinguishing between …

Blocking glutathione regeneration: inorganic NADPH oxidase nanozyme catalyst potentiates tumoral ferroptosis

C Wu, D Xu, M Ge, J Luo, L Chen, Z Chen, Y You… - Nano Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Emerging cancer cell ferroptosis features the direct depletion of glutathione (GSH) and
resultant chemical inhibition on glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) bioactivity, which …

Ginsenoside Rd: A promising natural neuroprotective agent

YY Chen, QP Liu, P An, M Jia, X Luan, JY Tang… - Phytomedicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Neurological diseases seriously affect human health, which are arousing wider
attention, and it is a great challenge to discover neuroprotective drugs with minimal side …

Flower‐like nanozymes with large accessibility of single atom catalysis sites for ROS generation boosted tumor therapy

Y Xing, L Wang, L Wang, J Huang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The use of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generators based on single‐atom catalysts
(SACs) has been an emerging strategy for mediating tumor therapy, however, the current …

Targeted protein delivery based on stimuli‐triggered nanomedicine

J Liu, Y Zhou, Q Lyu, X Yao, W Wang - Exploration, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Protein‐based drugs have shown unique advantages to treat various diseases in recent
years. However, most protein therapeutics in clinical use are limited to extracellular targets …

Efficient intracellular delivery of native proteins facilitated by preorganized guanidiniums on pillar [5] arene skeleton

S Guo, Q Huang, J Wei, S Wang, Y Wang, L Wang… - Nano Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to membrane impermeability of proteins, intracellular delivery of protein is of significant
challenge. Although numerous protein carriers have been reported, it remains difficult to …

Light‐Controlled Cell‐Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis

E Uhl, F Wolff, S Mangal, H Dube… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cell‐cycle interference by small molecules has widely been used to study fundamental
biological mechanisms and to treat a great variety of diseases, most notably cancer …

Exogenous introduction of initiator and executioner caspases results in different apoptotic outcomes

F Anson, S Thayumanavan, JA Hardy - JACS Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
The balance of pro-apoptotic and pro-survival proteins defines a cell's fate. These processes
are controlled through an interdependent and finely tuned protein network that enables …

The role of pyroptosis and gasdermin family in tumor progression and immune microenvironment

M Li, P Jiang, Y Yang, L Xiong, S Wei, J Wang… - … Hematology & Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Pyroptosis, an inflammatory programmed cell death, distinguishes itself from apoptosis and
necroptosis and has drawn increasing attention. Recent studies have revealed a correlation …