Apolipoprotein mimetics in cancer

SC Delk, A Chattopadhyay, JC Escola-Gil… - Seminars in cancer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Peptides have many advantages over traditional therapeutics, including small molecules
and other biologics, because of their low toxicity and immunogenicity, while still exhibiting …

A current update on the role of HDL-based nanomedicine in targeting macrophages in cardiovascular disease

A Rani, G Marsche - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
High-density lipoproteins (HDL) are complex endogenous nanoparticles involved in
important functions such as reverse cholesterol transport and immunomodulatory activities …

Nanodiscoidal Nucleic Acids for Gene Regulation

R Sharma, S Narum, S Liu, Y Dong, KI Baek… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Therapeutic nucleic acids represent a powerful class of drug molecules to control gene
expression and protein synthesis. A major challenge in this field is that soluble …

Tiaogan daozhuo formula attenuates atherosclerosis via activating AMPK-PPARγ-LXRα pathway

Y Zhang, M Zeng, X Zhang, Q Yu, L Wang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Tiaogan Daozhuo Formula (TGDZF) is a common
formulation against atherosclerosis, however, there is limited understanding of its …

Designing nanodiscs as versatile platforms for on-demand therapy

Q Mu, H Deng, X An, G Liu, C Liu - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Nowadays, there has been an increasing utilization of nanomedicines for disease treatment.
Nanodiscs (NDs) have emerged as a novel platform technology that garners significant …

Formulation of simvastatin within high density lipoprotein enables potent tumour radiosensitisation

P Dehghankelishadi, MF Maritz, N Dmochowska… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Preclinical, clinical and epidemiologic studies have established the potent anticancer and
radiosensitisation effects of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins). However, the low …

Reconfigurable peptide analogs of apolipoprotein ai reveal tunable features of nanodisc assembly

D Xu, X Chen, Y Li, Z Chen, W Xu, X Wang, Y Lv… - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nanodisc (ND)-forming membrane scaffold proteins or peptides developed from
apolipoprotein AI (apoA-I) have led to considerable promise in structural biology and …

Phospholipids impact the protective effects of HDL-mimetic nanodiscs against lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation

SY Kim, J Kang, MV Fawaz, M Yu, Z Xia, EE Morin… - …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: The impacts of synthetic high-density lipoprotein (sHDL) phospholipid components on
anti-sepsis effects were investigated. Methods: sHDL composed with ApoA-I mimetic peptide …

Temperature-and composition-dependent conformational transitions of amphipathic peptide–phospholipid nanodiscs

C Anada, K Ikeda, A Egawa, T Fujiwara… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanodiscs are discoidal particles in which a lipid bilayer is encircled by amphipathic
molecules such as proteins, peptides, or synthetic polymers. The apolipoprotein-AI-derived …

Immune Implications of Cholesterol-Containing Lipid Nanoparticles

PI Back, M Yu, S Modaresahmadi, S Hajimirzaei… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The majority of clinically approved nanoparticle-mediated therapeutics are lipid
nanoparticles (LNPs), and most of these LNPs are liposomes containing cholesterol. LNP …