Innate immunity derived factors as external modulators of the CXCL12-CXCR4 axis and their role in stem cell homing and mobilization.

abstract：:Extracellular vesicles (EVs), including exosomes and microvesicles, derived from bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) have been demonstrated as key factors in the progression and drug resistance of multiple myeloma (MM). EV uptake involves a variety of mechanisms which largely depend on the vesicle origin and recipient c...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Tu C,Du Z,Zhang H,Feng Y,Qi Y,Zheng Y,Liu J,Wang J

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Hepatocyte-like cells (HLCs) derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) have been developed to address the shortage of primary human hepatocytes (PHHs) for therapeutic applications. However, the in vivo repopulation capacity of HLCs remains limited. This study investigated the roles of agoni...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Yuan L,Zhang Y,Liu X,Chen Y,Zhang L,Cao J,Li X,Wang M,Wu K,Zhang J,Liu G,Tang Q,Yuan Q,Cheng T,Xia N

更新日期：2019-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: P21-activated kinase 6 (PAK6) is a member of the class II PAKs family, which is a conserved family of serine/threonine kinases. Although the effects of PAK6 on many malignancies, especially in prostate cancer, have been studied for a long time, the role of PAK6 in mitochondria remains unknown. Methods: The ...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Li T,Li Y,Liu T,Hu B,Li J,Liu C,Liu T,Li F

更新日期：2020-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular vesicles, in particular exosomes, have recently gained interest as novel drug delivery vectors due to their biological origin and inherent intercellular biomolecule delivery capability. An in-depth knowledge of their in vivo biodistribution is therefore essential. This work aimed to develop a novel, reli...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Faruqu FN,Wang JT,Xu L,McNickle L,Chong EM,Walters A,Gurney M,Clayton A,Smyth LA,Hider R,Sosabowski J,Al-Jamal KT

更新日期：2019-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell therapy holds promise for treatment of intractable diseases and injured organs. For clinical translation, it is pivotal to understand the homing, engraftment, and differentiation processes of stem cells in a living body. Here we report near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent semiconductor polymer dots (Pdots) for br...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Chen D,Li Q,Meng Z,Guo L,Tang Y,Liu Z,Yin S,Qin W,Yuan Z,Zhang X,Wu C

更新日期：2017-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Tumor metastasis is the main cause for cancer-related death. However, the driving molecules of metastasis remain largely unknown. Here, we aim to identify long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) critical for human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) metastasis. Methods: Microarrays were used to screen a comprehensive set...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Kang CL,Qi B,Cai QQ,Fu LS,Yang Y,Tang C,Zhu P,Chen QW,Pan J,Chen MH,Wu XZ

更新日期：2019-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart diseases are one of the leading causes of death for humans in the world. Increasing evidence has shown that myocardial injury induced innate and adaptive immune responses upon early cellular damage but also during chronic phases post-injury. The immune cells can not only aggravate the injury but also play an ess...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Wang J,Duan Y,Sluijter JP,Xiao J

更新日期：2019-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Immuno-oncological treatment strategies that target abnormal receptor profiles of tumors are an increasingly important feature of cancer therapy. Yet, assessing receptor availability (RA) and drug-target engagement, important determinants of therapeutic efficacy, is challenging with current imaging strategies, largely...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Meng B,Folaron MR,Strawbridge RR,Sadeghipour N,Samkoe KS,Tichauer K,Davis SC

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a rare genetic disease characterized by a matrix metalloproteases (MMPs) dysregulation that leads to extracellular matrix degradation. Consequently, MFS patients are prone to develop progressive thoracic aortic enlargement and detrimental aneurysm. Since MMPs are activated by the extracellular...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Rurali E,Perrucci GL,Gaetano R,Pini A,Moschetta D,Gentilini D,Nigro P,Pompilio G

更新日期：2019-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Emerging evidence suggests that noncentrosomal microtubules play an essential role in intracellular transport, cell polarity and cell motility. Whether these noncentrosomal microtubules exist or function in cancer cells remains unclear. Methods: The expression and prognostic values of CAMSAP2 and its functi...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Li D,Ding X,Xie M,Huang Z,Han P,Tian D,Xia L

更新日期：2020-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In ultrasound molecular imaging (USMI), ligand-functionalized microbubbles (MBs) are used to visualize vascular endothelial targets. Netrin-1 is upregulated in 60% of metastatic breast cancers and promotes tumor progression. A novel netrin-1 interference therapy requires the assessment of netrin-1 expression prior to ...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Wischhusen J,Wilson KE,Delcros JG,Molina-Peña R,Gibert B,Jiang S,Ngo J,Goldschneider D,Mehlen P,Willmann JK,Padilla F

更新日期：2018-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural polysaccharides have received a lot of attention in the biomedical field. Indeed, sources of polysaccharides, extracted or produced from plants, bacteria, fungi or algae, are diverse and renewable. Moreover, recent progresses in polysaccharide chemistry and nanotechnologies allow elaborating new dedicated nano...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Silva AK,Letourneur D,Chauvierre C

更新日期：2014-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Loss of DNA damage repair (DDR) in the tumor is an established hallmark of sensitivity to DNA damaging agents such as chemotherapy. However, there has been scant investigation into gain-of-function alterations of DDR genes in cancer. This study aims to investigate to what extent copy number amplification of...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Wu Z,Li S,Tang X,Wang Y,Guo W,Cao G,Chen K,Zhang M,Guan M,Yang D

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) targeted PET has a high detection rate for biochemical recurrence (BCR) of prostate cancer (PCa). Nevertheless, even at high prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels (> 3 ng/ml), a relevant number of PSMA-PET scans are negative, mainly due to PSMA-negative PCa. Our objective was...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Ferraro DA,Rüschoff JH,Muehlematter UJ,Kranzbühler B,Müller J,Messerli M,Husmann L,Hermanns T,Eberli D,Rupp NJ,Burger IA

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Generating oxidative stress is a critical mechanism by which host cells defend against infection by pathogenic microorganisms. Radiation resistance is a critical problem in radiotherapy against cancer. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a cancer-causing virus and its reactivation plays an important role in the development of...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Hu J,Li Y,Li H,Shi F,Xie L,Zhao L,Tang M,Luo X,Jia W,Fan J,Zhou J,Gao Q,Qiu S,Wu W,Zhang X,Liao W,Bode AM,Cao Y

更新日期：2020-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia is a key hallmark of solid tumors and tumor hypoxia usually contributes to cancer progression, therapeutic resistance and poor outcome. Accurately detecting and imaging tumor hypoxia with high spatial resolution would be conducive to formulating optimized treatment plan and thus achieving better patient outcom...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Huang J,Wu Y,Zeng F,Wu S

更新日期：2019-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the induction of apoptosis by ultrasound in the presence of the novel porphyrin derivative DCPH-P-Na(I). HL-60 cells were exposed to ultrasound for up to 3 min in the presence and absence of DCPH-P-Na(I), and the induction of apoptosis was examined by analyzing cell morphology, DNA fragm...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Yumita N,Iwase Y,Nishi K,Komatsu H,Takeda K,Onodera K,Fukai T,Ikeda T,Umemura S,Okudaira K,Momose Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comprehensive analysis of the expression level and location of tumor-associated membrane proteins (TMPs) is of vital importance for the profiling of tumor cells. Currently, two kinds of independent techniques, i.e. ex situ detection and in situ imaging, are usually required for the quantification and localization of T...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Chen X,Zhao J,Chen T,Gao T,Zhu X,Li G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging enabled real-time intraoperative detection of bone metastases, bone growth, and tissue microcalcification. Pamidronate (PAM) has been widely used for this purpose because of its high binding affinity toward bone and remarkable therapeutic effects. Herein we d...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Bao K,Nasr KA,Hyun H,Lee JH,Gravier J,Gibbs SL,Choi HS

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the field of ischemic cerebral injury, precise characterization of neurovascular hemodynamic is required to select candidates for reperfusion treatments. It is thus admitted that advanced imaging-based approaches would be able to better diagnose and prognose those patients and would contribute to better clinical ca...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Hingot V,Brodin C,Lebrun F,Heiles B,Chagnot A,Yetim M,Gauberti M,Orset C,Tanter M,Couture O,Deffieux T,Vivien D

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma is rising worldwide. It is predicted that nearly half of the early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (E-HCC) patients will develop recurrence. Dysregulated pH, a hallmark of E-HCC, is correlated with poor prognosis. The acidic microenvironment has been shown to promote...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Tian XP,Wang CY,Jin XH,Li M,Wang FW,Huang WJ,Yun JP,Xu RH,Cai QQ,Xie D

更新日期：2019-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports a sensitive method with electrochemical technique to detect various proteases, which can be used for the diagnosis of prostate cancer. For the proposed assay method, the working electrode is modified with the peptide probes for the target proteases. These probes contain the substrate sequence of tar...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Li H,Huang Y,Zhang B,Yang D,Zhu X,Li G

更新日期：2014-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is a major cause of patient mortality and morbidity from bacterial infections. Although neutrophils are known to be important in the development of sepsis, how distinctive neutrophil subtypes regulate inflammatory processes involved in septicemia remains unclear. Preconditioning protects organisms against subse...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Yang Z,Wang L,Yu H,Wang R,Gou Y,Zhang M,Kang C,Liu T,Lan Y,Wang X,Liu J,Cooper MA,Li X,Yue K,Yu Y,Wang L,Kim BYS,Jiang W,Sun W

更新日期：2019-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In biology, as every science student is made to learn, ontology recapitulates phylogeny. In medicine, however, oncology recapitulates polemology, the science of warfare: The medical establishment is transitioning from highly toxic poisons that kill rapidly dividing normal and malignant cells with little specificity to...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Paulmurugan R,Oronsky B,Brouse CF,Reid T,Knox S,Scicinski J

更新日期：2013-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant activation of the Src kinase is implicated in the development of a variety of human malignancies. However, it is almost impossible to monitor Src activity in an in vivo setting with current biochemical techniques. To facilitate the noninvasive investigation of the activity of Src kinase both in vitro and in v...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Leng W,Li D,Chen L,Xia H,Tang Q,Chen B,Gong Q,Gao F,Bi F

更新日期：2016-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The human skin is an attractive anti-tumor vaccination site due to the vast network of dendritic cell (DC) subsets that carry antigens to the draining lymph nodes and stimulate tumor specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in. Specific vaccine delivery to skin DC can be accomplished by targeting glycan coated antigens to C-typ...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Duinkerken S,Horrevorts SK,Kalay H,Ambrosini M,Rutte L,de Gruijl TD,Garcia-Vallejo JJ,van Kooyk Y

更新日期：2019-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Systemic administration of free chemotherapeutic drugs leads to severe toxic effects, and physiological characteristics of solid tumors restrain the drugs from reaching the hypoxic regions. E. coli Nissle 1917 (EcN) has been known to penetrate the barrier and proliferate in the interface between the viable an...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Zhang Y,Ji W,He L,Chen Y,Ding X,Sun Y,Hu S,Yang H,Huang W,Zhang Y,Liu F,Xia L

更新日期：2018-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) research has focused on moderate to severe injuries as their outcomes are significantly worse than those of a mild TBI (mTBI). However, recent epidemiological evidence has indicated that a series of even mild TBIs greatly increases the risk of neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders. N...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Adams C,Bazzigaluppi P,Beckett TL,Bishay J,Weisspapir I,Dorr A,Mester JR,Steinman J,Hirschler L,Warnking JM,Barbier EL,McLaurin J,Sled JG,Stefanovic B

更新日期：2018-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mammalian skeletal system, osteogenesis and angiogenesis are intimately linked during bone growth and regeneration in bone modeling and during bone homeostasis in bone remodeling. Recent studies have expanded our knowledge about the molecular and cellular mechanisms responsible for coupling angiogenesis and bon...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Peng Y,Wu S,Li Y,Crane JL

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To enhance effective drug accumulation in drug-resistant tumors, a site-specific drug-releasing polypeptide system (PEG-Phis/Pasp-DOX/CA4) was exploited in response to tumor extracellular and intracellular pH. This system could firstly release the embedded tumor vascular inhibitor (CA4) to transiently 'normalize' vasc...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Dong Y,Yang J,Liu H,Wang T,Tang S,Zhang J,Zhang X

更新日期：2015-04-28 00:00:00