Aptamer-Based Therapeutic Approaches to Target Cancer Stem Cells.

abstract：:Rational: Ischemic injury of the skeletal muscle remains a serious clinical problem and currently there is no effective therapy. The aim of the present study is to determine whether human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells- derived exosomes (UMSC-Exo) could repair ischemic injury by releasing circular RNA. Methods ...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Yan B,Zhang Y,Liang C,Liu B,Ding F,Wang Y,Zhu B,Zhao R,Yu XY,Li Y

更新日期：2020-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide-derived nanocomposites have been exhibiting fascinating biological advantages, including but not limited to excellent biocompatibility, biological degradation, high targetability and subsequent potent therapeutic efficacy. While some successes have been achieved in the nanoengineering of peptide-based architec...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Yan J,Ji F,Yan S,You W,Ma F,Li F,Huang Y,Liu W,He W

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular vesicles (EVs), or exosomes, are nanovesicles of endocytic origin that carry host and pathogen-derived protein, nucleic acid, and lipid cargos. They are secreted by most cell types and play important roles in normal cell-to-cell communications but can also spread pathogen- and host-derived molecules duri...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Rodrigues M,Fan J,Lyon C,Wan M,Hu Y

更新日期：2018-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The exact detection and delineation of the intraprostatic tumour burden is crucial for treatment planning in primary prostate cancer (PCa). We compared 68Ga-HBED-CC-PSMA PET/CT with multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) for diagnosis and tumour delineation in patients with primary PCa based on slice by slice correlation ...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Zamboglou C,Drendel V,Jilg CA,Rischke HC,Beck TI,Schultze-Seemann W,Krauss T,Mix M,Schiller F,Wetterauer U,Werner M,Langer M,Bock M,Meyer PT,Grosu AL

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Subjects unable to sustain β-cell compensation develop type 2 diabetes. Early growth response-1 protein (EGR-1), implicated in the regulation of cell differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis, is induced by diverse metabolic challenges, such as glucose or other nutrients. Therefore, we hypothesized that...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Leu SY,Kuo LH,Weng WT,Lien IC,Yang CC,Hsieh TT,Cheng YN,Chien PH,Ho LC,Chen SH,Shan YS,Chen YW,Tsai PJ,Sung JM,Tsai YS

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as integral components of E2F1-regulated gene regulatory networks (GRNs), but their implication in advanced or treatment-refractory malignancy is unknown. Methods: We combined high-throughput transcriptomic approaches with bioinformatics and structure modeling to search for ...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Logotheti S,Marquardt S,Gupta SK,Richter C,Edelhäuser BAH,Engelmann D,Brenmoehl J,Söhnchen C,Murr N,Alpers M,Singh KP,Wolkenhauer O,Heckl D,Spitschak A,Pützer BM

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: PLAGL2 (pleomorphic adenoma gene like-2), a zinc finger PLAG transcription factor, is aberrantly expressed in several malignant tumors. However, the biological roles of PLAGL2 and its underlying mechanism in gastric cancer (GC) remain unclear. Methods: A series of experiments in vitro and in vivo were condu...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Wu L,Zhao N,Zhou Z,Chen J,Han S,Zhang X,Bao H,Yuan W,Shu X

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatments of high specificity are desirable for cancer therapy. Light-triggered nanotheranostics (LTN) mediated cancer therapy could be one such treatment, as they make it possible to visualize and treat the tumor specifically in a light-controlled manner with a single injection. Because of their great potential in c...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Zhang P,Hu C,Ran W,Meng J,Yin Q,Li Y

更新日期：2016-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Great progress has been made in the field of tumor immunotherapy in the past decade. However, the therapeutic effects of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) against ovarian cancer are still limited. Recently, an inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6i) has been reported to enhance antitumor immunity in pre...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Zhang QF,Li J,Jiang K,Wang R,Ge JL,Yang H,Liu SJ,Jia LT,Wang L,Chen BL

更新日期：2020-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Inadequate diagnostic methods for prostate cancer lead to over- and undertreatment, and the inability to intraoperatively visualize positive margins may limit the success of surgical resection. Prostate cancer visualization could be improved by combining the complementary modalities of immuno-positron emission tomogra...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Tsai WK,Zettlitz KA,Tavaré R,Kobayashi N,Reiter RE,Wu AM

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To identify extracellular vesicle (EV)-delivered microRNAs in the patient's serum as indicators for bone-metastatic prostate cancer. Methods: First, the profiling change of serum EV-delivered miRNAs in patients with either benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), non-bone metastatic prostate cancer or bone-metasta...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Wang Y,Fang YX,Dong B,Du X,Wang J,Wang X,Gao WQ,Xue W

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Lung cancer has a high mortality rate and is resistant to multiple chemotherapeutics. Natural Borneol (NB) is a monoterpenoid compound that facilitates the bioavailability of drugs. In this study, we investigated the effects of NB on chemosensitivity in the A549 human lung adenocarcinoma cell line and to e...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Lai H,Liu C,Hou L,Lin W,Chen T,Hong A

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Accumulating evidences indicate that nanomedicines greatly decrease the side effects and enhance the efficacy of colorectal cancer (CRC) treatment. In particular, the use of rectal delivery of nanomedicines, with advantages such as fast therapeutic effects and a diminishing hepatic first-pass effect, is cu...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Zhao R,Du S,Liu Y,Lv C,Song Y,Chen X,Zhang B,Li D,Gao S,Cui W,Plikus MV,Hou X,Wu K,Liu Z,Liu Z,Cong Y,Li Y,Yu Z

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Abnormal proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are essential for vascular remodeling. Natural compounds with diterpene chinone or phenolic acid structure from Salvia miltiorrhiza, an eminent medicinal herb widely used to treat cardiovascular diseases in China, can effectively a...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Yang GS,Zheng B,Qin Y,Zhou J,Yang Z,Zhang XH,Zhao HY,Yang HJ,Wen JK

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage can lead to brain and spine pathologies and there is an urgent need for a rapid diagnostic method for determining CSF leakage. Beta-2 transferrin (β2TF), asialotransferrin, is a specific CSF glycoprotein biomarker used to determine CSF leakage when distinguished from serum sialotransf...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Oh J,Kwon SJ,Dordick JS,Sonstein WJ,Linhardt RJ,Kim MG

更新日期：2019-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Exosomes (Exo) secreted from hypoxia-conditioned bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) were found to be protective for ischemic disease. However, the role of exosomal miRNA in the protective effect of hypoxia-conditioned BM-MSCs-derived Exo (Hypo-Exo) remains largely uncharacterized and the poor specificity of ...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Zhu LP,Tian T,Wang JY,He JN,Chen T,Pan M,Xu L,Zhang HX,Qiu XT,Li CC,Wang KK,Shen H,Zhang GG,Bai YP

更新日期：2018-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell tracking is a highly important subject. Current techniques based on nanoparticle-labeling, such as magnetic resonance imaging, fluorescence microscopy, and micro-computed tomography, are plagued by limitations including relatively low sensitivity or penetration depth, involvement of ionizing irradiation, and...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Zhang YS,Wang Y,Wang L,Wang Y,Cai X,Zhang C,Wang LV,Xia Y

更新日期：2013-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In a report from 2008, The International Agency for Research on Cancer predicted a tripled cancer incidence from 1975, projecting a possible 13-17 million cancer deaths worldwide by 2030. While new treatments are evolving and reaching approval for different cancer types, the main prevention of cancer mortality is thro...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Gobbo OL,Sjaastad K,Radomski MW,Volkov Y,Prina-Mello A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In advanced atherosclerotic plaques, defective efferocytosis of apoptotic foam cells and decreased cholesterol efflux contribute to lesion progression. In our previous study, we demonstrated that 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-mediated sonodynamic therapy (SDT) could induce foam cells apoptosis via the mitochondrial-casp...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Wang H,Yang Y,Sun X,Tian F,Guo S,Wang W,Tian Z,Jin H,Zhang Z,Tian Y

更新日期：2018-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:CUB-domain containing protein 1 (CDCP1) is a cancer associated cell surface protein that amplifies pro-tumorigenic signalling by other receptors including EGFR and HER2. Its potential as a cancer target is supported by studies showing that anti-CDCP1 antibodies inhibit cell migration and survival in vitro, and tumor g...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Harrington BS,He Y,Khan T,Puttick S,Conroy PJ,Kryza T,Cuda T,Sokolowski KA,Tse BW,Robbins KK,Arachchige BJ,Stehbens SJ,Pollock PM,Reed S,Weroha SJ,Haluska P,Salomon C,Lourie R,Perrin LC,Law RHP,Whisstock JC,Hoop

更新日期：2020-01-12 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：:The development of nanomedicine is expected to provide an innovative direction for addressing challenges associated with multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria. In the past decades, although nanotechnology-based phototherapy has been developed for antimicrobial treatment since it rarely causes bacterial resistance, the cl...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Wei G,Yang G,Wang Y,Jiang H,Fu Y,Yue G,Ju R

更新日期：2020-10-30 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：:Bacteria-based anticancer therapies aim to overcome the limitations of current cancer therapy by actively targeting and efficiently removing cancer. To achieve this goal, new approaches that target and maintain bacterial drugs at sufficient concentrations during the therapeutic window are essential. Here, we examined ...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Park SH,Zheng JH,Nguyen VH,Jiang SN,Kim DY,Szardenings M,Min JH,Hong Y,Choy HE,Min JJ

更新日期：2016-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This work reports that when PEG-lipid-shelled microbubbles with fluorocarbon interior (C4F10, C5F12, or C6F14) are subjected to ultrasound pulses, they produce metastable, fluid-filled nanoparticles that can be re-imaged upon administration of HIFU. The nanoparticles produced by destruction of the microbubbles (MBNPs)...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Blum NT,Yildirim A,Chattaraj R,Goodwin AP

更新日期：2017-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Mesenchymal cell-derived osteosarcoma is a rare malignant bone tumor affecting children and adolescents. PTEN down-regulation or function-loss mutation is associated with the aggressive of osteosarcoma. Explicating the regulatory mechanism of PTEN might highlight new targets for improving the survival rate ...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Wu W,Jing D,Meng Z,Hu B,Zhong B,Deng X,Jin X,Shao Z

更新日期：2020-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Triple-modal imaging magnetic nanocapsules, encapsulating hydrophobic superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles, are formulated and used to magnetically target solid tumours after intravenous administration in tumour-bearing mice. The engineered magnetic polymeric nanocapsules m-NCs are ~200 nm in size with negative ...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Bai J,Wang JT,Rubio N,Protti A,Heidari H,Elgogary R,Southern P,Al-Jamal WT,Sosabowski J,Shah AM,Bals S,Pankhurst QA,Al-Jamal KT

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been reported to promote osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells and osteoblasts, but little is known about their effects on human periodontal ligament progenitor cells (PDLPs). In this study, we evaluated the effects of AuNPs with various diameters (5, 13 and 45 nm) on the...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Zhang Y,Kong N,Zhang Y,Yang W,Yan F

更新日期：2017-03-06 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：:Histone deacetylase 3 (HDAC3) plays a pivotal role in the repression of cartilage-specific gene expression in human chondrocytes. The aim of this study was to determine whether microRNA-193b-3p (miR-193b-3p) regulates the expression of HDAC3 during chondrogenesis and chondrocyte metabolism. Methods: miR-193b-3p expres...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Meng F,Li Z,Zhang Z,Yang Z,Kang Y,Zhao X,Long D,Hu S,Gu M,He S,Wu P,Chang Z,He A,Liao W

更新日期：2018-04-15 00:00:00