Dysregulated Kras/YY1/ZNF322A/Shh transcriptional axis enhances neo-angiogenesis to promote lung cancer progression.

abstract：:The delivery of therapeutics into tumors remains a challenge in nanoparticle-mediated drug delivery. However, effective therapies such as photothermal therapy (PTT) are limited by quick systemic clearance and non-specific biodistribution. Anti-tumor strategies tailored to accommodate both tumor accumulation/retention ...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Cherukula K,Uthaman S,Park IK

更新日期：2019-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) microRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as potential biomarkers for minimally invasive diagnosis of central nervous system malignancies. However, despite significant advances in recent years, this field still suffers from poor data reproducibility. This is especially true in cases of infants, conside...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Prieto-Fernández E,Aransay AM,Royo F,González E,Lozano JJ,Santos-Zorrozua B,Macias-Camara N,González M,Garay RP,Benito J,Garcia-Orad A,Falcón-Pérez JM

更新日期：2019-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The dense fibrotic stroma enveloping pancreatic tumors is a major cause of drug resistance. Pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) in the stroma can be activated to induce intra-tumor fibrosis and worsen patient survival; however, the molecular basics for the regulation of PSC activation remains unclear. Methods...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Wang HC,Lin YL,Hsu CC,Chao YJ,Hou YC,Chiu TJ,Huang PH,Tang MJ,Chen LT,Shan YS

更新日期：2019-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Liquid biopsy of tumor through isolation of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) allows non-invasive, repetitive, and systemic sampling of disease. Although detecting and enumerating CTCs is of prognostic significance in metastatic cancer, it is conceivable that performing molecular and functional characterization on CTCs w...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Chen JF,Zhu Y,Lu YT,Hodara E,Hou S,Agopian VG,Tomlinson JS,Posadas EM,Tseng HR

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Corneal transplantation is an effective treatment to corneal blindness. However, the immune rejection imperils corneal allograft survival. An interventional modality is urgently needed to inhibit immune rejection and promote allograft survival. In our previous study, subconjunctival injections of bone marro...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Lu X,Ru Y,Chu C,Lv Y,Gao Y,Jia Z,Huang Y,Zhang Y,Zhao S

更新日期：2020-07-09 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：:The distorted and unique expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) in cancer makes them an attractive source of biomarker. There is much evidence indicating that a panel of miRNAs, termed "miRNA fingerprints", is more specific and informative than an individual miRNA as biomarker. Thus, multiplex assays for simultaneous quanti...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Xu F,Zhou W,Cao J,Xu Q,Jiang D,Chen Y

更新日期：2017-07-08 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：:Inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAP) are cell death regulators that bind caspases and interfere with apoptotic signalling via death receptors or intrinsic cell death pathways. BIRC4/XIAP is the most potent anti-apoptotic IAP-member and it physically interacts with caspases via its BIR2 and its BIR3 domain. These doma...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Hagenbuchner J,Oberacher H,Arnhard K,Kiechl-Kohlendorfer U,Ausserlechner MJ

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major challenges in the hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treatment is its insensitivity to chemotherapeutic drugs. Here, we report the development of novel lipid-coated cisplatin nanoparticles co-loaded with microRNA-375 (NPC/miR-375) as a potential treatment for chemotherapy insensitive HCC. The NPC/miR-375 ...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Yang T,Zhao P,Rong Z,Li B,Xue H,You J,He C,Li W,He X,Lee RJ,Ma X,Xiang G

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aplastic anemia (AA) is characterized as hypoplasia of bone marrow hematopoietic cells and hematopenia of peripheral blood cells. Though the supplement of exogenous erythropoietin (EPO) has been clinically approved for AA treatment, the side-effects hinder its further application. Here a robust treatment for AA induce...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Jia W,Zhen M,Li L,Zhou C,Sun Z,Liu S,Zhao Z,Li J,Wang C,Bai C

更新日期：2020-05-23 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：: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：:In the past decade, iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) have attracted more and more attention for their excellent physicochemical properties and promising biomedical applications. In this review, we summarize and highlight recent progress in the design, synthesis, biocompatibility evaluation and magnetic theranostic app...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Xie W,Guo Z,Gao F,Gao Q,Wang D,Liaw BS,Cai Q,Sun X,Wang X,Zhao L

更新日期：2018-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncontrollable cell proliferation and irreversible neurological damage make glioma one of the most deadly diseases in clinic. Besides the multiple biological barriers, glioma stem cells (GSCs) that are responsible for the maintenance and recurrence of tumor tissues also hinder the therapeutic efficacy of chemotherapy....

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Ran D,Zhou J,Chai Z,Li J,Xie C,Mao J,Lu L,Zhang Y,Wu S,Zhan C,Lu W

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxic zones are common features of metastatic tumors. Due to inactivation of the von Hippel-Lindau gene (VHL), renal cell carcinomas (RCC) show constitutive stabilization of the alpha subunit of the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF). Thus, RCC represents a model of chronic hypoxia. Development of the lymphatic network ...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Ndiaye PD,Dufies M,Giuliano S,Douguet L,Grépin R,Durivault J,Lenormand P,Glisse N,Mintcheva J,Vouret-Craviari V,Mograbi B,Wurmser M,Ambrosetti D,Rioux-Leclercq N,Maire P,Pagès G

更新日期：2019-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria in cancer cells maintain a more negative membrane potential than normal cells. Mitochondria are the primary source of cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are necessary for photodynamic therapy. Thus, the strategy of targeting mitochondria can maximize the photodynamic therapeutic efficiency for ...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Yue C,Yang Y,Zhang C,Alfranca G,Cheng S,Ma L,Liu Y,Zhi X,Ni J,Jiang W,Song J,de la Fuente JM,Cui D

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：: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：:Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms are heterogeneous in their clinical behavior and require therapies specially tailored according to staging, grading, origin and expression of peptide receptors. Despite extensive scientific efforts, the therapy options are still not satisfactory. The main reasons are due...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Briest F,Grabowski P

更新日期：2014-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Chromodomain Y-like 2 (CDYL2) is a member of the CDY gene family involved in spermatogenesis, but its role in human cancer has not been reported. Analyses of publicly available databases demonstrate that CDYL2 is abundantly expressed in breast tumors. However, whether CDYL2 is involved in breast cancer prog...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Yang LF,Yang F,Zhang FL,Xie YF,Hu ZX,Huang SL,Shao ZM,Li DQ

更新日期：2020-04-06 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：:Radiotherapy is an extensively used treatment modality in the clinic and can kill malignant cells by generating cytotoxic reactive oxygen species (ROS). Unfortunately, excessive dosages of radiation are typically required because only a small proportion of the radiative energy is adsorbed by the soft tissues of a tumo...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Chen Y,Li N,Wang J,Zhang X,Pan W,Yu L,Tang B

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:High-dose radiotherapy effects are regulated by acute tumour endothelial cell death followed by rapid tumour cell death instead of canonical DNA break damage. Pre-treatment with ultrasound-stimulated microbubbles (USMB) has enabled higher-dose radiation effects with conventional radiation doses. This study aimed to co...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： El Kaffas A,Gangeh MJ,Farhat G,Tran WT,Hashim A,Giles A,Czarnota GJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unique features of noble-metal nanostructures (NMNs) are leading to unprecedented expansion of research and exploration of their application in therapeutics, diagnostics and bioimaging fields. With the ever-growing applications of NMNs, both therapeutic and environmental NMNs are likely to be exposed to tissues an...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Huang Q,Zhang J,Zhang Y,Timashev P,Ma X,Liang XJ

更新日期：2020-04-27 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：:Background: Among head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs), hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (HPSCC) has the worst prognosis. Iron metabolism, which plays a crucial role in tumor progression, is mainly regulated by alterations to genes and post-transcriptional processes. The recent discovery of the N6-met...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Ye J,Wang Z,Chen X,Jiang X,Dong Z,Hu S,Li W,Liu Y,Liao B,Han W,Shen J,Xiao M

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is commonly used as a solvent for water-insoluble substances, a vehicle for drug therapy, and a cryoprotectant for cultured cells. DMSO induced embryonic defects and its mechanism of action remains unclear. The rationale is based on the assumption that DMSO supplementation should i...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Kang MH,Das J,Gurunathan S,Park HW,Song H,Park C,Kim JH

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Folate receptor (FR) has proven to be a valuable target for chemotherapy using folic acid (FA) conjugates. However, FA-conjugated chemotherapeutics still have low therapeutic efficacy accompanied with side effects, resulting from complications such as short circulation half-life, limited tumor delivery, as well as hig...

journal_title：Theranostics

authors： Shan L,Zhuo X,Zhang F,Dai Y,Zhu G,Yung BC,Fan W,Zhai K,Jacobson O,Kiesewetter DO,Ma Y,Gao G,Chen X

更新日期：2018-02-16 00:00:00