Dhez AC, Benedetti E, Antonosante A, Panella G, Ranieri B, Florio TM, Cristiano L, Angelucci F, Giansanti F, Di Leandro L, d’Angelo M, Melone M, De Cola A, Federici L, Galzio R, Cascone I, Raineri F, Cimini A, Courty J, Giordano A, Ippoliti R (2018) Targeted therapy of human glioblastoma via delivery of a toxin […]
Wüstemann T, Haberkorn U, Babich J, Mier W (2019) Targeting prostate cancer: Prostate-specific membrane antigen based diagnosis and therapy. Med Res Rev 39(1):40-69. doi: 10.1002/med.21508 PMID: 29771460 Summary: Conjugation to the antibody was achieved by reacting the biotinylated humanized antibody to prostate-specific membrane antigen (PMSA) with Streptavidin-ZAP. Binding potency of the conjugate was comparable to
Eng MS, Kaur J, Prasmickaite L, Engesaeter BO, Weyergang A, Skarpen E, Berg K, Rosenblum MG, Maelandsmo GM, Hogset A, Ferrone S, Selbo PK (2018) Enhanced targeting of triple-negative breast carcinoma and malignant melanoma by photochemical internalization of CSPG4-targeting immunotoxins. Photochem Photobiol Sci 17:539-551. doi: 10.1039/C7PP00358G Summary: The combination of the drug delivery technology PCI
The Combinational Use of CRISPR/Cas9 and Targeted Toxin Technology Enables Efficient Isolation of Bi-Allelic Knockout Non-Human Mammalian Clones. Watanabe S, Sakurai T, Nakamura S, Miyoshi K, & Sato M. (2018). Int J Mol Sci, 19 (4). Objective: Most genome editing systems employ transient treatment with selective drugs such as puromycin to obtain the desired genome-edited
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Sun X, Zhu Y, Yin HY, Guo ZY, Xu F, Xiao B, Jiang WL, Guo WM, Meng HY, Lu SB, Wang Y, Peng J (2018) Differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells into Schwann cell-like cells through intermittent induction: potential advantage of cellular transient memory function. Stem Cell Res Ther 9:133. doi: 10.1186/s13287-018-0884-3 PMID: 29751848 Objective: To
Vetter I (2018) Toxins in Neurobiology: New tools from old molecules. Neurosci Lett 679:1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.05.008 Summary: The selective ablation of neurokinin-1 receptor-expressing neurons by SP-SAP revealed a key role for the preBötzinger complex in the generation of respiratory rhythm. Toxin-mediated neuronal ablation may also find therapeutic applications, such as the treatment of severe refractory
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Araldi D, Ferrari LF, Levine JD (2018) Role of GPCR (mu-opioid)-receptor tyrosine kinase (epidermal growth factor) crosstalk in opioid-induced hyperalgesic priming (type II). Pain 159(5):864-875. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001155 Objective: To determine the the mechanisms mediating the induction of opioid-induced hyperalgesia and the prolongation of prostaglandinE2-induced hyperalgesia in type II hyperalgesic priming. Summary: Understanding the mechanisms responsible
Cho JS, Lee J, Jeong DU, Kim HW, Chang WS, Moon J, Chang JW (2018) Effect of placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells in a dementia rat model via microglial mediation: A comparison between stem cell transplant methods. Yonsei Med J 59:406-415. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2018.59.3.406 Objective: To study the therapeutic effects of human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells (pMSCs)
The Critical Role of Il-10 in the Antineuroinflammatory and Antioxidative Effects of Rheum Tanguticum on Activated Microglia. Meng J, Ni J, Wu Z, Jiang M, Zhu A, Qing H, & Nakanishi H. (2018). Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2018 12. Objective: To investigate anti-inflammatory and antioxidative effects of a traditional Tibetan medicine (Rheum tanguticum; RT)
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Lynch TJ, Anderson PJ, Rotti PG, Tyler SR, Crooke AK, Choi SH, Montoro DT, Silverman CL, Shahin W, Zhao R, Jensen-Cody CW, Adamcakova-Dodd A, Evans TIA, Xie W, Zhang Y, Mou H, Herring BP, Thorne PS, Rajagopal J, Yeaman C, Parekh KR, Engelhardt JF (2018) Submucosal gland myoepithelial cells are reserve stem cells that can