Mesenchymal stem cells: A new platform for targeting suicide genes in cancer

R Moradian Tehrani, J Verdi… - Journal of cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
One of the important strategies for the treatment of cancer is gene therapy which has the
potential to exclusively eradicate malignant cells, without any damage to the normal tissues …

Engineered mesenchymal stem cells as an anti-cancer trojan horse

A Nowakowski, K Drela, J Rozycka… - Stem Cells and …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Cell-based gene therapy holds a great promise for the treatment of human malignancy.
Among different cells, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are emerging as valuable anti …

Polymeric Nanoparticles for Nonviral Gene Therapy Extend Brain Tumor Survival in Vivo

A Mangraviti, SY Tzeng, KL Kozielski, Y Wang, Y Jin… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles have the potential to be safer alternatives to viruses
for gene delivery; however, their use has been limited by poor efficacy in vivo. In this work …

Biomimetic metal–organic frameworks navigated biological bombs for efficient lung cancer therapy

L Yang, Y Lin, J Zhang, J Huang, A Qin, Y Miao… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rising risk of lung cancer has become a primary global concern with high mortality and
mobility. Presently, clinically used anticancer drugs show limited efficacy and significant side …

[HTML][HTML] HSV-TK expressing mesenchymal stem cells exert inhibitory effect on cervical cancer model

A Kenarkoohi, T Bamdad, M Soleimani… - … journal of molecular …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A growing area of research is focused on cancer therapy, and new therapeutic approaches
are welcomed. Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-based gene therapy is a promising strategy in …

Recent progress in the research of suicide gene therapy for malignant glioma

R Tamura, H Miyoshi, K Yoshida, H Okano… - Neurosurgical review, 2021 - Springer
Malignant glioma, which is characterized by diffuse infiltration into the normal brain
parenchyma, is the most aggressive primary brain tumor with dismal prognosis. Over the …

Applications of Innovation Technologies for Personalized Cancer Medicine: Stem Cells and Gene-Editing Tools

A Hasanzadeh, A Ebadati, L Dastanpour… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Personalized medicine is a new approach toward safer and even cheaper treatments with
minimal side effects and toxicity. Planning a therapy based on individual properties causes …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoparticles for stem cell therapy bioengineering in glioma

H Ruiz-Garcia, K Alvarado-Estrada… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Gliomas are a dismal disease associated with poor survival and high morbidity. Current
standard treatments have reached a therapeutic plateau even after combining maximal safe …

Long-term efficiency of mesenchymal stromal cell-mediated CD-MSC/5FC therapy in human melanoma xenograft model

L Kucerova, S Skolekova, L Demkova, R Bohovic… - Gene therapy, 2014 - nature.com
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) can be exploited as cellular delivery vehicles for the
enzymes converting non-toxic prodrugs to toxic substances. Because of their inherent …

Gene therapy using neural stem/progenitor cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells: visualization of migration and bystander killing effect

R Tamura, H Miyoshi, Y Morimoto, Y Oishi… - Human gene …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive brain tumor characterized by diffuse infiltration into the
normal brain parenchyma. Neural stem cells are known to possess the tumor-tropic …