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ArticleNature communications2018

Enhanced efficacy of combined temozolomide and bromodomain inhibitor therapy for gliomas using targeted nanoparticles.

Fred C Lam, Stephen W Morton, Jeffrey Wyckoff, Tu-Lan Vu Han, Mun Kyung Hwang, Amanda Maffa, Elena Balkanska-Sinclair, Michael B Yaffe, Scott R Floyd, Paula T Hammond

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 145 papers.

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145citing papers in PubMed
13.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

145 citing papers in PubMed, 322 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Fred C LamKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Stephen W MortonKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Jeffrey WyckoffKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Tu-Lan Vu HanKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Mun Kyung HwangKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Amanda MaffaKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Elena Balkanska-SinclairDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.
Michael B YaffeKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Scott R FloydDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27710, USA. scott.floyd@dm.duke.edu.
Paula T HammondKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. hammond@mit.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9835-192X
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USDuke University · USBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USCenter for Cancer Research · USIIT@MIT · US

Funding

VIRUS PRODUCTION COREP30CA014051 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI MATTHEW G. VANDER HEIDEN · 1985 to 2026
$93.9M
Protein Kinase Signaling and Cell Cycle ControlR01ES015339 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI YAFFE, MICHAEL B · 2007 to 2017
$4.3M
Protein Kinase Signaling in the Genotoxic Stress ResponseR35ES028374 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI YAFFE, MICHAEL B · 2017 to 2024
$3.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014051NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES015339NIEHS NIH HHS R35 ES028374
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Effective treatment for glioblastoma (GBM) is limited by the presence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and rapid resistance to single agent therapies. To address these issues, we developed a transferrin-functionalized nanoparticle (Tf-NP) that can deliver dual combination therapies. Using intravital imaging, we show the ability of Tf-NPs to traverse intact BBB in mice as well as achieve direct tumor binding in two intracranial orthotopic models of GBM. Treatment of tumor-bearing mice with Tf-NPs loaded with temozolomide and the bromodomain inhibitor JQ1 leads to increased DNA damage and apoptosis that correlates with a 1.5- to 2-fold decrease in tumor burden and corresponding increase in survival compared to equivalent free-drug dosing. Immunocompetent mice treated with Tf-NP-loaded drugs also show protection from the effects of systemic drug toxicity, demonstrating the preclinical potential of this nanoscale platform to deliver novel combination therapies to gliomas and other central nervous system tumors.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingApoptosisAzepinesBlood-Brain BarrierBrain NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorDrug Delivery SystemsGliomaHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNanoparticlesTemozolomideAntineoplastic AgentsAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingAzepines(+)-JQ1 compoundTemozolomideTriazoles

Identifiers

PMID29777137
PMCPMC5959860
OpenAlexW2804818197

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