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ArticlePharmaceutics2020

Engineered Human Nanoferritin Bearing the Drug Genz-644282 for Cancer Therapy.

Elisabetta Falvo, Alessandro Arcovito, Giamaica Conti, Giuseppe Cipolla, Martina Pitea, Veronica Morea, Verena Damiani, Gianluca Sala, Giulio Fracasso, Pierpaolo Ceci

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Recombinant ferritins for multimodal nanomedicine.Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry · 2023
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  10. Bioengineered Ferritin Nanocarriers for Cancer Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Elisabetta FalvoCNR-National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Alessandro ArcovitoDipartimento di Scienze Biotecnologiche di Base, Cliniche Intensivologiche e Perioperatorie, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8384-4844
Giamaica ContiDepartment of Neurological and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Giuseppe CipollaThena Biotech, 04100 Latina, Italy.
Martina PiteaDepartment of Biochemical Sciences, University Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Veronica MoreaCNR-National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Verena DamianiCenter for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), Department of Medical Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Gianluca SalaCenter for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), Department of Medical Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4494-915X
Giulio FracassoDepartment of Medicine, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3024-0307
Pierpaolo CeciCNR-National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7712-8430
Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology · ITUniversity of Chieti-Pescara · ITUniversity of Verona · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · IT

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro 16776 and 18467Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca 2017483NH8_005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastrointestinal tumors, including pancreatic and colorectal cancers, represent one of the greatest public health issues worldwide, leading to a million global deaths. Recent research demonstrated that the human heavy chain ferritin (HFt) can encapsulate different types of drugs in its cavity and can bind to its receptor, CD71, in several solid and hematological tumors, thus highlighting the potential use of ferritin for tumor-targeting therapies. Here, we describe the development and characterization of a novel nanomedicine based on the HFt that is named The-0504. In particular, this novel system is a nano-assembly comprising an engineered version of HFt that entraps about 80 molecules of a potent, wide-spectrum, non-camptothecin topoisomerase I inhibitor (Genz-644282). The-0504 can be produced by a standardized pre-industrial process as a pure and homogeneously formulated product with favourable lyophilization properties. The preliminary anticancer activity was evaluated in cultured cancer cells and in a mouse model of pancreatic cancer. Overall results reported here make The-0504 a candidate for further preclinical development against CD-71 expressing deadly tumors.

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CD71drug-deliverygastrointestinal tumorshuman ferritinnanomedicinenon-camptothecin topoisomerase I inhibitors

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PMID33092088
PMCPMC7589674
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