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ArticleCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2021

Investigation of Nano-Bio Interactions within a Pancreatic Tumor Microenvironment for the Advancement of Nanomedicine in Cancer Treatment.

Abdulaziz Alhussan, Kyle Bromma, Ece Pinar Demirci Bozdoğan, Andrew Metcalfe, Joanna Karasinska, Wayne Beckham, Abraham S Alexander, Daniel J Renouf, David F Schaeffer, Devika B Chithrani

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Article in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Abdulaziz AlhussanPhysics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9920-2803
Kyle BrommaPhysics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1459-7365
Ece Pinar Demirci BozdoğanPhysics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada.
Andrew MetcalfePancreas Centre BC, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L8, Canada.
Joanna KarasinskaPancreas Centre BC, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L8, Canada.
Wayne BeckhamPhysics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada.
Abraham S AlexanderBC Cancer, Victoria, BC V8R 6V5, Canada.
Daniel J RenoufPancreas Centre BC, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L8, Canada.
David F SchaefferDepartment of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Devika B ChithraniPhysics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5251-1388

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest types of cancer, with a five-year survival rate of only 10%. Nanotechnology offers a novel perspective to treat such deadly cancers through their incorporation into radiotherapy and chemotherapy. However, the interaction of nanoparticles (NPs) with cancer cells and with other major cell types within the pancreatic tumor microenvironment (TME) is yet to be understood. Therefore, our goal is to shed light on the dynamics of NPs within a TME of pancreatic origin. In addition to cancer cells, normal fibroblasts (NFs) and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) were examined in this study due to their important yet opposite roles of suppressing tumor growth and promoting tumor growth, respectively. Gold nanoparticles were used as the model NP system due to their biocompatibility and physical and chemical proprieties, and their dynamics were studied both quantitatively and qualitatively in vitro and in vivo. The in vitro studies revealed that both cancer cells and CAFs take up 50% more NPs compared to NFs. Most importantly, they all managed to retain 70-80% of NPs over a 24-h time period. Uptake and retention of NPs within an in vivo environment was also consistent with in vitro results. This study shows the paradigm-changing potential of NPs to combat the disease.

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Metal NanoparticlesPancreatic NeoplasmsGoldHumansNanomedicineTumor MicroenvironmentGoldgold nanoparticlesMia PaCa-2normalPANC-1pancreatic cancerretentionuptake

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PMID34073974
PMCPMC8161808

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