2017
Dual-Targeting Nanoparticles for In Vivo Delivery of Suicide Genes to Chemotherapy-Resistant Ovarian Cancer Cells
Cocco E, Deng Y, Shapiro EM, Bortolomai I, Lopez S, Lin K, Bellone S, Cui J, Menderes G, Black JD, Schwab CL, Bonazzoli E, Yang F, Predolini F, Zammataro L, Altwerger G, de Haydu C, Clark M, Alvarenga J, Ratner E, Azodi M, Silasi DA, Schwartz PE, Litkouhi B, Saltzman WM, Santin AD. Dual-Targeting Nanoparticles for In Vivo Delivery of Suicide Genes to Chemotherapy-Resistant Ovarian Cancer Cells. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 2017, 16: 323-333. PMID: 27956521, PMCID: PMC5292071, DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-16-0501.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalDisease Models, AnimalDrug CarriersDrug Delivery SystemsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmEnterotoxinsFemaleGene ExpressionGene Transfer TechniquesGenes, Transgenic, SuicideGenetic TherapyHumansMiceNanoparticlesOvarian NeoplasmsPromoter Regions, GeneticTumor BurdenXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysConceptsOvarian cancer cellsClostridium perfringens enterotoxinChemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer cellsIntraperitoneal injectionCancer cellsMultiple intraperitoneal injectionsOvarian cancer xenograftsOvarian tumor cell linesLethal gynecologic cancerTumor-bearing miceOvarian cancer cell deathVivo biodistribution studiesGene therapySuicide gene therapyGynecologic cancerCancer xenograftsOvarian cancerCancer cell deathTherapeutic approachesControl nanoparticlesTumor growthTumor cell linesClaudin-3Biodistribution studiesTumor cells
2015
Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin C‐terminal domain labeled to fluorescent dyes for in vivo visualization of micrometastatic chemotherapy‐resistant ovarian cancer
Cocco E, Shapiro EM, Gasparrini S, Lopez S, Schwab CL, Bellone S, Bortolomai I, Sumi NJ, Bonazzoli E, Nicoletti R, Deng Y, Saltzman WM, Zeiss CJ, Centritto F, Black JD, Silasi DA, Ratner E, Azodi M, Rutherford TJ, Schwartz PE, Pecorelli S, Santin AD. Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin C‐terminal domain labeled to fluorescent dyes for in vivo visualization of micrometastatic chemotherapy‐resistant ovarian cancer. International Journal Of Cancer 2015, 137: 2618-2629. PMID: 26060989, PMCID: PMC4573336, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29632.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-derived xenograftsTumor fluorescenceChemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancerClaudin-3Human ovarian cancer xenograftsTime of surgeryOvarian cancer patientsNeoadjuvant chemotherapy treatmentOvarian cancer xenograftsHealthy organsVivo visualizationTime of intervalBackground fluorescence ratioClostridium perfringens enterotoxinChemotherapy-naïveMicrometastatic diseaseMalignant ascitesOvarian diseaseResidual diseaseOvarian tumorsCancer patientsCancer xenograftsChemotherapy treatmentIP injectionOvarian cancer