Zanthoxylum bungeanum essential oil induces apoptosis of HaCaT human keratinocytes by Li, K, Zhou, R, Wang Jia, W, Li, Z, Li, J, Zhang, P, Xiao, T

“…The ZBEO significantly inhibited proliferation of HaCaT cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner and induced S phase arrest apoptosis in HaCaT cells. …”

Thermal-disrupting interface mitigates intercellular cohesion loss for accurate topical antibacterial therapy by Hu, Benhui, Berkey, Christopher, Feliciano, Timothy, Chen, Xiaohong, Li, Zhuyun, Chen, Chao, Amini, Shahrouz, Nai, Mui Hoon, Lei, Qun-Li, Ni, Ran, Wang, Juan, Leow, Wan Ru, Pan, Shaowu, Li, Yong-Qiang, Cai, Pingqiang, Miserez, Ali, Li, Shuzhou, Lim, Chwee Teck, Wu, Yun-Long, Odom, Teri W., Dauskardt, Reinhold H., Chen, Xiaodong

“…Bacterial infections remain a leading threat to global health because of the misuse of antibiotics and the rise in drug-resistant pathogens. Although several strategies such as photothermal therapy and magneto-thermal therapy can suppress bacterial infections, excessive heat often damages host cells and lengthens the healing time. …”
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Factors affecting trans-scleral transport of poly (butadiene-b-ethylene oxide) polymersomes by Anita, Vincent

“…In this light, this research work examines the suitability of polymersomes for ocular drug delivery via periocular route of drug administration. …”
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A biodegradable ocular implant for long-term suppression of intraocular pressure by Ng, Xu Wen, Liu, Kerh Lin, Veluchamy, Amutha Barathi, Lwin, Nyein Chan, Wong, Tina T., Venkatraman, Subbu Subramanian

“…However, the topical mode of administration (eyedrops) is far from optimal because of the issues of low bioavailability, high drug wastage, and lack of patient compliance. Suboptimal control of the IOP leads to disease progression and eventually to blindness. …”
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Polymers at Nanoscale / by He, Jie, editor 655466, Wang, Xin, editor 655467, World Scientific (Online service) 655444

“…It showcases a wide range of advanced applications of polymer nanoparticles in several fields that include pharmaceutics (drug and nucleotide delivery), biomedicals (bioimaging, diagnosis, and therapeutics), energy (batteries and solar cells) and environmental (catalysis and water purification). …”
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Benzofuran-based estrogen receptor α modulators as anti-cancer therapeutics : in silico and experimental studies by Leow, Min Li, Chin, Christina Hui Li, Yu, Peggy Shuang, Pasunooti, Kalyan Kumar, Tay, Raymond Xu Zhan, Zhang, Dawei, Yoon, Ho Sup, Liu, Xue-Wei

“…In the search for new estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) modulators, a trial molecular screening was conducted and 5,6-dihydroxybenzofuran was identified as a possible drug target for ERα. The target molecular modelling molecule 1 and a series of 5,6-dihydroxybenzofurans have been synthesized and evaluated for their anti-proliferation activities against MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells. …”
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Ultrasound-compatible 3D-printed Franz diffusion system for sonophoresis with microbubbles by Chen, Xin, De Grandi, Davide, Zhu, Yonglian, Lutheryn, Gareth, Lane, Majella E., Sil dos Santos, Bruno, Carugo, Dario

“…Franz diffusion cells have been extensively used for measuring drug permeation in vitro; however, traditional systems lack compatibility with ultrasound and only limited characterisation of their acoustical behaviour has been carried out in previous research. …”
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Isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles and future directions in diagnosis and therapy by De Sousa, Karina P., Rossi, Izadora, Abdullahi, Mahamed, Ramirez, Marcel I., Stratton, Dan, Inal, Jameel

“…With interest in therapeutic applications of EVs growing, we address fundamental points of EV-related cell biology, such as cellular uptake mechanisms and their biodistribution in tissues as well as challenges to their application as drug carriers or biomarkers for less invasive diagnosis or as immunogens.…”
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Chromatin structuring factor HMGA2 controls subtelomere stability and cancer chemosensitivity by Syed Moiz Ahmed

“…I identified that the expression levels of HMGA2 are critical in determining sensitivity to SN38, a clinically active TOP1 inhibitor and found that cancer cells that express high levels of HMGA2 are resistant to SN38 whereas, surprisingly, low to moderate HMGA2 expression sensitized the cells to drug induced DNA damage. …”
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Collective synthesis of 4-Hydroxy-2-pyridone alkaloids and their antiproliferation activities by Ding, Feiqing, Leow, Min Li, Ma, Jimei, William, Ronny, Liao, Hongze, Liu, Xue-Wei

“…Key steps include using a strategic convergent method to synthesize the densely substituted pyridone key intermediate by Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction, a divergent synthesis approach of target molecules by aldol condensation of pyridone intermediate with homologous aldehydes, and an iterative synthesis of homologous aldehydes with all-trans-polyene backbones. Interestingly, among the six tumor cell lines investigated, torrubiellone C was found to induce potent and apoptotic inhibitory activities on Jurkat T cells with IC50 values of 7.05 μm. …”
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Discovery of stabilized functional mutants of human aquaporin 1 by Soh, Miao Yi

“…Aquaporins (AQPs) are essential water channel proteins found in the cell membranes of all forms of life. In this project, a random mutagenesis library for human aquaporin 1 (hAQP1) is generated and screened for functional mutants. …”
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OncomiR-138 targets genes involved in senescence and its inhibition induces growth arrest of malignant gliomas. by Malini Rethnam.

“…Identification of senescence as a downstream consequence of miR-138 inhibition will aid in developing a pro-senescence therapeutic drug for GBM.…”
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Lipid-coated hybrid nanoparticles for enhanced bacterial biofilm penetration and antibiofilm efficacy by Lee, Hiang Wee, Kharel, Sharad, Loo, Joachim Say Chye

“…Up to 80% of all infections are biofilm-mediated and they are often challenging to treat as the underlying bacterial cells can become 100- to 1000-fold more tolerant toward antibiotics. …”
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Luteolin restricts dengue virus replication through inhibition of the proprotein convertase furin by Peng, Minhua, Watanabe, Satoru, Chan, Kitti Wing Ki, He, Qiuyan, Zhao, Ya, Zhang, Zhongde, Lai, Xiaoping, Luo, Dahai, Vasudevan, Subhash G., Li, Geng

“…In addition, ADE-mediated dengue virus infection of human cell lines and primary PBMCs was inhibited. In a time-of-drug-addition study, luteolin was found to reduce infectious virus particle formation, but not viral RNA synthesis, in Huh-7 cells. …”
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Development of red/near-infrared fluorescent molecules and macromolecules for biomedical applications by Yang, Cangjie

“…The hydrophobic layer of side chain was used to physically entrap drugs for chemotherapy. To address the potential problem of drug leakage, we utilized amphiphilic random copolymers containing drug-modified units as side chain of conjugated polymers instead in Chapter 7. …”
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Targeted therapy to gastric cancer by Hou, Qian.

“…Unlike drugs that target specific kinases, the 8 drugs identified here indirectly inhibit multiple signaling pathways which are essential for cancer cell survival. …”
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Sustained exposure to Helicobacter pylori induces immune tolerance by desensitizing TLR6 by Zhang, Xiulin, He, Yang, Zhang, Xiaolu, Fu, Bo, Song, Zidai, Wang, Liang, Fu, Rui, Lu, Xuancheng, Xing, Jin, Lv, Jianyi, Guo, Meng, Huo, Xueyun, Liu, Xin, Lu, Jing, Du, Xiaoyan

“…Promising results suggest that TLR6 may be a potential candidate immunotherapy drug for H. pylori infection.…”
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A multiphysics model of photo-sensitive hydrogels in response to light-thermo-pH-salt coupled stimuli for biomedical applications by Chen, Xiao, Li, Hua, Lam, King-Yeung

“…The electrical and pH response characteristics of the hydrogel, especially those in neutral solution, may inspire some potential biomedical applications, such as photo-controlled drug release and cell growth.…”
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Formulation, optimization and characterization of palm kernel oil esters nanoemulsion system containing sodium diclofenac by Rezaee, Malahat

“…All terpenes showed promoting effect on sodium diclofenac penetration. …”
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Real-time microscopic study and modeling of the disruption of bacterial swarming motion by Lu, Shengtao

“…In biology, certain bacteria such as the Gram-positive Bacillus subtilis can differentiate into swarming cells and move rapidly across the surface of a semisolid media in multicellular rafts or clusters. …”
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