Abstract:
Therapeutic compounds for red blood cell-mediated delivery of an active pharmaceutical ingredient to a target cell are described. The therapeutic compounds are configured to bind CD47 on the surface of a red blood cell and to be subsequently transferred to CD47 on the surface of the target cell, the therapeutic compound ultimately being internalized by the target cell via endocytosis. The target cell may be a cancer cell, a virus-infected cell, or a fibrotic cell.
Abstract:
A bacterium that constitutively produces monophosphoryl lipid A (MLA) and a method of producing MLA by using the bacterium may simply produce MLA and a derivative thereof without acid hydrolysis, reduce a probability of natural mutation, and increase yields of MLA and a derivative thereof by constitutive expression of the MLA and derivative thereof.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a cholanic acid-chitosan complex forming self-aggregates and a preparation method thereof, and more particularly, a cholanic acid-chitosan complex which is composed of hydrophobic cholanic acid and hydrophilic chitosan and forms self-aggregates in an aquatic environment, and a method of preparing the cholanic acid- chitosan complex. The cholanic acid-chitosan complex forms self -aggregates, which prolong the drug release period, enhance the selectivity of the complex for tumor tissue, and greatly increase drug loading content when a drug is incorporated into the self -aggregates, compared to chemical bonding, which limits drug incorporation. Thus, the cholanic acid-chitosan complex is useful for anticancer chemotherapy.
Abstract:
A fusion protein-siRNA complex according to the present disclosure binds specifically to cancer cells, is taken up effectively by the cells, and exhibits anticancer activity as it is degraded by lysosomes. The fusion protein-siRNA complex provides maximized anticancer activity so that the cancer cells can be removed by autoimmunity, by inhibiting the immunity of the cancer cells and enhancing phagocytosis by macrophages.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an anticancer drug-chitosan complex forming self-aggregates and the preparation method thereof. More precisely, the present invention relates to the anticancer drug-chitosan complex forming self-aggregates in aqueous media composed of a hydrophobic anticancer agent and a hydrophilic chitosan, and the preparation method thereof. The anticancer drug-chitosan complex of the present invention not only works selectively against target tumor tissue but also continues to release the medicine over a long period of time. Besides, the anticancer drug-chitosan complex could have greater amount of drug by adding the anticancer drug into self-aggregates, which is generally limited by chemical bond. Therefore, the anticancer drug-chitosan complex of the present invention can be effectively used for the cancer chemotherapy.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a drug conjugate as a prodrug that is degraded by cathepsin B specifically expressed in tumor tissues to release doxorubicin. The drug conjugate can form self-assembled nanoparticles. In addition, the drug conjugate specifically responds to and is activated in tumor cells. Therefore, the use of the drug conjugate eliminates the incidence of side effects (for example, cell damage and apoptosis) during the course of cancer prevention or treatment.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a cancer cell-specific complex for targeting cancer. The complex for targeting cancer according to the present disclosure includes EGF, but is affected more by lysosomal activity rather than the EGFR signaling pathway, and thus can overcome the shortcomings of the existing EGF therapy-based diagnostic and therapeutic compositions and provide successfully personalized and improved effects of treating, preventing and alleviating cancer. A diagnostic composition according to the present disclosure enables the prediction of the anticancer performance of a therapeutic composition of the present disclosure in a subject, and thus enables anticancer treatment to be designed stably.