Publications by authors named "Siwan Wang"
Methotrexate (MTX) is a critical antimetabolite drug in treating various pediatric diseases, including acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), brain tumors, osteosarcoma, inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT), juvenile scleroderma (JS), and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). MTX acts as a folate antagonist by inhibiting dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), an enzyme essential for the synthesis of tetrahydrofolate. This disruption impairs DNA synthesis, repair, and cellular replication, particularly affecting rapidly dividing cells.
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- Gastric cancer has a high mortality rate and is primarily treated with chemotherapy, where aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) like TPE-Py are emerging as effective, non-toxic alternatives.
- Research confirmed that TPE-Py induces apoptosis in gastric cancer cells through the mitochondria-mediated pathway, specifically targeting mitochondria and altering their function.
- The study revealed that TPE-Py decreases mitochondrial membrane potential and increases reactive oxygen species accumulation, linking these changes to the intrinsic mitochondrial apoptotic pathway.
As a well-known anticancer drug, paclitaxel (PTX), a first-line chemotherapeutic agent, remains unsatisfactory for gastric cancer therapy. It is reported that triptolide (TPL) could enhance the anti-gastric cancer effect of PTX. Considering the poor solubility of both drugs, we developed a red blood cell membrane-biomimetic nanosystem, an emerging tool in drug delivery, to co-load paclitaxel and triptolide (red blood cell membrane coated PTX and TPL co-loaded poly(lactic--glycolic acid) [PLGA] nanoparticles, RP(P/T)).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA ratiometric fluorescent test pen filled with a mixing ink of blue carbon dots (CDs) and red CdTe quantum dots (CdTe QDs) is introduced for portable assay of silver ion (Ag(I)) on paper. The mixing ink was tuned with ratiometric fluorescent intensity of 1:5, and then filled into a vacant commercial fluorescent pen core. Writing/painting a random word/figure on a blank paper can make the most portable nanoprobe determining Ag(I) by visualization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe development of molecules with immune stimulatory properties is crucial for cancer immunotherapy. In this work, we combined two peptide-based molecules, tuftsin (TKPR) and Nap-GDFDFDY, to develop a novel self-assembling molecule Nap-GDFDFDYTKPR (Comp.3), which has strong CD8+ T cell stimulatory properties.
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