<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Basu, Sudipta</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Harfouche, Rania</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Soni, Shivani</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chimote, Geetanjali</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mashelkar, Raghunath Anant</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sengupta, Shiladitya</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nanoparticle-mediated targeting of MAPK signaling predisposes tumor to chemotherapy</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cancer</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Signal transduction</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAY</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">19</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NATL ACAD SCIENCES</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2101 CONSTITUTION AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20418 USA</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">106</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7957-7961</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The MAPK signal transduction cascade is dysregulated in a majority of human tumors. Here we report that a nanoparticle-mediated targeting of this pathway can optimize cancer chemotherapy. We engineered nanoparticles from a unique hexadentate-polyD, L-lactic acid-co-glycolic acid polymer chemically conjugated to PD98059, a selective MAPK inhibitor. The nanoparticles are taken up by cancer cells through endocytosis and demonstrate sustained release of the active agent, resulting in the inhibition of phosphorylation of downstream extracellular signal regulated kinase. We demonstrate that nanoparticle-mediated targeting of MAPK inhibits the proliferation of melanoma and lung carcinoma cells and induces apoptosis in vitro. Administration of the PD98059-nanoparticles in melanoma-bearing mice inhibits tumor growth and enhances the antitumor efficacy of cisplatin chemotherapy. Our study shows the nanoparticle-mediated delivery of signal transduction inhibitors can emerge as a unique paradigm in cancer chemotherapy.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">19</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.43
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