2014
Surface-Modified Nanoparticles Enhance Transurothelial Penetration and Delivery of Survivin siRNA in Treating Bladder Cancer
Martin DT, Steinbach JM, Liu J, Shimizu S, Kaimakliotis HZ, Wheeler MA, Hittelman AB, Saltzman W, Weiss RM. Surface-Modified Nanoparticles Enhance Transurothelial Penetration and Delivery of Survivin siRNA in Treating Bladder Cancer. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 2014, 13: 71-81. PMID: 24222663, PMCID: PMC3924597, DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-13-0502.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBladder permeability barrierSurvivin siRNAChitosan delivery systemBladder cancerBladder diseaseTherapeutic responseTumor volumeXenograft tumorsMouse bladderTumor siteSurvivin expressionIntravesical deliveryHuman ureterTumor cell uptakeSiRNATumorsUnmodified nanoparticlesCell uptakeDelivery system
2010
Effect of mitomycin C on concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptors in bladder cancer cells and in bladders of rats intravesically instilled with mitomycin C
Verma A, DeGrado J, Hittelman AB, Wheeler MA, Kaimakliotis HZ, Weiss RM. Effect of mitomycin C on concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptors in bladder cancer cells and in bladders of rats intravesically instilled with mitomycin C. BJU International 2010, 107: 1154-1161. PMID: 20735383, DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2010.09543.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular endothelial growth factorVascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2Bladder cancer cellsVEGF receptor 1Bladder of ratsEndothelial growth factorVEGFR-2 mRNAMitomycin CVEGFR-2 proteinCancer cellsSurvivin siRNAVEGF concentrationsMMC concentrationsUrinary vascular endothelial growth factorGrowth factorVEGFR-2 concentrationsGrowth factor receptor 2Superficial bladder cancerTransitional cell carcinomaMMC treatmentEndothelial growth factor receptor 2Factor receptor 2Interleukin-6 mRNAEffective intravesical treatmentLower MMC concentrations436 EFFECT OF SURVIVIN SIRNA AND VEGF SIRNA COMPLEXED IN NANOPARTICLES ON BLADDER CANCER CELLS AND UROTHELIAL TISSUES
Saltzman A, Woodrow K, Wheeler M, Verma A, Saltzman W, Weiss R. 436 EFFECT OF SURVIVIN SIRNA AND VEGF SIRNA COMPLEXED IN NANOPARTICLES ON BLADDER CANCER CELLS AND UROTHELIAL TISSUES. Journal Of Urology 2010, 183: e172-e173. DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.02.507.Peer-Reviewed Original Research