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Rilpivirine-Associated Aggregation-Induced Emission Enables Cell-Based Nanoparticle Tracking, Insiya Mukadam
Rilpivirine-Associated Aggregation-Induced Emission Enables Cell-Based Nanoparticle Tracking, Insiya Mukadam
Theses & Dissertations
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has improved the quality and duration of life for people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. However, limitations in drug efficacy, the emergence of viral mutations and the paucity of cell-tissue targeting remain. We posit that to maximize ART potency and therapeutic outcomes newer drug formulations that reach HIV cellular reservoirs need to be created. In a step towards achieving this goal we discovered the aggregation-induced emission (AIE) property of the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor Rilpivirine (RPV) and used it as a platform for drug cell and subcellular tracking. RPV nanocrystals were created with endogenous AIE …
Exosomes Secreted Under Hypoxia Enhance Stemness In Ewing’S Sarcoma And Transform Microenvironment Cells, Matthew J. Kling
Exosomes Secreted Under Hypoxia Enhance Stemness In Ewing’S Sarcoma And Transform Microenvironment Cells, Matthew J. Kling
Theses & Dissertations
Intercellular communication between tumor cells and stroma within the hypoxic microenvironment promote aggressiveness and poor patient prognoses in ways that remain unclear. Here we show that hypoxic Ewing’s sarcoma (EWS) cells release exosomes that promote sphere formation, a stem-like phenotype, in EWS cells by enhancing survival and a cancer-associated phenotype in fibroblasts (CAFs). Given that hypoxia enriches for stem-like cells, we exposed EWS cells to hypoxia and hypoxic EWS-derived exosomes and assessed the stem cell phenotype. Hypoxia and hypoxic EWS-derived exosomewere found to enhance TIC formation in vitro and in vivo by reprogramming EWS cells. Analysis of the hypoxic exosomal …
Development Of Fluorescent Hyaluronic Acid Nanoparticles For Intraoperative Tumor Detection, Nicholas E. Wojtynek
Development Of Fluorescent Hyaluronic Acid Nanoparticles For Intraoperative Tumor Detection, Nicholas E. Wojtynek
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Surgical resection remains to be the primary treatment for the majority of solid tumors, including breast cancer. The complete removal of the primary tumor, local metastases, and metastatic lymph nodes dramatically improve a patient’s treatment outcome and prognosis. Nevertheless, surgeons are limited to tactile and visual cues in distinguishing malignant and healthy tissue. This can result in a positive surgical margin (PSM), which occurs when tumor goes undetected and is left behind in the surgical cavity. PSMs decreases a patient’s prognosis and necessitate additional treatment in the form of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. An emerging imaging modality, known as fluorescence-guided …