Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Nanoparticle conjugates of a highly potent toxin enhance safety and circumvent platinum resistance in ovarian cancer

  • Ruogu Qi,
  • Yongheng Wang,
  • Peter M. Bruno,
  • Haihua Xiao,
  • Yingjie Yu,
  • Ting Li,
  • Sam Lauffer,
  • Wei Wei,
  • Qixian Chen,
  • Xiang Kang,
  • Haiqin Song,
  • Xi Yang,
  • Xing Huang,
  • Alexandre Detappe,
  • Ursula Matulonis,
  • David Pepin,
  • Michael T. Hemann,
  • Michael J. Birrer,
  • P. Peter Ghoroghchian

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02390-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Improving the safety and efficacy of chemotherapeutics will help to enhance their effects. Here, the authors show that intraperitoneal delivery of nanoparticle conjugates of a potent toxin prolongs tumor inhibition and survival as compared to cisplatin in advanced-stage and platinum-resistant ovarian cancer mouse models.