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Synergistic apoptotic effects of apigenin TPGS liposomes and tyroservatide: implications for effective treatment of lung cancer

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Nanomedicine, July 2017
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Title
Synergistic apoptotic effects of apigenin TPGS liposomes and tyroservatide: implications for effective treatment of lung cancer
Published in
International Journal of Nanomedicine, July 2017
DOI 10.2147/ijn.s140096
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Xin Jin, Qing Yang, Youwen Zhang

Abstract

To develop an alternative treatment for lung cancer, a combination of two potent chemotherapeutic agents - liposomal apigenin and tyroservatide - was developed. The therapeutic potential of this combination was investigated using A549 cells. Apigenin and tocopherol derivative-containing D-alpha-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate (TPGS) liposomes might improve the delivery of apigenin to tumor cells, both in vitro and in vivo. Importantly, compared to either agent alone, the combination of apigenin TPGS liposomes and tyroservatide exhibited superior cytotoxicity, induced stronger G2 arrest, and suppressed A549 cancer cell invasion at a lower dose. The proapoptotic synergistic effects were also observed in A549 cells using terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling, flow cytometry, and Western blot analysis. More importantly, in vivo results showed that the combination of apigenin TPGS liposomes and tyroservatide exhibited tumor-growth inhibitory effects in A549 cell-bearing mice. In conclusion, our study showed that this combination therapy could serve as a promising synergistic therapeutic approach to improve outcomes in patients with lung cancer.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 29 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 24%
Student > Master 4 14%
Student > Bachelor 3 10%
Professor 2 7%
Researcher 2 7%
Other 3 10%
Unknown 8 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 6 21%
Chemistry 4 14%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 7%
Unspecified 1 3%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 3%
Other 3 10%
Unknown 12 41%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 July 2017.
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#15,173,117
of 25,382,440 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Nanomedicine
#1,664
of 4,122 outputs
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#170,860
of 326,871 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Nanomedicine
#36
of 91 outputs
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