Stable RNA nanoparticles as potential new generation drugs for cancer therapy

…, M Rajabi, F Haque, D Shu, M Leggas… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2014 - Elsevier
Human genome sequencing revealed that only ~ 1.5% of the DNA sequence coded for proteins.
More and more evidence has uncovered that a substantial part of the 98.5% so‐called “…

Sunitinib malate for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumors

VR Adams, M Leggas - Clinical therapeutics, 2007 - Elsevier
Background: Sunitinib was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on
January 26, 2006, for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) and …

Mrp4 confers resistance to topotecan and protects the brain from chemotherapy

M Leggas, M Adachi, GL Scheffer, D Sun… - … and cellular biology, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The role of the multidrug resistance protein MRP4/ABCC4 in vivo remains undefined. To
explore this role, we generated Mrp4-deficient mice. Unexpectedly, these mice showed …

[HTML][HTML] Interactions between hepatic Mrp4 and Sult2a as revealed by the constitutive androstane receptor and Mrp4 knockout mice

M Assem, EG Schuetz, M Leggas, D Sun… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
The ABC transporter, Mrp4, transports the sulfated steroid DHEA-s, and sulfated bile acids
interact with Mrp4 with high affinity. Hepatic Mrp4 levels are low, but increase under …

Biodistribution and bioimaging studies of hybrid paclitaxel nanocrystals: lessons learned of the EPR effect and image-guided drug delivery

CP Hollis, HL Weiss, M Leggas, BM Evers… - Journal of controlled …, 2013 - Elsevier
Paclitaxel (PTX) nanocrystals (200 nm) were produced by crystallization from a solution.
Antitumor efficacy and toxicity were examined through a survival study in a human HT-29 colon …

Development of idarubicin and doxorubicin solid lipid nanoparticles to overcome Pgp-mediated multiple drug resistance in leukemia

…, CL Swadley, A Gupte, M Leggas… - Journal of …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
The objectives of these studies were to investigate and compare solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)
of two anthracyclines, idarubicin (IDA) and doxorubicin (DOX), against Pgp-mediated …

Gefitinib enhances the antitumor activity and oral bioavailability of irinotecan in mice

CF Stewart, M Leggas, JD Schuetz, JC Panetta… - Cancer research, 2004 - AACR
As a single agent the ERBB1 inhibitor, gefitinib (Iressa; ZD1839) showed minimal activity
against a panel of 10 pediatric tumor xenografts that do not express the ERBB1 receptor. …

Gefitinib Modulates the Function of Multiple ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters In vivo

M Leggas, JC Panetta, Y Zhuang, JD Schuetz… - Cancer research, 2006 - AACR
The 4-anilinoquinazoline (4-AQ) derivative gefitinib (Iressa) is an oral epidermal growth factor
receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Oral administration of 4-AQ molecules, such as gefitinib, …

Topotecan combination chemotherapy in two new rodent models of retinoblastoma

…, JK Gray, J Zhang, M Leggas, M Relling, M Egorin… - Clinical Cancer …, 2005 - AACR
Chemotherapy combined with laser therapy and cryotherapy has improved the ocular salvage
rate for children with bilateral retinoblastoma. However, children with late-stage disease …

Substrate overlap between Mrp4 and Abcg2/Bcrp affects purine analogue drug cytotoxicity and tissue distribution

…, GL Scheffer, M Adachi, CF Stewart, D Sun, M Leggas… - Cancer research, 2007 - AACR
The use of probe substrates and combinations of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter
knockout (KO) animals may facilitate the identification of common substrates between …