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A coassembled peptide hydrogel boosts the radiosensitization of cisplatin

Authors :
Xiaoxue Hou
Wenxue Zhang
Chunhua Ren
Qian Wang
Huirong Fan
Jianfeng Liu
Jie Gao
Qingxiang Guo
Jinjian Liu
Source :
Chemical Communications. 56:13017-13020
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2020.

Abstract

We constructed a novel supramolecular hydrogel by carrying out a coassembly of cisplatin and short naproxen-capped peptides. This procedure boosted the radiosensitization effect of cisplatin by increasing the number of Pt-DNA adducts, arresting the cell cycle, and inhibiting cyclooxygenase-2.

Details

ISSN :
1364548X and 13597345
Volume :
56
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Chemical Communications
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....882000cced4e4af3cc2fe74e19b94402
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cc05184e