Gastric carcinoma (GC) has high incidence and mortality rates in China. Surgery and chemotherapy are the main treatments. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has become a new treatment modality, appearing in recent experimental studies and clinical trials in various tumors. This study explores the combined effect of gene transfection with PDT on GC cells using aloe emodin (AE)-encapsulated nanoliposomes...

The novel antitumor system including cluster rhenium compounds and cisplatin (Re-Pt 4:1 system) has been recently presented [Anticancer Research, 2007]. The structural types of dirhenium(III) carboxylates with formulas Re2(RCOO)4Cl2, Re2(RCOO)3Cl3, cis-Re2(RCOO)2Cl4, trans-Re2(RCOO)2Cl4, Re2(HPO4)4Cl2, phosphates and mixed carboxylates – phosphates were the matter of concern. The binuclear clus...

Biocompatibility of biomedical devices can be improved by endothelialization of blood-contacting parts mimicking the vascular endothelium's function. Improved endothelialization might be obtained by using biomimetic coatings that allow local sustained release of biologically active molecules, e.g. anti-thrombotic and growth-inducing agents, from nanoliposomes. We aimed to test whether incorpora...