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Comment
. 2019 May 16;26(5):621-622.
doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2019.05.002.

Aiming at Cancer In Vivo: Ferroptosis-Inducer Delivered by Nanoparticles

Junmei Yi  1 , Alexander M Minikes  2 , Xuejun Jiang  3
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Aiming at Cancer In Vivo: Ferroptosis-Inducer Delivered by Nanoparticles

Junmei Yi et al. Cell Chem Biol. .

Abstract

Induction of ferroptosis has emerged as a potential cancer therapeutic approach. In this issue of Cell Chemical Biology, Zhang et al. (2019) demonstrate the anticancer efficacy and safety of the ferroptosis inducer imidazole ketone erastin (IKE) in a xenograft model by using a nanoparticle-based delivery system.

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