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Cell Density-Dependent Changes in the Localization of the CD26 Protein in Colorectal Cancer Cells in Response to Flavonoid Treatment
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-24)Colorectal cancer is the 3rd most common cancer worldwide and this rate of incidence is largely attributable to lifestyle factors such as the diet. A group of plant secondary metabolites called flavonoids has been found ... -
Characterising changes in adhesion and enzyme activity related to drug resistance in colon cancer cells
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-21)Metastatic colorectal cancer is often fatal, and drug resistance to chemotherapeutic agents is one of the primary contributing factors to this lethality. Drug resistance arises from exposure to chemotherapies, and it can ... -
Characterization of Bacteriophage λ Displaying Epidermal Growth Factor in the Uptake, Infiltration and Formation of HT29 Spheroids
(University of Waterloo, 2019-07-31)Solid tumours are characterized by a complex structure comprised of extracellular matrix, neoplastic cells and stromal cells, each presenting a barrier to conventional anticancer chemotherapy as well as carrier-mediated ... -
Characterization of counterion effects of gemini surfactants and in vitro studies of transfection efficiency for gene therapy in epithelial ovarian cancer.
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-23)Gene therapy has emerged as a promising strategy for the treatment or prevention of many acquired or genetic diseases that are considered incurable at the present time. Although viral and non-viral vector approaches are ... -
Characterization of gemini nanoparticle assembly by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-23)Research in the field of non-viral gene delivery has demonstrated that a deeper understanding of the fundamental processes of nanoparticle assembly is required in order to improve their efficacy. While gemini nanoparticles ... -
Characterizing Changes in Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV/CD26 on Colon Carcinoma Cells in Response to Prostaglandin Treatment
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-01)Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV) – also known as CD26 – is a multifunctional transmembrane protease found on the surface of most human cells, and shows variable expression between different types of cancer. DPPIV activity ... -
Clinical Pharmacy Services in Ambulatory Oncology: An Environmental Scan of the Canadian Practice Landscape
(University of Waterloo, 2023-02-21)Background: Canadian clinical pharmacy key performance indicators (cpKPIs) have been developed for inpatient hospital practice but are not established for ambulatory oncology. This study represents the first step in ... -
Communicating health information in primary care: a multidisciplinary exploration of patient, pharmacist, and physician decision-making
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-27)Research has yet to clearly define how health care professionals’ (HCPs) use and sharing of information influences how health decisions are made, both independently and collaboratively. Similarly, the manner in which ... -
Comparative risk of cardiac arrhythmias associated with acetylcholinesterase inhibitor use
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-19)Background: Acquired long-QT syndrome (ALQTS) and its associated condition, torsades de pointes (TdP – a malignant cardiac arrhythmia), are associated with the use of certain medications. Case reports and pharmacodynamic ... -
Consequences of a lack of adult intravenous data on the prediction accuracy of pediatric physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-22)Lack of pediatric clinical data has led to a large gap in knowledge concerning drug efficacy, safety and dosing guidelines within the pediatric population. Many pediatric off-label doses are based largely on adult studies ... -
Construction and Characterization of a Fine-Tuned Lytic Phage Display System
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-15)Bacteriophage (phage) Lambda (λ) has played a key historic role in driving our current understanding of molecular genetics. The lytic nature of this bacterial virus along with the conformation of its wild-type capsid protein ... -
Construction and characterization of a hybrid bacteriophage gene delivery platform
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-26)Bacteriophages, viruses that specifically infect bacteria, may be considered as structurally simplistic protein-based vehicles for ferrying nucleic acid cargo. Since phages cannot infect nor replicate within human cells, ... -
Construction and Characterization of a Robust in vivo Technology for the Production of Superior DNA Vectors for Gene Therapy and Vaccination
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-27)Plasmid DNA (pDNA) vectors are the current conventional technology driving therapeutic gene transfer, whether for use toward mal/nonfunctional gene replacement, DNA vaccination, or production of therapeutic proteins in ... -
The construction and characterization of a synthetic SARS VLP comprised of betacoronavirus consensus sequence-encoded viral components
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-22)In 2019, a novel coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged from Wuhan, China leading to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although there was an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome ... -
Cost-effectiveness of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy for Treating Large B-cell Lymphoma Patients in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-21)Background/Aim: Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is a novel cell therapy for treating hematological cancers including multiply relapsed large B-cell lymphoma in adults. Although for some patients it can ... -
Data Analysis Protocol for the Development and Evaluation of Population Pharmacokinetic Models for Incorporation Into the Web-Accessible Population Pharmacokinetic Service - Hemophilia (WAPPS-Hemo)
(JMIR Publications, 2016-12-07)Background: Hemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder caused by a deficiency in a specific clotting factor. This results in spontaneous bleeding episodes and eventual arthropathy. The mainstay of hemophilia treatment ... -
Design and Characterization of Various Lipid, Polymer, and Gemini-Surfactant – Based Vectors and DNA as Non-Viral Delivery Systems for Gene Therapy Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-31)The bulk of this thesis work is the result of a pharmaceutical collaboration, and it utilizes several proprietary systems. While Chapters 3 and 4 will provide an in-depth discussion of the results, the specific names, ... -
Design and development of pH-responsive polyurethane membranes for intravaginal release of nanomedicines
(Elsevier, 2018-12-01)The objective of this study was to develop and characterize a novel intravaginal membrane platform for pH-triggered release of nanoparticles (NPs), which is essential for efficient intravaginal delivery of certain effective ... -
Design of a DNA-Encoded Human Papilloma Virus-Like Particle Displaying a Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Antagonistic Peptide for Characterization in Mammalian Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-21)Cancer immunotherapy has evolved as an effective platform for the treatment of a variety of cancer types by enhancing and/or modulating the functionality of the immune system to target cancer cells and consequently mitigate ... -
Design, construction and characterization of LysK endolysin display phage against Staphylococcus aureus
(University of Waterloo, 2014-02-04)The growing threat of drug- resistant Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infections mandates the need to develop novel, effective and alternative antibacterial therapeutics. Despite infection prevention and control measures, ...