Table 2 of Azimi, Mol Vis 2022; 28:130-146.


Table 2. New advances in management of retinoblastoma.

New therapies Examples of applications
Molecularly targeted therapies MDMX-p53 response [3,25,26],
spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) inhibitors [3,28,29], histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors [3,28,33],
CEP1347 (small-molecule kinase inhibitor) [23]
Tubulin Modifying molecules Paclitaxel (PTX) [44]
Immunotherapy CAR-T cell therapy [53]
Signal transducer CD24 [59]
Nucleolin (NCL) protein [61,62]
High mobility group A (HMGA) protein HMGA aptamer (NCLAb–HMGAap) [68,69]
Vitamin D analogs Calcitriol [71,79,80]
Angiogenesis inhabitation Celastrol nanomicelles (CNMs) [87]
Ribavirin [20]
Neurotransmitter pathway disrupting Transfection of AP-2α and AP-2β expression into Rb cells to induces apoptosis [98]
Arsenic Trioxide Arsenic trioxide (white arsenic or As2O3; ATO) [18]
EDL-155 an isoquinoline derivative [102]
Gene therapy HSV- TK / GCV(Herpes Simplex Virus-Tyrosine Kinase / Ganciclovir) [19,104]
Oncolytic adenovirusVCN-01 [106]
Local drug-delivery systems Poly lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) [117,118]
Gold-based nanoparticles [126,127]
Dendrimer [133]
New hydrogel implant Local drug delivery [134]
Non- coding RNAs (ncRNAs) lncRNAs [139-151]
miRNAs [158-161]
Aqueous humor markers circulating tumor cell (CTC) and cfDNA-based fluid biopsies [171,172]
Exosomes nanoparticles derived from cell membranes containing RNA, microRNA, lipids and proteins [175]
MLN4924 (Pevonedistat) Pevonedistat, a neddylation inhibitor [180]