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Sonja Dragojevic

Research Fellow, Mayo Clinic Rochester
Verified email at mayo.edu
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[HTML][HTML] Polymer-based prodrugs: improving tumor targeting and the solubility of small molecule drugs in cancer therapy

S Dragojevic, JS Ryu, D Raucher - Molecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
The majority of anticancer drugs have poor aqueous solubility, produce adverse effects in
healthy tissue, and thus impose major limitations on both clinical efficacy and therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] Macromolecular drug carriers for targeted glioblastoma therapy: preclinical studies, challenges, and future perspectives

D Raucher, S Dragojevic, J Ryu - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma, the most common, aggressive brain tumor, ranks among the least curable
cancers—owing to its strong tendency for intracranial dissemination, high proliferation potential, …

Central nervous system delivery of the catalytic subunit of DNA-dependent protein kinase inhibitor peposertib as radiosensitizer for brain metastases

…, DM Burgenske, AC Mladek, S Dragojevic… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2022 - ASPET
Cytotoxic effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy (RT) used for the treatment of brain
metastases results from DNA damage within cancer cells. Cells rely on highly evolved DNA …

[HTML][HTML] Circumventing Doxorubicin Resistance using elastin-like polypeptide Biopolymer-mediated drug delivery

S Dragojevic, L Turner, D Raucher - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although doxorubicin (dox), an anthracycline antibiotic, is widely used and effective in
treating cancer, its treatment efficiency is limited by low blood plasma solubility, poor …

Brain distribution of berzosertib: an ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related protein inhibitor for the treatment of glioblastoma

…, M Kim, AS Mohammad, S Dragojevic… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2021 - ASPET
The effective treatment of brain tumors is a considerable challenge in part because of the
presence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) that limits drug delivery. Glioblastoma multiforme (…

[HTML][HTML] Elastin-like polypeptide hydrogels for tunable, sustained local chemotherapy in malignant glioma

S Dragojevic, L Turner, P Pal, AV Janorkar, D Raucher - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a primary brain tumor that carries a dismal prognosis, which is primarily
attributed to tumor recurrence after surgery and resistance to chemotherapy. Since the …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of elastin-like polypeptides for tumor targeted delivery of doxorubicin to glioblastoma

S Dragojevic, R Mackey, D Raucher - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
To increase treatment efficiency for glioblastoma, we have developed a system to selectively
deliver chemotherapeutic doxorubicin (Dox) to Glioblastoma (GBM) tumors. This carrier is …

Preclinical risk evaluation of normal tissue injury with novel radiosensitizers

S Dragojevic, J Ji, PK Singh, MA Connors… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Genotoxic damage induced by radiation triggers a highly coordinated DNA damage
response, and molecular inhibitors of key nodes within this complex response network can …

Convection enhanced delivery of EGFR targeting antibody-drug conjugates Serclutamab talirine and Depatux-M in glioblastoma patient-derived xenografts

…, PA Decker, RA Vaubel, S Dragojevic… - Neuro-Oncology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background EGFR targeting antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are highly effective against
EGFR-amplified tumors, but poor distribution across the blood–brain barrier (BBB) limits their …

Thermally targeted p50 peptide inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis of breast cancer cell lines

E Thomas, S Dragojevic, A Price… - Macromolecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The application of rationally designed therapeutic peptides (TP) may improve outcomes in
cancer treatment. These peptides hold the potential to directly target proliferative pathways …