Treatment of Maxillofacial Cancers by Zein Nanoparticles Loaded with Anticancer Peptide Pistacia Zardin1: Enhanced Cytotoxicity and Apoptosis Induction in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC)

Andrej Jenča; Elham Saberian; Janka Jenčová; Adriána Petrášová; Andrej Jenča; David Mills; Hadi Zare-Zardini; Eliška Kubíková; Simona Dianišková; Tetyana Pyndus

doi:10.3390/nano16040254

Treatment of Maxillofacial Cancers by Zein Nanoparticles Loaded with Anticancer Peptide Pistacia Zardin1: Enhanced Cytotoxicity and Apoptosis Induction in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC)

Andrej Jenča
, Elham Saberian
, Janka Jenčová
, Adriána Petrášová
, Andrej Jenča
, David Mills
, Hadi Zare-Zardini
, Eliška Kubíková
, Simona Dianišková
, Tetyana Pyndus

University of P.J. Šafárik
Louisiana Tech University
Meybod University
Comenius University Medical School
Slovak Medical University

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Original language	English
Article number	254
Journal	Nanomaterials
Volume	16
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16040254
State	Published - Feb 2026
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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General Chemical Engineering
General Materials Science

Keywords

Pistacia zardin1
apoptosis
drug delivery
head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)
maxillofacial cancer
zein nanoparticles

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Jenča, A., Saberian, E., Jenčová, J., Petrášová, A., Jenča, A., Mills, D., Zare-Zardini, H., Kubíková, E., Dianišková, S., & Pyndus, T. (2026). Treatment of Maxillofacial Cancers by Zein Nanoparticles Loaded with Anticancer Peptide Pistacia Zardin1: Enhanced Cytotoxicity and Apoptosis Induction in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC). Nanomaterials, 16(4), Article 254. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16040254

Treatment of Maxillofacial Cancers by Zein Nanoparticles Loaded with Anticancer Peptide Pistacia Zardin1: Enhanced Cytotoxicity and Apoptosis Induction in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC). / Jenča, Andrej; Saberian, Elham; Jenčová, Janka et al.
In: Nanomaterials, Vol. 16, No. 4, 254, 02.2026.

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Jenča, A, Saberian, E, Jenčová, J, Petrášová, A, Jenča, A, Mills, D, Zare-Zardini, H, Kubíková, E, Dianišková, S & Pyndus, T 2026, 'Treatment of Maxillofacial Cancers by Zein Nanoparticles Loaded with Anticancer Peptide Pistacia Zardin1: Enhanced Cytotoxicity and Apoptosis Induction in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC)', Nanomaterials, vol. 16, no. 4, 254. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16040254

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