Dr Taskeen Janjua Khan
Next Generation Cancer Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Journal Articles
Kooshan, Zeinab, Srinivasan, Srilakshmi, Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal, Popat, Amirali and Batra, Jyotsna (2025). Lactoferrin conjugated radicicol nanoparticles enhanced drug delivery and cytotoxicity in prostate cancer cells. European Journal of Pharmacology, 991 177300, 177300. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2025.177300
Moniruzzaman, Md, Wong, Kuan Yau, Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal, Martin, Jennifer H., Begun, Jakob and Popat, Amirali (2025). Cannabidiol targets colorectal cancer cells via cannabinoid receptor 2, independent of common mutations. ACS Pharmacology and Translational Science, 8 (2), 543-556. doi: 10.1021/acsptsci.4c00644
Singh, Ravi Raj, Mondal, Indranil, Janjua, Taskeen, Popat, Amirali and Kulshreshtha, Ritu (2024). Engineered smart materials for RNA based molecular therapy to treat Glioblastoma. Bioactive Materials, 33, 396-423. doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2023.11.007
Moniruzzaman, Md, Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal, Martin, Jennifer H., Begun, Jakob and Popat, Amirali (2024). Cannabidiol - help and hype in targeting mucosal diseases. Journal of Controlled Release, 365, 530-543. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2023.11.010
Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal, Cao, Yuxue, Kleitz, Freddy, Linden, Mika, Yu, Chengzhong and Popat, Amirali (2023). Silica nanoparticles: a review of their safety and current strategies to overcome biological barriers. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 203 115115, 115115. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2023.115115
Feng, Yuran, Cao, Yuxue, Singh, Ravi, Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal and Popat, Amirali (2023). Silica nanoparticles for brain cancer. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 20 (12), 1749-1767. doi: 10.1080/17425247.2023.2273830
Feng, Yuran, Cao, Yuxue, Qu, Zhi, Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal and Popat, Amirali (2023). Virus-like silica nanoparticles improve permeability of macromolecules across the blood–brain barrier in vitro. Pharmaceutics, 15 (9) 2239, 2239. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15092239
Meka, Anand Kumar, Gopalakrishna, Akshatha, Iriarte-Mesa, Claudia, Rewatkar, Prarthana, Qu, Zhi, Wu, Xiaoxin, Cao, Yuxue, Prasadam, Indira, Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal, Kleitz, Freddy, Kumeria, Tushar and Popat, Amirali (2023). Influence of pore size and surface functionalization of mesoporous silica nanoparticles on the solubility and antioxidant activity of confined coenzyme Q10. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 20 (6), 2966-2977. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.3c00017
Cao, Yuxue, Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal, Qu, Zhi, Draphoen, Bastian, Bai, Yunfan, Linden, Mika, Moniruzzaman, Md., Hasnain, Sumaira Z., Kumeria, Tushar and Popat, Amirali (2023). Virus-like silica nanoparticles enhance macromolecule permeation in vivo. Biomaterials Science, 11 (13), 4508-4521. doi: 10.1039/d3bm00137g
Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal, Cao, Yuxue, Ahmed-Cox, Aria, Raza, Aun, Moniruzzaman, Md, Akhter, Dewan Taslima, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Kavallaris, Maria, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Popat, Amirali (2023). Efficient delivery of Temozolomide using ultrasmall large-pore silica nanoparticles for glioblastoma. Journal of Controlled Release, 357, 161-174. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2023.03.040
Raza, Aun, Rossi, Gustavo Rodrigues, Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal, Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, Fernando and Popat, Amirali (2022). Nanobiomaterials to modulate natural killer cell responses for effective cancer immunotherapy. Trends in Biotechnology, 41 (1), 77-92. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.06.011
Alharthi, Sitah, Ziora, Zyta M., Janjua, Taskeen, Popat, Amirali and Moyle, Peter M. (2022). Formulation and biological evaluation of mesoporous silica nanoparticles loaded with combinations of sortase A inhibitors and antimicrobial peptides. Pharmaceutics, 14 (5) 986, 986. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14050986
Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal, Cao, Yuxue, Yu, Chengzhong and Popat, Amirali (2021). Clinical translation of silica nanoparticles. Nature Reviews Materials, 6 (12), 1-3. doi: 10.1038/s41578-021-00385-x
Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal, Rewatkar, Prarthana, Ahmed-Cox, Aria, Saeed, Iqira, Mansfeld, Friederike M., Kulshreshtha, Ritu, Kumeria, Tushar, Ziegler, David S., Kavallaris, Maria, Mazzieri, Roberta and Popat, Amirali (2021). Frontiers in the treatment of glioblastoma: past, present and emerging. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 171, 108-138. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2021.01.012
Banun, Vanessa Jane, Rewatkar, Prarthana, Chaudhary, Zanib, Qu, Zhi, Janjua, Taskeen, Patil, Anuja, Wu, Yuao, Ta, Hang T., Bansal, Nidhi, Miles, Jared A., Ross, Benjamin P., Kumeria, Tushar and Popat, Amirali (2021). Protein nanoparticles for enhanced oral delivery of coenzyme-Q10: in vitro and in silico studies. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 9 (6) acsbiomaterials.0c01354, 2846-2856. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c01354
Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal, Ahmed-Cox, Aria, Meka, Anand Kumar, Mansfeld, Friederike M., Forgham, Helen, Ignacio, Rosa Mistica C., Cao, Yuxue, McCarroll, Joshua A., Mazzieri, Roberta, Kavallaris, Maria and Popat, Amirali (2021). Facile synthesis of lactoferrin conjugated ultra small large pore silica nanoparticles for the treatment of glioblastoma. Nanoscale, 13 (40), 16909-16922. doi: 10.1039/d1nr03553c
Chaudhary, Zanib, Subramaniam, Sugarniya, Khan, Gul Majid, Abeer, Muhammad Mustafa, Qu, Zhi, Janjua, Taskeen, Kumeria, Tushar, Batra, Jyotsna and Popat, Amirali (2019). Encapsulation and controlled release of Resveratrol within functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles for prostate cancer therapy. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 7 225, 225. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00225
Conference Paper
Moniruzzaman, M., Janjua, T., Begun, J. and Popat, A. (2025). P0112 Cannabidiol (CBD) targeting of colorectal cancer cells is mutation-independent and via CB2 receptor. 20th Congress of ECCO, Berlin, Germany, 19-22 February 2025. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjae190.0286
Thesis
Janjua Khan, Taskeen Iqbal (2023). Nanomedicine for brain cancer. PhD Thesis, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/7b290db