Uniform core–shell nanoparticles with thiolated hyaluronic acid coating to enhance oral delivery of insulin

H Tian, Z He, C Sun, C Yang, P Zhao… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Oral delivery of protein drugs is an attractive route of administration due to its convenience
for repeated dosing and good patient compliance. However, currently oral protein …

Folate-decorated PLGA nanoparticles as a rationally designed vehicle for the oral delivery of insulin

S Jain, VV Rathi, AK Jain, M Das, C Godugu - Nanomedicine, 2012 - Future Medicine
Aims: The present study reports a novel approach for enhancing the oral absorption and
hypoglycemic activity of insulin via encapsulation in folate-(FA) coupled polyethylene glycol …

Nanoparticles decorated with proteolytic enzymes, a promising strategy to overcome the mucus barrier

IP de Sousa, B Cattoz, MD Wilcox, PC Griffiths… - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
The intestinal mucus gel layer represents a stumbling block for drug adsorption. This study is
aimed to formulate a nanoparticulate system able to overcome this barrier by cleaving …

Mucus permeating carriers: formulation and characterization of highly densely charged nanoparticles

IP de Sousa, C Steiner, M Schmutzler… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
The GI mucus layer represents a significant block to drug carriers absorption. Taking an
example from nature, virus-mimicking nanoparticles (NPs) with highly densely charged …

Engineering nanomaterials to overcome the mucosal barrier by modulating surface properties

L Wu, W Shan, Z Zhang, Y Huang - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Although nanotechnology has been investigated during recent years to increase the
bioavailability and therapeutic effects of mucosal administrated drugs, numerous barriers …

Liver-targeted delivery of insulin-loaded nanoparticles via enterohepatic circulation of bile acids

Z Zhang, H Li, G Xu, P Yao - Drug Delivery, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Liver is the primary acting site of insulin. In this study, we developed innovative
nanoparticles for oral and liver-targeted delivery of insulin by using enterohepatic circulation …

Chimeric virus-like particles made using GAG and M1 capsid proteins providing dual drug delivery and vaccination platform

VK Deo, T Kato, EY Park - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2015 - ACS Publications
Nanobiomaterials such as enveloped virus-like particles with specificity can serve a dual
function of vaccination and drug delivery system. Here, we expressed colon carcinoma cell …

Enhanced cellular internalization and on-demand intracellular release of doxorubicin by stepwise pH-/reduction-responsive nanoparticles

F Li, W Chen, B You, Y Liu, S Yang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The efficient delivery of antitumor agents to tumor sites faces numerous obstacles, such as
poor cellular uptake and slow intracellular drug release. In this regard, smart nanoparticles …

Targeted nanoparticles with novel non-peptidic ligands for oral delivery

A des Rieux, V Pourcelle, PD Cani… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
Orally administered targeted nanoparticles have a large number of potential biomedical
applications and display several putative advantages for oral drug delivery, such as the …

Injectable nano-network for glucose-mediated insulin delivery

Z Gu, AA Aimetti, Q Wang, TT Dang, Y Zhang… - ACS …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Diabetes mellitus, a disorder of glucose regulation, is a global burden affecting 366 million
people across the world. An artificial “closed-loop” system able to mimic pancreas activity …