Challenges in realizing selectivity for nanoparticle biodistribution and clearance: lessons from gold nanoparticles

DV Haute, JM Berlin - Therapeutic delivery, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The field of nanomedicine has received much attention for its potential to allow for targeted
identification and treatment of tumors, while sparing healthy tissue. This promise has yet to …

Tailoring renal clearance and tumor targeting of ultrasmall metal nanoparticles with particle density

S Tang, C Peng, J Xu, B Du, Q Wang… - Angewandte …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying key factors that govern the in vivo behavior of nanomaterials is critical to the
clinical translation of nanomedicines. Overshadowed by size‐, shape‐, and surface …

Biocompatibility, uptake and endocytosis pathways of polystyrene nanoparticles in primary human renal epithelial cells

DM Monti, D Guarnieri, G Napolitano, R Piccoli… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Recent years have witnessed an unprecedented growth in the number of applications–such
as drug delivery, nutraceuticals and production of improved biocompatible materials–in the …

Identification of multiple cellular uptake pathways of polystyrene nanoparticles and factors affecting the uptake: Relevance for drug delivery systems

R Firdessa, TA Oelschlaeger, H Moll - European journal of cell biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles may address challenges by human diseases through improving diagnosis,
vaccination and treatment. The uptake mechanism regulates the type of threat a particle …

Mechanism of hard-nanomaterial clearance by the liver

KM Tsoi, SA MacParland, XZ Ma, VN Spetzler… - Nature materials, 2016 - nature.com
The liver and spleen are major biological barriers to translating nanomedicines because
they sequester the majority of administered nanomaterials and prevent delivery to diseased …

Metabolism of Nanomaterials in Vivo: Blood Circulation and Organ Clearance

B Wang, X He, Z Zhang, Y Zhao… - Accounts of chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Before researchers apply nanomaterials (NMs) in biomedicine, they need to understand the
blood circulation and clearance profile of these materials in vivo. These qualities determine …

Insight into cellular uptake and intracellular trafficking of nanoparticles

P Foroozandeh, AA Aziz - Nanoscale research letters, 2018 - Springer
Nanoparticle science is rapidly changing the landscape of various scientific fields and
defining new technological platforms. This is perhaps even more evident in the field of …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoparticle biodistribution coefficients: A quantitative approach for understanding the tissue distribution of nanoparticles

M Kumar, P Kulkarni, S Liu, N Chemuturi… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
The objective of this manuscript is to provide quantitative insights into the tissue distribution
of nanoparticles. Published pharmacokinetics of nanoparticles in plasma, tumor and 13 …

Limits and challenges in using transport inhibitors to characterize how nano-sized drug carriers enter cells

V Francia, C Reker-Smit, G Boel, A Salvati - Nanomedicine, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: In this work we illustrate limits and challenges associated with the use of
pharmacological inhibitors to study how nanomedicines enter cells and show how such …

Physical chemistry of nanomedicine: understanding the complex behaviors of nanoparticles in vivo

LA Lane, X Qian, AM Smith, S Nie - Annual review of physical …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Nanomedicine is an interdisciplinary field of research at the interface of science,
engineering, and medicine, with broad clinical applications ranging from molecular imaging …