Multifunctional chitosan nanoparticles for tumor imaging and therapy

JY Yhee, H Koo, DE Lee, K Choi, IC Kwon… - Chitosan for Biomaterials …, 2011 - Springer
Chitosan and its derivatives have been widely used for various biomedical applications
because of their unique chemical and biological characters. The amine groups in the …

[PDF][PDF] Chitosan based nanoparticles towards biomedical applications

K Laskar, A Rauf - J Nanomed Res, 2017 - researchgate.net
This review outlines the bioapplications of newly developed chitosan based nanoparticles.
Over the last decade, much interest has been developed in biopolymer based materials due …

Multicomponent, tumor-homing chitosan nanoparticles for cancer imaging and therapy

J Key, K Park - International journal of molecular sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Current clinical methods for cancer diagnosis and therapy have limitations, although survival
periods are increasing as medical technologies develop. In most cancer cases, patient …

Functional chitosan nanoparticles in cancer treatment

S Fu, J Xia, J Wu - Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
With exponential growth in nanotechnology and material chemistry, the application of a
variety of nanomaterials in biomedical field has attracted increasing interest, especially in …

Chitosan based nanocomposites for drug, gene delivery, and bioimaging applications

M Ahmad, K Manzoor, S Ikram - Applications of nanocomposite materials in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanocomposites of chitosan are novel materials with very less aged history and proving
their utilities in biomedical application as well as in pharmaceuticals. Chitosan is a …

Advances in chitosan-based nanoparticles for oncotherapy

E Zhang, R Xing, S Liu, Y Qin, K Li, P Li - Carbohydrate polymers, 2019 - Elsevier
Chitosan has attracted considerable attention as an anti-tumor drug carrier material in recent
years, which is due to its biocompatibility and biodegradability, as well as the simple and …

Progresses in targeted drug delivery systems using chitosan nanoparticles in cancer therapy: A mini-review

E Rostami - Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Chitosan, de-acetylated form of chitin and the amino polysaccharide, is one of the most
suitable biopolymer with vast possibilities of chemical modifications for novel properties and …

Chitosan-based nanoparticles in cancer therapy

VK Lakshmanan, KS Snima, JD Bumgardner… - … for biomaterials I, 2011 - Springer
In recent years, many nanotechnology platforms in the area of medical biology, including
cancer therapy, have attracted remarkable attention. In particular, research in targeted …

Chitosan nanomedicine in cancer therapy: targeted delivery and cellular uptake

A Mushtaq, L Li, L Grøndahl - Macromolecular Bioscience, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanomedicine has gained much attention for the management and treatment of cancers due
to the distinctive physicochemical properties of the drug‐loaded particles. Chitosan's …

Amelioration of cancer employing chitosan, its derivatives, and chitosan-based nanoparticles: recent updates

T Virmani, G Kumar, A Sharma, K Pathak, MS Akhtar… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
The limitations associated with the conventional treatment of cancer have necessitated the
design and development of novel drug delivery systems based mainly on nanotechnology …