Immunogenic cell death activates the tumor immune microenvironment to boost the immunotherapy efficiency

Z Li, X Lai, S Fu, L Ren, H Cai, H Zhang, Z Gu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor immunotherapy is only effective in a fraction of patients due to a low response rate
and severe side effects, and these challenges of immunotherapy in clinics can be addressed …

Controlled drug delivery systems: current status and future directions

S Adepu, S Ramakrishna - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The drug delivery system enables the release of the active pharmaceutical ingredient to
achieve a desired therapeutic response. Conventional drug delivery systems (tablets …

Tumormicroenvironmentresponsive nanomedicine for enhanced cancer immunotherapy

S Peng, F Xiao, M Chen, H Gao - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The past decades have witnessed great progress in cancer immunotherapy, which has
profoundly revolutionized oncology, whereas low patient response rates and potential …

Smart hydrogels for advanced drug delivery systems

A Bordbar-Khiabani, M Gasik - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since the last few decades, the development of smart hydrogels, which can respond to
stimuli and adapt their responses based on external cues from their environments, has …

Multifunctional nanotheranostics for near infrared optical imaging-guided treatment of brain tumors

L Zhang, Y Liu, H Huang, H Xie, B Zhang, W Xia… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Malignant brain tumors, a heterogeneous group of primary and metastatic neoplasms in the
central nervous system (CNS), are notorious for their highly invasive and devastating …

On the road to smart biomaterials for bone research: Definitions, concepts, advances, and outlook

C Montoya, Y Du, AL Gianforcaro, S Orrego, M Yang… - Bone research, 2021 - nature.com
The demand for biomaterials that promote the repair, replacement, or restoration of hard and
soft tissues continues to grow as the population ages. Traditionally, smart biomaterials have …

Applications and challenges of ultra-small particle size nanoparticles in tumor therapy

J Xu, M Song, Z Fang, L Zheng, X Huang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the development of nanotechnology, nanomedicines are widely used in tumor therapy.
However, biological barriers in the delivery of nanoparticles still limit their application in …

Stimuli-responsive gene delivery nanocarriers for cancer therapy

Q Zhang, G Kuang, W Li, J Wang, H Ren, Y Zhao - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Gene therapy provides a promising approach in treating cancers with high efficacy and
selectivity and few adverse effects. Currently, the development of functional vectors with …

Smallmolecule prodrug nanoassemblies: an emerging nanoplatform for anticancer drug delivery

G Li, B Sun, Y Li, C Luo, Z He, J Sun - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The antitumor efficiency and clinical translation of traditional nanomedicines is mainly
restricted by low drug loading, complex preparation technology, and potential toxicity …

Tumor-activated carrier-free prodrug nanoparticles for targeted cancer Immunotherapy: Preclinical evidence for safe and effective drug delivery

MK Shim, S Yang, IC Sun, K Kim - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
As immunogenic cell death (ICD) inducers initiating antitumor immune responses, certain
chemotherapeutic drugs have shown considerable potential to reverse the …