Non-spherical polymeric nanocarriers for therapeutics: The effect of shape on biological systems and drug delivery properties

P Lagarrigue, F Moncalvo, F Cellesi - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review aims to highlight the importance of particle shape in the design of polymeric
nanocarriers for drug delivery systems, along with their size, surface chemistry, density, and …

Size-controlled lipid nanoparticle production using turbulent mixing to enhance oral DNA delivery

Z He, Y Hu, T Nie, H Tang, J Zhu, K Chen, L Liu… - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Lipid-based nanoparticles (LNPs) have been developed to address the transport and uptake
barriers to enhance the delivery efficiency of plasmid DNA therapeutics. In these systems …

Kinetic control in assembly of plasmid DNA/polycation complex nanoparticles

Y Hu, Z He, Y Hao, L Gong, M Pang, GP Howard… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) nanoparticles assembled from plasmid DNA (p DNA) and
polycations such as linear polyethylenimine (l PEI) represent a major nonviral delivery …

Synthesis and application of poly (ethylene glycol)-co-poly (β-amino ester) copolymers for small cell lung cancer gene therapy

J Kim, Y Kang, SY Tzeng, JJ Green - Acta biomaterialia, 2016 - Elsevier
The design of polymeric nanoparticles for gene therapy requires engineering of polymer
structure to overcome multiple barriers, including prolonged colloidal stability during …

Evaluation of the analgesic effect of high-cannabidiol-content cannabis extracts in different pain models by using polymeric micelles as vehicles

Y Román-Vargas, JD Porras-Arguello… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Currently, cannabis is considered an attractive option for the treatment of various diseases,
including pain management. Thus, developing new analgesics is paramount for improving …

Diethylaminoethyl-chitosan as an efficient carrier for siRNA delivery: Improving the condensation process and the nanoparticles properties

RHFV de Souza, IP Dalla Picola, Q Shi… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chitosan has been indicated as a promising carrier for the preparation of small interfering
RNA (siRNA) delivery systems due to its remarkable properties. However, its weak …

Enhancing the performance of PEG-b-PCL copolymers as precursors of micellar vehicles for amphotericin B through its conjugation with cholesterol

JC Villamil, CM Parra-Giraldo, LD Pérez - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2019 - Elsevier
Amphotericin B (AmB) is an antifungal drug with a broad spectrum of action. It has few
resistance reports, and it is widely used for treating invasive fungal infections. However, it …

In silico study of PEI-PEG-squalene-dsDNA polyplex formation: The delicate role of the PEG length in the binding of PEI to DNA

T Vasiliu, BF Craciun, A Neamtu, L Clima… - Biomaterials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Biocompatible hydrophilic polyethylene glycol (PEG) is widely used in biomedical
applications, such as drug or gene delivery, tissue engineering or as an antifouling …

Polymeric nanoparticles based on tyrosine-modified, low molecular weight polyethylenimines for siRNA delivery

A Ewe, S Noske, M Karimov, A Aigner - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
A major hurdle for exploring RNA interference (RNAi) in a therapeutic setting is still the issue
of in vivo delivery of small RNA molecules (siRNAs). The chemical modification of …

Double click-functionalized siRNA polyplexes for gene silencing in epidermal growth factor receptor-positive tumor cells

Y Wang, J Luo, I Truebenbach… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Sequence-defined lipo-oligomers generated via solid-phase assisted synthesis have been
developed as siRNA delivery systems for RNA-interference (RNAi) based gene silencing …