Nanomedicine for targeted cancer therapy: towards the overcoming of drug resistance

A Shapira, YD Livney, HJ Broxterman… - Drug resistance updates, 2011 - Elsevier
Anticancer drug resistance almost invariably emerges and poses major obstacles towards
curative therapy of various human malignancies. In the current review we will distinguish …

Metallic nanoparticles as X-Ray computed tomography (CT) contrast agents: A review

N Aslan, B Ceylan, MM Koç, F Findik - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2020 - Elsevier
X-ray computed tomography vastly used in both medical purposes and in the research of
biological and non-biological materials/samples. Some of the medical applications …

The effect of nanoparticle uptake on cellular behavior: disrupting or enabling functions?

A Panariti, G Miserocchi, I Rivolta - Nanotechnology, science and …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Nanoparticles (NPs) are materials with overall dimensions in the nanoscale range. They
have unique physicochemical properties, and have emerged as important players in current …

Photon‐upconverting nanoparticles for optical encoding and multiplexing of cells, biomolecules, and microspheres

HH Gorris, OS Wolfbeis - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Photon‐upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) are lanthanide‐doped nanocrystals that emit
visible light under near‐infrared excitation (anti‐Stokes emission). This unique optical …

Nexus between in silico and in vivo models to enhance clinical translation of nanomedicine

FM Kashkooli, M Soltani, M Souri, C Meaney… - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
In cancer, one of the main barriers to effective chemotherapy is inefficient drug delivery. The
delivery of drugs to solid tumors involves various biochemical, biophysical, and mechanical …

Folate-targeted therapies for cancer

W Xia, PS Low - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2010 - ACS Publications
1.1. General Strategies in the Design of Tumor Targeted Therapeutics. Today's quest for
developing tumor-targeted therapies has naturally followed two nonoverlapping strategies …

Folate-targeted therapeutic and imaging agents for cancer

PS Low, SA Kularatne - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2009 - Elsevier
Cancer therapies that exploit targeting ligands to deliver attached cytotoxic drugs selectively
to malignant cells are currently receiving significant attention. While antibody-targeted drugs …

Recent strategies towards the surface modification of liposomes: an innovative approach for different clinical applications

AA Khan, KS Allemailem, SA Almatroodi, A Almatroudi… - 3 Biotech, 2020 - Springer
Liposomes are very useful biocompatible tools used in diverse scientific disciplines,
employed for the vehiculation and delivery of lipophilic, ampiphilic or hydrophilic …

Oral delivery of nanoparticles loaded with ginger active compound, 6-shogaol, attenuates ulcerative colitis and promotes wound healing in a murine model of …

M Zhang, C Xu, D Liu, MK Han, L Wang… - Journal of Crohn's and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Oral drug delivery is the most attractive pathway for
ulcerative colitis [UC] therapy, since it has many advantages. However, this strategy has …

Effects of surface modifications on the physicochemical properties of iron oxide nanoparticles and their performance as anticancer drug carriers

L Guo, H Chen, N He, Y Deng - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2018 - Elsevier
The feature of the surface coating can affect important properties of iron oxide nanoparticles
(IONPs), it is therefore critical for further understanding how these materials react to …