Chitosan for gene delivery: Methods for improvement and applications

D Chuan, T Jin, R Fan, L Zhou, G Guo - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2019 - Elsevier
Gene therapy is a promising strategy for treating challenging diseases. The successful
delivery of genes is a critical step for gene therapy. However, concerns about …

Polyplexes for gene and nucleic acid delivery: Progress and bottlenecks

K Ita - European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Gene and nucleic acid delivery constitute a huge biological challenge and several attempts
have been made by research laboratories to address this issue. Cationic polymers and …

New water-soluble chitin derivative with high antibacterial properties for potential application in active food coatings

AS Kritchenkov, AV Kletskov, AR Egorov… - Food Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
The synthesis of new chitin derivatives through ultrasound-assisted treatment of the chitin
with 1-azido-3-chloropropan-2-ol under Green Chemistry conditions is described. This is the …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis and characterization of novel succinyl chitosan-dexamethasone conjugates for potential intravitreal dexamethasone delivery

NV Dubashynskaya, AN Bokatyi, AS Golovkin… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The development of intravitreal glucocorticoid delivery systems is a current global challenge
for the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the posterior segment of the eye. The main …

Ca2+ signaling modulation using cancer cell membrane coated chitosan nanoparticles to combat multidrug resistance of cancer

Z Zhao, M Ji, Q Wang, N He, Y Li - Carbohydrate polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
Off-target drug delivery, together with multidrug resistance (MDR), are two keys obstacles
that account for the disappointing outcome in clinical chemotherapy of cancer. To solve …

[HTML][HTML] Hyaluronan/diethylaminoethyl chitosan polyelectrolyte complexes as carriers for improved colistin delivery

NV Dubashynskaya, SV Raik, YA Dubrovskii… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Improving the therapeutic characteristics of antibiotics is an effective strategy for controlling
the growth of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative microorganisms. The purpose of this study …

Ultrasound-assisted Cu (I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne click cycloaddition as polymer-analogous transformation in chitosan chemistry. High antibacterial and transfection …

AS Kritchenkov, AR Egorov, AP Dysin… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, we involved ultrasound-assisted click CuAAC in chitosan chemistry. Ultrasound-
mediated CuAAC between propargylic ester of betaine and azido chitosan derivative …

Ultrasound-assisted catalyst-free thiol-yne click reaction in chitosan chemistry: Antibacterial and transfection activity of novel cationic chitosan derivatives and their …

AS Kritchenkov, AR Egorov, AA Artemjev… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, we demonstrate that the thiol-yne click reaction could be efficiently mediated by
ultrasonic irradiation and implement the ultrasound-assisted thiol-yne click reaction to …

Active antibacterial food coatings based on blends of succinyl chitosan and triazole betaine chitosan derivatives

AS Kritchenkov, AR Egorov, OV Volkova… - Food Packaging and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, we demonstrate that highly antibacterially active triazole betaine chitosan (TBC)
component can be incorporated into succinyl chitosan sodium salt (SC-Na) matrix by simple …

Novel heterocyclic chitosan derivatives and their derived nanoparticles: Catalytic and antibacterial properties

AS Kritchenkov, AR Egorov, AA Artemjev… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The metal-assisted nitrone-nitrile cycloaddition reaction is apply to empower chitosan
chemistry. The ultrasonic irradiation has proven to efficiently accelerate the cycloaddition …