[HTML][HTML] Smart nanoparticles for cancer therapy

L Sun, H Liu, Y Ye, Y Lei, R Islam, S Tan… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Smart nanoparticles, which can respond to biological cues or be guided by them, are
emerging as a promising drug delivery platform for precise cancer treatment. The field of …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering precision nanoparticles for drug delivery

MJ Mitchell, MM Billingsley, RM Haley… - Nature reviews drug …, 2021 - nature.com
In recent years, the development of nanoparticles has expanded into a broad range of
clinical applications. Nanoparticles have been developed to overcome the limitations of free …

Extracellular matrix (ECM) stiffness and degradation as cancer drivers

M Najafi, B Farhood… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Alteration in the density and composition of extracellular matrix (ECM) occurs in tumors. The
alterations toward both stiffness and degradation are contributed to tumor growth and …

Self-amplification of tumor oxidative stress with degradable metallic complexes for synergistic cascade tumor therapy

G Chen, Y Yang, Q Xu, M Ling, H Lin, W Ma, R Sun… - Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ferroptosis effect has been illuminated with a clear Fenton reaction mechanism that
converts endogenous hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) into highly oxidative hydroxyl radicals …

Harnessing endogenous stimuli for responsive materials in theranostics

AB Cook, P Decuzzi - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Materials that respond to endogenous stimuli are being leveraged to enhance
spatiotemporal control in a range of biomedical applications from drug delivery to diagnostic …

Light-activatable liposomes for repetitive on-demand drug release and immunopotentiation in hypoxic tumor therapy

Y Yang, X Liu, W Ma, Q Xu, G Chen, Y Wang, H Xiao… - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
External stimuli-responsive nanomedicine with desirable repetitive on-demand drug release
character is postulated to greatly accommodate patients' flexible medication regime. To this …

Free radical as a double-edged sword in disease: Deriving strategic opportunities for nanotherapeutics

L Zhu, M Luo, Y Zhang, F Fang, M Li, F An… - Coordination chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Free radicals, usually containing one or more unpaired electrons, are extremely unstable
and highly reactive with other biological molecules. Recently, there has been increasing …

Nanomedicine for brain cancer

S Quader, K Kataoka, H Cabral - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
CNS tumors remain among the deadliest forms of cancer, resisting conventional and new
treatment approaches, with mortality rates staying practically unchanged over the past 30 …

[HTML][HTML] Synergetic delivery of triptolide and Ce6 with light-activatable liposomes for efficient hepatocellular carcinoma therapy

L Yu, Z Wang, Z Mo, B Zou, Y Yang, R Sun… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been known as the second common leading cancer
worldwide, as it responds poorly to both chemotherapy and medication. Triptolide (TP), a …

[HTML][HTML] Biomedical applications of engineered heparin-based materials

EN Zare, D Khorsandi, A Zarepour, H Yilmaz… - Bioactive Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Heparin is a negatively charged polysaccharide with various chain lengths and a hydrophilic
backbone. Due to its fascinating chemical and physical properties, nontoxicity …