Tailoring materials for modulation of macrophage fate

J Li, X Jiang, H Li, M Gelinsky, Z Gu - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Human immune system acts as a pivotal role in the tissue homeostasis and disease
progression. Immunomodulatory biomaterials that can manipulate innate immunity and …

Overcoming the blood–brain barrier: the role of nanomaterials in treating neurological diseases

D Furtado, M Björnmalm, S Ayton, AI Bush… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Therapies directed toward the central nervous system remain difficult to translate into
improved clinical outcomes. This is largely due to the blood–brain barrier (BBB), arguably …

Material design for lymph node drug delivery

A Schudel, DM Francis, SN Thomas - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
A significant fraction of the total immune cells in the body are located in several hundred
lymph nodes, in which lymphocyte accumulation, activation and proliferation are organized …

Spatial density and distribution of tumor-associated macrophages predict survival in non–small cell lung carcinoma

X Zheng, A Weigert, S Reu, S Guenther, S Mansouri… - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
The respective antitumoral and protumoral roles of M1 and M2 tumor-associated
macrophages (TAM) typify the complexity of macrophage function in cancer. In lung cancer …

Pharmaceutical liposomal drug delivery: a review of new delivery systems and a look at the regulatory landscape

C Zylberberg, S Matosevic - Drug delivery, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Liposomes were the first nanoscale drug to be approved for clinical use in 1995. Since then,
the technology has grown considerably, and pioneering recent work in liposome-based …

Biodegradable polymers in drug delivery and oral vaccination

P Jana, M Shyam, S Singh, V Jayaprakash… - European Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the years biodegradable polymers have emerged as promising polymeric materials in
drug delivery and vaccination due to their fascinating properties like biocompatibility …

Dynamic Biodistribution of Extracellular Vesicles in Vivo Using a Multimodal Imaging Reporter

CP Lai, O Mardini, M Ericsson, S Prabhakar… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanosized vesicles released by normal and diseased cells
as a novel form of intercellular communication and can serve as an effective therapeutic …

Curcumin nanoformulations: a review of pharmaceutical properties and preclinical studies and clinical data related to cancer treatment

O Naksuriya, S Okonogi, RM Schiffelers, WE Hennink - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
Curcumin, a natural yellow phenolic compound, is present in many kinds of herbs,
particularly in Curcuma longa Linn.(turmeric). It is a natural antioxidant and has shown many …

Harnessing inhaled nanoparticles to overcome the pulmonary barrier for respiratory disease therapy

Z Jin, Q Gao, K Wu, J Ouyang, W Guo… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
The lack of effective treatments for pulmonary diseases presents a significant global health
burden, primarily due to the challenges posed by the pulmonary barrier that hinders drug …

Interaction between virus-like particles (VLPs) and pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) from dendritic cells (DCs): toward better engineering of VLPs

J Zepeda-Cervantes, JO Ramírez-Jarquín… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Virus-like particles (VLPs) have been shown to be strong activators of dendritic cells (DCs).
DCs are the most potent antigen presenting cells (APCs) and their activation prompts the …