Functionalized chitosan as a promising platform for cancer immunotherapy: A review

X Liang, M Mu, R Fan, B Zou, G Guo - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy is an emerging treatment option for use following traditional cancer
treatments (surgical resection, radiotherapy and chemotherapy). Due to the complexity of the …

Dual-targeting glycol chitosan/heparin-decorated polypyrrole nanoparticle for augmented photothermal thrombolytic therapy

TY Lu, CY Chiang, YJ Fan, PR Jheng… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Near-infrared (NIR)-light-modulated photothermal thrombolysis has been investigated to
overcome the hemorrhage danger posed by clinical clot-busting substances. A long …

Optimized DOX Drug Deliveries via Chitosan-Mediated Nanoparticles and Stimuli Responses in Cancer Chemotherapy: A Review

HM Imran, Y Tang, S Wang, X Yan, C Liu, L Guo… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chitosan nanoparticles (NPs) serve as useful multidrug delivery carriers in cancer
chemotherapy. Chitosan has considerable potential in drug delivery systems (DDSs) for …

[223Ra] RaCl2 nanomicelles showed potent effect against osteosarcoma: targeted alpha therapy in the nanotechnology era

Y Yang, LMR Alencar, MSO Pijeira, BS Batista… - Drug Delivery, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The treatment of bone metastatsis as primary bone cancer itself is still a challenge. The use
od radium dichloride ([223Ra] RaCl2) has emerged in the last few years as one of the best …

Peptide-Functionalized Nanoparticles for the Targeted Delivery of Cytotoxins to MMP-14-Expressing Cancer Cells

J Cathcart, G Suarato, W Li, J Cao, Y Meng - Biophysica, 2022 - mdpi.com
As 90% of cancer-patient deaths are due to metastasis, novel therapeutics that selectively
target and kill metastatic cells are desperately needed. Matrix metalloproteinase-14 (MMP …