Degradable controlled-release polymers and polymeric nanoparticles: mechanisms of controlling drug release

N Kamaly, B Yameen, J Wu, OC Farokhzad - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
The development of biodegradable polymers represents a revolution in medicine spanning
over 50 years and leading to significant biotechnological advancements in drug delivery …

Stimulus-responsive polymeric nanogels as smart drug delivery systems

S Hajebi, N Rabiee, M Bagherzadeh, S Ahmadi… - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanogels are three-dimensional nanoscale networks formed by physically or chemically
cross-linking polymers. Nanogels have been explored as drug delivery systems due to their …

Responsive biomaterials: optimizing control of cancer immunotherapy

L Xue, AS Thatte, D Mai, RM Haley, N Gong… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Immunotherapy has emerged as an eminent and effective modality in the treatment of
cancer. However, current cancer immunotherapies lack spatial and temporal control …

Transformer hydrogels: A review

O Erol, A Pantula, W Liu… - Advanced Materials …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels, which are hydrophilic soft porous networks, are an important class of materials of
broad relevance to bioanalytical chemistry, soft‐robotics, drug delivery, and regenerative …

[HTML][HTML] pH-responsive polymer nanomaterials for tumor therapy

S Chu, X Shi, Y Tian, F Gao - Frontiers in oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The complexity of the tumor microenvironment presents significant challenges to cancer
therapy, while providing opportunities for targeted drug delivery. Using characteristic signals …

How can we use the endocytosis pathways to design nanoparticle drug-delivery vehicles to target cancer cells over healthy cells?

VT Cong, JL Houng, M Kavallaris, X Chen… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Targeted drug delivery in cancer typically focuses on maximising the endocytosis of drugs
into the diseased cells. However, there has been less focus on exploiting the differences in …

Functional block copolymer assemblies responsive to tumor and intracellular microenvironments for site-specific drug delivery and enhanced imaging performance

Z Ge, S Liu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembled nanostructures of amphiphilic and double hydrophilic block copolymers
have been increasingly utilized as potent polymeric nanocarriers of therapeutic drugs …

Magnetic actuated pH-responsive hydrogel-based soft micro-robot for targeted drug delivery

H Li, G Go, SY Ko, JO Park, S Park - Smart Materials and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
For drug delivery in cancer therapy, various stimuli-responsive hydrogel-based micro-
devices have been studied with great interest. Here, we present a new concept for a hybrid …

[HTML][HTML] “Smart” materials based on cellulose: a review of the preparations, properties, and applications

X Qiu, S Hu - Materials, 2013 - mdpi.com
Cellulose is the most abundant biomass material in nature, and possesses some promising
properties, such as mechanical robustness, hydrophilicity, biocompatibility, and …

Tumor microenvironment-responsive dynamic inorganic nanoassemblies for cancer imaging and treatment

Y Yang, H Wu, B Liu, Z Liu - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Dynamic inorganic nanoassemblies (DINAs) have emerged as smart nanomedicine
platforms with promising potential for bioimaging and targeted drug delivery. In this review …