Carbohydrate-based macromolecular biomaterials

L Su, Y Feng, K Wei, X Xu, R Liu, G Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Carbohydrates are the most abundant and one of the most important biomacromolecules in
Nature. Except for energy-related compounds, carbohydrates can be roughly divided into …

Click and bioorthogonal chemistry: the future of active targeting of nanoparticles for nanomedicines?

L Taiariol, C Chaix, C Farre, E Moreau - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Over the years, click and bioorthogonal reactions have been the subject of considerable
research efforts. These high-performance chemical reactions have been developed to meet …

Active targeting strategies using biological ligands for nanoparticle drug delivery systems

J Yoo, C Park, G Yi, D Lee, H Koo - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Targeting nanoparticle (NP) carriers to sites of disease is critical for their successful use as
drug delivery systems. Along with optimization of physicochemical properties, researchers …

Polysaccharide nanoparticles: From fabrication to applications

A Plucinski, Z Lyu, BVKJ Schmidt - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Polysaccharides have attracted considerable attention in a broad range of applications in
recent years, which is due to their remarkable features such as biocompatibility …

Hyaluronic acid: A review on its biology, aspects of drug delivery, route of administrations and a special emphasis on its approved marketed products and recent …

S Vasvani, P Kulkarni, D Rawtani - International journal of biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a large non-sulphated glycosaminoglycan that is an important
component of extracellular matrix (ECM) and a biodegradable polymer. Due to a variation in …

Nano-selenium and its nanomedicine applications: a critical review

B Hosnedlova, M Kepinska, S Skalickova… - International journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Traditional supplements of selenium generally have a low degree of absorption and
increased toxicity. Therefore, it is imperative to develop innovative systems as transporters of …

Chemical design and synthesis of functionalized probes for imaging and treating tumor hypoxia

J Liu, W Bu, J Shi - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Hypoxia development in tumor is closely associated with its increased aggressiveness and
strong resistance to therapy, leading to the poor prognosis in several cancer types …

Advanced targeted therapies in cancer: Drug nanocarriers, the future of chemotherapy

E Pérez-Herrero, A Fernández-Medarde - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cancer is the second worldwide cause of death, exceeded only by cardiovascular diseases.
It is characterized by uncontrolled cell proliferation and an absence of cell death that, except …

Stimuli-responsive polymeric micelles for drug delivery and cancer therapy

Q Zhou, L Zhang, TH Yang, H Wu - International journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Polymeric micelles (PMs) have been widely investigated as nanocarriers for drug delivery
and cancer treatments due to their excellent physicochemical properties, drug loading and …

Peptide-drug conjugates and their targets in advanced cancer therapies

P Hoppenz, S Els-Heindl, AG Beck-Sickinger - Frontiers in chemistry, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cancer became recently the leading cause of death in industrialized countries. Even though
standard treatments achieve significant effects in growth inhibition and tumor elimination …