Selenium nanoparticles for biomedical applications: from development and characterization to therapeutics

C Ferro, HF Florindo, HA Santos - Advanced healthcare …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Selenium (Se) is an essential element to human health that can be obtained in nature
through several sources. In the human body, it is incorporated into selenocysteine, an amino …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic applications of selenium nanoparticles

A Khurana, S Tekula, MA Saifi, P Venkatesh… - Biomedicine & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles (NPs) serve to reduce the toxicity, enhance bioactivity, improve targeting, and
provide versatile means to control the release profile of the encapsulated moiety. Among …

The development of anticancer ruthenium (II) complexes: from single molecule compounds to nanomaterials

L Zeng, P Gupta, Y Chen, E Wang, L Ji… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer is rapidly becoming the top killer in the world. Most of the FDA approved anticancer
drugs are organic molecules, while metallodrugs are very scarce. The advent of the first …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Potentialities of bioinspired metal and metal oxide nanoparticles in biomedical sciences

KRB Singh, V Nayak, J Singh, AK Singh, RP Singh - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
To date, various reports have shown that metallic gold bhasma at the nanoscale form was
used as medicine as early as 2500 BC in India, China, and Egypt. Owing to their unique …

Potentialities of selenium nanoparticles in biomedical science

V Nayak, KRB Singh, AK Singh, RP Singh - New Journal of Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanotechnology is defined as the branch of science dealing with extremely small-sized
particles with a size in the range of 1–100 nm, which are termed nanoparticles. Due to the …

[HTML][HTML] The role of NF-κB in breast cancer initiation, growth, metastasis, and resistance to chemotherapy

E Pavitra, J Kancharla, VK Gupta, K Prasad… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Breast cancer (BC) is the second most fatal disease and is the prime cause of cancer allied
female deaths. BC is caused by aberrant tumor suppressor genes and oncogenes regulated …

Graphene-based nanomaterials and their potentials in advanced drug delivery and cancer therapy

J Liu, J Dong, T Zhang, Q Peng - Journal of Controlled Release, 2018 - Elsevier
The continuing increase of cancer morbidity and death rate requires efficient therapeutic
strategies. The traditional chemotherapy usually fails to treat cancer or prolong survival rate …

Selenium‐containing type‐I organic photosensitizers with dual reactive oxygen species of superoxide and hydroxyl radicals as switch‐hitter for photodynamic therapy

H Wang, T Qin, W Wang, X Zhou, F Lin… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Organic type‐I photosensitizers (PSs) which produce aggressive reactive oxygen species
(ROS) with less oxygen‐dependent exhibit attractive curative effect for photodynamic …

[HTML][HTML] The advancing of selenium nanoparticles against infectious diseases

W Lin, J Zhang, JF Xu, J Pi - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Infectious diseases, caused by the direct exposure of cellular or acellular pathogens, are
found to be closely associated with multiple inflammation and immune responses, keeping …