Visible light-induced crosslinking and physiological stabilization of diselenide-rich nanoparticles for redox-responsive drug release and combination chemotherapy

S Zhai, X Hu, Y Hu, B Wu, D Xing - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
Undesired physiological instability of nanocarriers and premature drug leakage during
blood circulation result in compromised therapeutic efficacy and severe side effects, which …

Advances and challenges in smart and functional polymer vesicles

J Du, RK O'Reilly - Soft Matter, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer vesicles prepared by self-assembly techniques have attracted increasing scientific
interest in recent years. This is as a result of their numerous potential applications such as …

Cell protective, ABC triblock polymer-based thermoresponsive hydrogels with ROS-triggered degradation and drug release

MK Gupta, JR Martin, TA Werfel, T Shen… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
A combination of anionic and RAFT polymerization was used to synthesize an ABC triblock
polymer poly [(propylenesulfide)-block-(N, N-dimethylacrylamide)-block-(N …

Biocompatibility of implantable materials: an oxidative stress viewpoint

PA Mouthuy, SJB Snelling, SG Dakin, L Milković… - Biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
Oxidative stress occurs when the production of oxidants surpasses the antioxidant capacity
in living cells. Oxidative stress is implicated in a number of pathological conditions such as …

Multi-stimuli sensitive amphiphilic block copolymer assemblies

A Klaikherd, C Nagamani… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Stimuli-responsive polymers are arguably the most widely considered systems for a variety
of applications in biomedical arena. We report here a novel triple stimuli sensitive block …

Polymeric vesicles in biomedical applications

RP Brinkhuis, FPJT Rutjes, JCM van Hest - Polymer Chemistry, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymeric vesicles, or polymersomes, are nano-to micrometre sized polymeric capsules with
a bilayered membrane. Applications of these vesicles are foreseen in nanomedicine, in vivo …

pH-Sensitive degradable polymersomes for triggered release of anticancer drugs: a comparative study with micelles

W Chen, F Meng, R Cheng, Z Zhong - Journal of controlled release, 2010 - Elsevier
pH-Sensitive degradable polymersomes and micelles were prepared based on diblock
copolymer of poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) and an acid-labile polycarbonate, poly (2, 4, 6 …

Self‐boosting catalytic nanoreactors integrated with triggerable crosslinking membrane networks for initiation of immunogenic cell death by pyroptosis

J Li, Y Anraku, K Kataoka - Angewandte Chemie, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic polymer vesicles spur novel strategies for producing intelligent nanodevices with
precise and specific functions. Engineering vesicular nanodevices with tunable permeability …

[HTML][HTML] Bioresponsive hydrogels

RV Ulijn, N Bibi, V Jayawarna, PD Thornton, SJ Todd… - Materials today, 2007 - Elsevier
We highlight recent developments in hydrogel materials with biological responsiveness built
in. These 'smart'biomaterials change properties in response to selective biological …

Physical, chemical, and biological structures based on ROS‐sensitive moieties that are able to respond to oxidative microenvironments

C Tapeinos, A Pandit - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Reactive oxygen species (ROS)(H2O2, OCl−,• OH, O2−) are a family of reactive molecules
that are generated intracellularly and are engaged in many biological processes. In …