Nanoparticle-based drug delivery in cancer therapy and its role in overcoming drug resistance

Y Yao, Y Zhou, L Liu, Y Xu, Q Chen, Y Wang… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Nanotechnology has been extensively studied and exploited for cancer treatment as
nanoparticles can play a significant role as a drug delivery system. Compared to …

Targeting strategies for tissue-specific drug delivery

Z Zhao, A Ukidve, J Kim, S Mitragotri - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Off-target effects of systemically administered drugs have been a major hurdle in designing
therapies with desired efficacy and acceptable toxicity. Developing targeting strategies to …

Lipid-based drug delivery systems in cancer therapy: what is available and what is yet to come

P Yingchoncharoen, DS Kalinowski… - Pharmacological …, 2016 - ASPET
Cancer is a leading cause of death in many countries around the world. However, the
efficacy of current standard treatments for a variety of cancers is suboptimal. First, most …

Nanoparticles for oral delivery: Design, evaluation and state-of-the-art

AA Date, J Hanes, LM Ensign - Journal of Controlled Release, 2016 - Elsevier
The oral route is a preferred method of drug administration, though achieving effective drug
delivery and minimizing off-target side effects is often challenging. Formulation into …

Stimuli‐responsive nanotherapeutics for precision drug delivery and cancer therapy

Y Qiao, J Wan, L Zhou, W Ma, Y Yang… - Wiley …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer remains one of the world's leading causes of death. However, most conventional
chemotherapeutic drugs only show a narrow therapeutic window in patients because of their …

Polymeric nanoparticles for targeted treatment in oncology: current insights

RH Prabhu, VB Patravale, MD Joshi - International journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Chemotherapy, a major strategy for cancer treatment, lacks the specificity to localize the
cancer therapeutics in the tumor site, thereby affecting normal healthy tissues and …

Recent advances in designing 5-fluorouracil delivery systems: a stepping stone in the safe treatment of colorectal cancer

E Entezar-Almahdi, S Mohammadi-Samani… - International journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Fluorouracil (5-FU) has become one of the most widely employed antimetabolite
chemotherapeutic agents in recent decades. It is considered a first line antineoplastic agent …

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 …

To exploit the tumor microenvironment: Passive and active tumor targeting of nanocarriers for anti-cancer drug delivery

F Danhier, O Feron, V Préat - Journal of controlled release, 2010 - Elsevier
Because of the particular characteristics of the tumor microenvironment and tumor
angiogenesis, it is possible to design drug delivery systems that specifically target anti …

PLGA-based nanoparticles as cancer drug delivery systems

FS Tabatabaei Mirakabad, K Nejati-Koshki… - Asian Pacific Journal …, 2014 - koreascience.kr
Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)(PLGA) is one of the most effective biodegradable polymeric
nanoparticles (NPs). It has been approved by the US FDA to use in drug delivery systems …