Overcoming the biological barriers in the tumor microenvironment for improving drug delivery and efficacy

Y Zhou, X Chen, J Cao, H Gao - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The delivery of drugs to tumors by nanoparticles is a rapidly growing field. However, the
complex tumor microenvironment (TME) barriers greatly hinder drug delivery to tumors. In …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor microenvironment targeted nanotherapy

C Fernandes, D Suares, MC Yergeri - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Recent developments in nanotechnology have brought new approaches to cancer
diagnosis and therapy. While enhanced permeability and retention effect promotes nano …

Advances in aggregatable nanoparticles for tumor-targeted drug delivery

W Yu, M Shevtsov, X Chen, H Gao - Chinese chemical letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent days, aggregatable nanoparticles, which can specifically respond to certain stimulus,
have shown great potential in tumor-targeted drug delivery with prolonged retention and …

Rational design of nanoparticles with deep tumor penetration for effective treatment of tumor metastasis

Z Zhang, H Wang, T Tan, J Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The limited penetration of nanoparticles in primary tumors and metastases remains a great
challenge for effective treatment of tumor metastasis. This review outlines the current …

Furin-instructed aggregated gold nanoparticles for re-educating tumor associated macrophages and overcoming breast cancer chemoresistance

R Xie, S Ruan, J Liu, L Qin, C Yang, F Tong, T Lei… - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Insufficient drug accumulation and chemoresistance remain two major challenges in cancer
chemotherapy. Herein, we designed a furin-responsive aggregated nanoplatform loaded …

Tumor microenvironment remodeling-based penetration strategies to amplify nanodrug accessibility to tumor parenchyma

Y Liu, J Zhou, Q Li, L Li, Y Jia, F Geng, J Zhou… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Remarkable advances in nano delivery systems have provided new hope for tumor
prevention, diagnosis and treatment. However, only limited clinical therapeutic effects …

Advances of nanomedicines in breast cancer metastasis treatment targeting different metastatic stages

W Yu, C Hu, H Gao - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is the most common tumor in women, and the metastasis further increases the
malignancy with extremely high mortality. However, there is almost no effective method in …

Digesting a path forward: the utility of collagenase tumor treatment for improved drug delivery

A Dolor, FC Szoka Jr - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2018 - ACS Publications
Collagen and hyaluronan are the most abundant components of the extracellular matrix
(ECM) and their overexpression in tumors is linked to increased tumor growth and …

[HTML][HTML] Multifunctional nanostructures: Intelligent design to overcome biological barriers

M Azizi, R Jahanban-Esfahlan, H Samadian… - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past three decades, nanoscience has offered a unique solution for reducing the
systemic toxicity of chemotherapy drugs and for increasing drug therapeutic efficiency …

Tumor microenvironment and nanotherapeutics: intruding the tumor fort

AVVVR Kiran, GK Kumari, PT Krishnamurthy… - Biomaterials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Over recent years, advancements in nanomedicine have allowed new approaches to
diagnose and treat tumors. Nano drug delivery systems exploit the enhanced permeability …