Chitosan applications in studying and managing osteosarcoma

PM Dana, J Hallajzadeh, Z Asemi… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Osteosarcoma has a high prevalence among children and adolescents. Common treatments
of this disease are not promising enough. Molecular processes involved in the pathogenesis …

Effects of chitosan-loaded hydroxyapatite on osteoblasts and osteosarcoma for chemopreventative applications

C Koski, AA Vu, S Bose - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2020 - Elsevier
Osteosarcoma remains one of the most common malignant primary bone tumors. Post-
surgical defect repair combined with tumor suppression remains a major clinical challenge …

The potential role of free chitosan in bone trauma and bone cancer management

ML Tan, P Shao, AM Friedhuber, M van Moorst… - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
Bone defects caused by fractures or cancer-mediated destruction are debilitating. Chitosan
is commonly used in scaffold matrices for bone healing, but rarely as a free drug. We …

[HTML][HTML] A review on Chitosan's uses as biomaterial: Tissue engineering, drug delivery systems and cancer treatment

R de Sousa Victor, A Marcelo da Cunha Santos… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chitosan, derived from chitin, is a biopolymer consisting of arbitrarily distributed β-(1-4)-
linked D-glucosamine and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine that exhibits outstanding properties …

[HTML][HTML] Using chitosan or chitosan derivatives in cancer therapy

MS Shakil, KM Mahmud, M Sayem, MS Niloy… - Polysaccharides, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer is one of the major causes of death worldwide. Chemotherapeutic drugs have
become a popular choice as anticancer agents. Despite the therapeutic benefits of …

[HTML][HTML] Multifaceted applications of chitosan in cancer drug delivery and therapy

A Babu, R Ramesh - Marine drugs, 2017 - mdpi.com
Chitosan is a versatile polysaccharide of biological origin. Due to the biocompatible and
biodegradable nature of chitosan, it is intensively utilized in biomedical applications in …

The effects of chitosan-based materials on glioma: Recent advances in its applications for diagnosis and treatment

M Eslahi, PM Dana, Z Asemi, J Hallajzadeh… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Glioma is known as the most common primary brain tumor occurring in adolescents and is
considered as a lethal disease worldwide. Despite the advancements in presently available …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in chitosan and its derivatives in cancer treatment

J Ding, Y Guo - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cancer has become a main public health issue globally. The conventional treatment
measures for cancer include surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Among the various …

[HTML][HTML] Chitin and chitosan: prospective biomedical applications in drug delivery, cancer treatment, and wound healing

P Baharlouei, A Rahman - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chitin and its derivative chitosan are highly abundant polymers in nature, appearing in both
the shells and exoskeletons of various marine and non-marine species. Since they possess …

[HTML][HTML] Chitosan: A potential biopolymer in drug delivery and biomedical applications

N Desai, D Rana, S Salave, R Gupta, P Patel… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chitosan, a biocompatible and biodegradable polysaccharide derived from chitin, has
surfaced as a material of promise for drug delivery and biomedical applications. Different …