Peptide and protein nanoparticle conjugates: versatile platforms for biomedical applications

CD Spicer, C Jumeaux, B Gupta… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Peptide–and protein–nanoparticle conjugates have emerged as powerful tools for
biomedical applications, enabling the treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of disease. In …

Tumor target amplification: Implications for nano drug delivery systems

K Seidi, HA Neubauer, R Moriggl… - Journal of controlled …, 2018 - Elsevier
Tumor cells overexpress surface markers which are absent from normal cells. These tumor-
restricted antigenic signatures are a fundamental basis for distinguishing on-target from off …

Traceable nanoparticles with dual targeting and ROS response for RNAi‐based immunochemotherapy of intracranial glioblastoma treatment

C Qiao, J Yang, Q Shen, R Liu, Y Li, Y Shi… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The chemotherapy of glioblastoma is severely hindered by the immunosuppressive tumor
microenvironment, especially the tumor growth factor β (TGF‐β), an immunosuppressive …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted theranostic nanoparticles for brain tumor treatment

M Mendes, JJ Sousa, A Pais, C Vitorino - Pharmaceutics, 2018 - mdpi.com
The poor prognosis and rapid recurrence of glioblastoma (GB) are associated to its fast-
growing process and invasive nature, which make difficult the complete removal of the …

Dual-targeted nanomedicines for enhanced tumor treatment

Y Zhu, J Feijen, Z Zhong - Nano Today, 2018 - Elsevier
Based on the overexpression of specific receptors on tumor cells, active targeting
nanomedicines have been developed with the ability to efficiently deliver imaging agents in …

Highly efficacious and specific anti-glioma chemotherapy by tandem nanomicelles co-functionalized with brain tumor-targeting and cell-penetrating peptides

Y Zhu, Y Jiang, F Meng, C Deng, R Cheng… - Journal of controlled …, 2018 - Elsevier
Glioma is a highly challenging human malignancy as drugs typically exhibit a low blood-
brain barrier (BBB) permeability as well as poor glioma selectivity and penetration. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Peptide-decorated polymeric nanomedicines for precision cancer therapy

H Sun, Y Dong, J Feijen, Z Zhong - Journal of controlled release, 2018 - Elsevier
The advancement of tissue and cell-specific drug delivery systems is a key to precision
cancer therapy. Peptides, with easy synthesis, low immunogenicity and biological functions …

Acid-sensitive hybrid polymeric micelles containing a reversibly activatable cell-penetrating peptide for tumor-specific cytoplasm targeting

B Tang, JL Zaro, Y Shen, Q Chen, Y Yu, P Sun… - Journal of Controlled …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) have become a novel drug delivery system due to their
distinct advantages, including high cell transmembrane potency and ability to carry cargo …

Tumor-targeting delivery of herb-based drugs with cell-penetrating/tumor-targeting peptide-modified nanocarriers

D Kebebe, Y Liu, Y Wu, M Vilakhamxay… - International journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Cancer has become one of the leading causes of mortality globally. The major challenges of
conventional cancer therapy are the failure of most chemotherapeutic agents to accumulate …

Cell-penetrating peptides for siRNA delivery to glioblastomas

A Srimanee, M Arvanitidou, K Kim, M Hällbrink… - Peptides, 2018 - Elsevier
Delivery of small interfering RNA (siRNA) to suppress glioblastoma growth is a hurdle due to
the critical obstacles of the blood-brain barrier and the siRNA properties of such as high …