[HTML][HTML] Red blood cell membrane-camouflaged nanoparticles: a novel drug delivery system for antitumor application

Q Xia, Y Zhang, Z Li, X Hou, N Feng - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2019 - Elsevier
Erythrocytes (red blood cells, RBCs) are the most abundant circulating cells in the blood and
have been widely used in drug delivery systems (DDS) because of their features of …

Recent advances in stimuli-responsive polymer systems for remotely controlled drug release

A Zhang, K Jung, A Li, J Liu, C Boyer - Progress in Polymer Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Promoted by recent advances in developing nanomaterials and drug delivery, stimuli-
responsive polymer systems that can remotely trigger drug release in a spatiotemporal …

Aptamer functionalized curcumin-loaded human serum albumin (HSA) nanoparticles for targeted delivery to HER-2 positive breast cancer cells

T Saleh, T Soudi, SA Shojaosadati - International Journal of Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, an HER2 aptamer-decorated curcumin-loaded human serum albumin
nanoparticle (Apt-HSA/CCM NP) was developed and characterized as a new anticancer …

A comprehensive outlook of synthetic strategies and applications of redox‐responsive nanogels in drug delivery

P Kumar, B Liu, G Behl - Macromolecular Bioscience, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing recognition of the role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of many clinical
conditions and the existence of defined redox potential in healthy tissues has led to …

Biomaterials and bioengineering approaches for mitochondria and nuclear targeting drug delivery

M Nurunnabi, Z Khatun, AZM Badruddoza… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2019 - ACS Publications
When a therapeutic molecule is administered into a biological system, it faces numerous
barriers on its way to the target site. While a portion of the administered dose can overcome …

Dually responsive nanogels as smart carriers for improving the therapeutic index of doxorubicin for breast cancer

JC Cuggino, G Gatti, ML Picchio, M Maccioni… - European Polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanocarriers can significantly improve the therapeutic index of drug in cancer therapy. At
present, parenteral administration of free doxorubicin (Dox) to treat breast tumor produces …

Pyridyl disulfide functionalized polymers as nanotherapeutic platforms

B Sui, C Cheng, P Xu - Advanced Therapeutics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
With the development of modern polymer synthesis techniques, polymer therapeutics have
emerged and rapidly grown into a research hotspot and a promising tool for biomedical …

A bioactivatable self-quenched nanogel for targeted photodynamic therapy

H He, AL Nieminen, P Xu - Biomaterials science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy has attracted significant attention due to its localized treatment
advantage. However, the non-specific distribution of photosensitizers and the subsequent …

Redox nano-architectures: Perspectives and implications in diagnosis and treatment of human diseases

SA Sufi, S Pajaniradje, V Mukherjee… - Antioxidants & Redox …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Efficient targeted therapy with minimal side-effects is the need of the hour.
Locally altered redox state is observed in several human ailments, such as inflammation …

4 Potential for biodegradable polymer-based nanotechnology in drug delivery

M Forde, I Major - degruyter.com
'Nanotechnology'is the ability to design and develop small structures between one to several
hundred nanometres of size. To put this in perspective, one nanometre is one-billionth of a …