Degradable controlled-release polymers and polymeric nanoparticles: mechanisms of controlling drug release

N Kamaly, B Yameen, J Wu, OC Farokhzad - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
The development of biodegradable polymers represents a revolution in medicine spanning
over 50 years and leading to significant biotechnological advancements in drug delivery …

Acid-degradable polymers for drug delivery: a decade of innovation

S Binauld, MH Stenzel - Chemical communications, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymers that start degrading under acidic conditions are increasingly investigated as a
pathway to trigger the release of drugs once the drug carrier reached the slightly acidic …

Core–satellite polydopamine–gadolinium‐metallofullerene nanotheranostics for multimodal imaging guided combination cancer therapy

S Wang, J Lin, Z Wang, Z Zhou, R Bai, N Lu… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Integration of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and other imaging modalities is promising
to furnish complementary information for accurate cancer diagnosis and imaging‐guided …

Contrast agents for MRI

H Shokrollahi - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2013 - Elsevier
Contrast agents are divided into two categories. The first one is paramagnetic compounds,
including lanthanides like gadolinium, which mainly reduce the longitudinal (T 1) relaxation …

Environmentally responsive MRI contrast agents

GL Davies, I Kramberger, JJ Davis - Chemical Communications, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomedical imaging techniques can provide a vast amount of anatomical information,
enabling diagnosis and the monitoring of disease and treatment profile. MRI uniquely offers …

Versatile applications of metallopolymers

S Goetz, S Zechel, MD Hager, GR Newkome… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
The incorporation of metal complexes into polymers leads to functional materials; whereas,
the properties of polymers–easy processability, light weight or the adjustable molar mass …

Advances in gadolinium-based MRI contrast agent designs for monitoring biological processes in vivo

J Lux, AD Sherry - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Responsive MRI agents provide new insights into Zn 2+ ion release from
secretory tissues.•Small molecule targeted agents are sensitive enough to detect abundant …

Development and disassembly of single and multiple acid-cleavable block copolymer nanoassemblies for drug delivery

AM Jazani, JK Oh - Polymer Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Drug delivery via block copolymer nanoassemblies has been widely viewed as an efficient
way to augment therapeutic efficiency of anticancer drugs for cancer therapy. Acid …

Nanogels as imaging agents for modalities spanning the electromagnetic spectrum

M Chan, A Almutairi - Materials horizons, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In the past few decades, advances in imaging equipment and protocols have expanded the
role of imaging in in vivo diagnosis and disease management, especially in cancer …

Long-lasting and efficient tumor imaging using a high relaxivity polysaccharide nanogel magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent

M Chan, J Lux, T Nishimura, K Akiyoshi… - …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Clinically approved small-molecule magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents are
all rapidly cleared from the body and offer weak signal enhancement. To avoid repeated …