Recent advances in dextran-based drug delivery systems: From fabrication strategies to applications

Q Hu, Y Lu, Y Luo - Carbohydrate polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
As a natural polysaccharide, dextran and its derivatives have gained great attention in the
development of delivery systems for pharmaceutical and medical applications. In recent …

Unique properties of surface-functionalized nanoparticles for bio-application: functionalization mechanisms and importance in application

F Ahmad, MM Salem-Bekhit, F Khan, S Alshehri… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review tries to summarize the purpose of steadily developing surface-functionalized
nanoparticles for various bio-applications and represents a fascinating and rapidly growing …

Surface modification of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles

N Zhu, H Ji, P Yu, J Niu, MU Farooq, MW Akram… - Nanomaterials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Functionalized iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) are of great interest due to wide range
applications, especially in nanomedicine. However, they face challenges preventing their …

Metallic nanosystems in the development of antimicrobial strategies with high antimicrobial activity and high biocompatibility

K Skłodowski, SJ Chmielewska-Deptuła… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance is a major and growing global problem and new approaches to
combat infections caused by antibiotic resistant bacterial strains are needed. In recent years …

Nano-bio fusion: Advancing biomedical applications and biosensing with functional nanomaterials

S Uniyal, K Choudhary, S Sachdev, S Kumar - Optics & Laser Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Ranging from diagnostics to therapeutics, nanomaterials have been widely exploited in the
fields of biomedicine and bioengineering. The past few decades have witnessed the …

Recent advances in iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs): synthesis and surface modification for biomedical applications

OA Noqta, AA Aziz, IA Usman, M Bououdina - Journal of Superconductivity …, 2019 - Springer
In recent years, extensive researches were devoted to iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs),
including magnetite (Fe 3 O 4) and maghemite (γ-Fe 2 O 3), due to their low toxicity and cost …

Imaging constructs: the rise of iron oxide nanoparticles

BEB Crețu, G Dodi, A Shavandi, I Gardikiotis… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Over the last decade, an important challenge in nanomedicine imaging has been the work to
design multifunctional agents that can be detected by single and/or multimodal techniques …

Recent advances in surface modification of micro-and nano-scale biomaterials with biological membranes and biomolecules

MS Abesekara, Y Chau - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Surface modification of biomaterial can improve its biocompatibility and add new
biofunctions, such as targeting specific tissues, communication with cells, and modulation of …

Surface functionalized nanoparticles: a boon to biomedical science

K Upadhyay, RK Tamrakar, S Thomas… - Chemico-Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rapid development of nanomedicine has increased the likelihood that manufactured
nanoparticles will one day come into contact with people and the environment. A variety of …

The HER4-YAP1 axis promotes trastuzumab resistance in HER2-positive gastric cancer by inducing epithelial and mesenchymal transition

J Shi, F Li, X Yao, T Mou, Z Xu, Z Han, S Chen, W Li… - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
Trastuzumab is the only target to be approved as the first-line treatment of HER2 positive
metastatic gastric cancer, but ubiquitous resistance decreases its therapeutic benefit. In this …