Recent advances in tumor targeting via EPR effect for cancer treatment

MA Subhan, SSK Yalamarty, N Filipczak… - Journal of personalized …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer causes the second-highest rate of death world-wide. A major shortcoming inherent
in most of anticancer drugs is their lack of tumor selectivity. Nanodrugs for cancer therapy …

Progress, challenges, and future of nanomedicine

C Zhang, L Yan, X Wang, S Zhu, C Chen, Z Gu, Y Zhao - Nano Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanotherapeutics exhibit unique advantages in clinical outcomes compared with
conventional small molecular drugs. The past three decades have seen intensive research …

Reactive oxygen species‐regulating strategies based on nanomaterials for disease treatment

C Zhang, X Wang, J Du, Z Gu, Y Zhao - Advanced Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an essential role in physiological and pathological
processes. Studies on the regulation of ROS for disease treatments have caused wide …

Tumor targeting via EPR: Strategies to enhance patient responses

SK Golombek, JN May, B Theek, L Appold… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2018 - Elsevier
The tumor accumulation of nanomedicines relies on the enhanced permeability and
retention (EPR) effect. In the last 5–10 years, it has been increasingly recognized that there …

Nanobodies: next generation of cancer diagnostics and therapeutics

EY Yang, K Shah - Frontiers in Oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The development of targeted medicine has greatly expanded treatment options and spurred
new research avenues in cancer therapeutics, with monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) emerging …

Nanobodies and nanobody-based human heavy chain antibodies as antitumor therapeutics

P Bannas, J Hambach, F Koch-Nolte - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Monoclonal antibodies have revolutionized cancer therapy. However, delivery to tumor cells
in vivo is hampered by the large size (150 kDa) of conventional antibodies. The minimal …

Application of active targeting nanoparticle delivery system for chemotherapeutic drugs and traditional/herbal medicines in cancer therapy: a systematic review

N Muhamad, T Plengsuriyakarn… - International journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Patients treated with conventional cancer chemotherapy suffer from side effects of the drugs
due to non-selective action of chemotherapeutic drugs to normal cells. Active targeting …

Ligand‐installed nanocarriers toward precision therapy

P Mi, H Cabral, K Kataoka - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Development of drug‐delivery systems that selectively target neoplastic cells has
been a major goal of nanomedicine. One major strategy for achieving this milestone is to …

Hybrid cell membrane-coated nanoparticles: a multifunctional biomimetic platform for cancer diagnosis and therapy

HY Chen, J Deng, Y Wang, CQ Wu, X Li, HW Dai - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Biomimetic nanotechnology through camouflaging synthetic nanoparticles (NPs) with
natural cell membranes, which bestows with immune evasion and superior targeting …

Advanced targeted therapies in cancer: Drug nanocarriers, the future of chemotherapy

E Pérez-Herrero, A Fernández-Medarde - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cancer is the second worldwide cause of death, exceeded only by cardiovascular diseases.
It is characterized by uncontrolled cell proliferation and an absence of cell death that, except …