Liposomes and polymersomes: a comparative review towards cell mimicking

E Rideau, R Dimova, P Schwille, FR Wurm… - Chemical society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Cells are integral to all forms of life due to their compartmentalization by the plasma
membrane. However, living organisms are immensely complex. Thus there is a need for …

Nanodiscs: a versatile nanocarrier platform for cancer diagnosis and treatment

J Bariwal, H Ma, GA Altenberg, H Liang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer therapy is a significant challenge due to insufficient drug delivery to the cancer cells
and non-selective killing of healthy cells by most chemotherapy agents. Nano-formulations …

Engineering functional polymer capsules toward smart nanoreactors

J Gaitzsch, X Huang, B Voit - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
The design and construction of integrated chemical ensembles for studying complex
biological systems is attracting considerable interest in a wide range of research …

Cascade reactions in multicompartmentalized polymersomes

RJRW Peters, M Marguet, S Marais… - Angewandte …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Enzyme‐filled polystyrene‐b‐poly (3‐(isocyano‐l‐alanyl‐aminoethyl) thiophene)(PS‐b‐
PIAT) nanoreactors are encapsulated together with free enzymes and substrates in a larger …

Polymersomes for therapeutic delivery of protein and nucleic acid macromolecules: from design to therapeutic applications

S Iqbal, M Blenner, A Alexander-Bryant… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Macromolecule-based therapeutic agents, particularly proteins, antigens, monoclonal
antibodies, transcription factors, nucleic acids, and gene editing enzymes, have the potential …

Multicompartmentalized polymeric systems: towards biomimetic cellular structure and function

M Marguet, C Bonduelle… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The cell is certainly one of the most complex and exciting systems in Nature that scientists
are still trying to fully understand. Such a challenge pushes material scientists to seek to …

Compartmentalization approaches in soft matter science: from nanoreactor development to organelle mimics

L Schoonen, JCM Van Hest - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Compartmentalization is an essential feature found in living cells to ensure that biological
processes occur without being affected by undesired external influences. Over the years …

Techniques to control polymersome size

R Bleul, R Thiermann, M Maskos - Macromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
Polymersomes as synthetic analogues of liposomes appear frequently in relevant literature
as promising candidates for a wide range of different applications including drug delivery …

Biocatalytic self-assembled synthetic vesicles and coacervates: From single compartment to artificial cells

D Gaur, NC Dubey, BP Tripathi - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Compartmentalization is an intrinsic feature of living cells that allows spatiotemporal control
over the biochemical pathways expressed in them. Over the years, a library of …

Progressive Macromolecular Self‐Assembly: From Biomimetic Chemistry to Bio‐Inspired Materials

Y Zhao, F Sakai, L Su, Y Liu, K Wei, G Chen… - Advanced …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Macromolecular self‐assembly (MSA) has been an active and fruitful research field since the
1980s, especially in this new century, which is promoted by the remarkable developments in …