Piezocatalytic medicine: an emerging frontier using piezoelectric materials for biomedical applications

S Chen, P Zhu, L Mao, W Wu, H Lin, D Xu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging piezocatalysts have demonstrated their remarkable application potential in
diverse medical fields. In addition to their ultrahigh catalytic activities, their inherent and …

Design of therapeutic biomaterials to control inflammation

Z Tu, Y Zhong, H Hu, D Shao, R Haag… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Inflammation plays an important role in the response to danger signals arising from damage
to our body and in restoring homeostasis. Dysregulated inflammatory responses occur in …

The tumor EPR effect for cancer drug delivery: Current status, limitations, and alternatives

R Sun, J Xiang, Q Zhou, Y Piao, J Tang, S Shao… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past three decades, the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect has
been considered the basis of tumor-targeted drug delivery. Various cancer nanomedicines …

Design of liposomes as drug delivery system for therapeutic applications

D Guimarães, A Cavaco-Paulo, E Nogueira - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Liposomes are spherical vesicles consisting of one or more concentric phospholipid bilayers
enclosing an aqueous core. Being both nontoxic and biodegradable, liposomes represent a …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetic nanoparticles in biomedical applications: A review

EM Materón, CM Miyazaki, O Carr, N Joshi… - Applied Surface Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biomedical applications with emphasis on the design of smart materials, specifically
magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are considered to have technological benefits because they …

[HTML][HTML] The EPR effect and beyond: Strategies to improve tumor targeting and cancer nanomedicine treatment efficacy

Y Shi, R van der Meel, X Chen, T Lammers - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Following its discovery more than 30 years ago, the enhanced permeability and retention
(EPR) effect has become the guiding principle for cancer nanomedicine development. Over …

The uniqueness of albumin as a carrier in nanodrug delivery

A Spada, J Emami, JA Tuszynski… - Molecular …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Albumin is an appealing carrier in nanomedicine because of its unique features. First, it is
the most abundant protein in plasma, endowing high biocompatibility, biodegradability …

Liposomes for tumor targeted therapy: a review

S Wang, Y Chen, J Guo, Q Huang - International journal of molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Liposomes, the most widely studied nano-drug carriers in drug delivery, are sphere-shaped
vesicles consisting of one or more phospholipid bilayers. Compared with traditional drug …

Nanodelivery of nucleic acids

BB Mendes, J Conniot, A Avital, D Yao… - Nature reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
There is growing need for a safe, efficient, specific and non-pathogenic means for delivery of
gene therapy materials. Nanomaterials for nucleic acid delivery offer an unprecedented …

Vaccine-like nanomedicine for cancer immunotherapy

Y Yi, M Yu, W Li, D Zhu, L Mei, M Ou - Journal of Controlled Release, 2023 - Elsevier
The successful clinical application of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) and chimeric
antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T) therapeutics has attracted extensive attention to …