Natural biodegradable polymers based nano-formulations for drug delivery: A review

A George, PA Shah, PS Shrivastav - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanomedicines are now considered as the new-generation medication in the current era
mainly because of their features related to nano size. The efficacy of many drugs in their …

Applications of nanomaterials in tissue engineering

X Zheng, P Zhang, Z Fu, S Meng, L Dai, H Yang - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent advancement in nanotechnology has brought prominent benefits in tissue
engineering, which has been used to repair or reconstruct damaged tissues or organs and …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles for selective destruction of tumor cells and potential for drug delivery applications

JW Rasmussen, E Martinez, P Louka… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Importance of the field: Metal oxide nanoparticles, including zinc oxide, are versatile
platforms for biomedical applications and therapeutic intervention. There is an urgent need …

Nanoparticles in medicine: therapeutic applications and developments

L Zhang, FX Gu, JM Chan, AZ Wang… - Clinical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Nanotechnology is the understanding and control of matter generally in the 1–100 nm
dimension range. The application of nanotechnology to medicine, known as nanomedicine …

Chitosan nanoparticles: a promising system in novel drug delivery

K Nagpal, SK Singh, DN Mishra - Chemical and Pharmaceutical …, 2010 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The ability of nanoparticles to manipulate the molecules and their structures has
revolutionized the conventional drug delivery system. The chitosan nanoparticles, because …

Size-dependent cellular uptake and expulsion of single-walled carbon nanotubes: single particle tracking and a generic uptake model for nanoparticles

H Jin, DA Heller, R Sharma, MS Strano - ACS nano, 2009 - ACS Publications
The cellular uptake and expulsion rates of length-fractionated single-walled carbon
nanotubes (SWNT) from 130 to 660 nm in NIH-3T3 cells were measured via single particle …

A thermo-responsive alginate nanogel platform co-loaded with gold nanoparticles and cisplatin for combined cancer chemo-photothermal therapy

M Mirrahimi, Z Abed, J Beik, I Shiri, AS Dezfuli… - Pharmacological …, 2019 - Elsevier
The current interest in cancer research is being shifted from individual therapy to
combinatorial therapy. In this contribution, a novel multifunctional nanoplatform comprising …

Strategies for the nanoencapsulation of hydrophilic molecules in polymer-based nanoparticles

S Vrignaud, JP Benoit, P Saulnier - Biomaterials, 2011 - Elsevier
Hydrophilic drug delivery still remains a challenge; this either being attributed to the fragility
and poor cellular penetration of macromolecules, or to the unsuitable pharmacokinetics and …

Exploiting nanotechnology to overcome tumor drug resistance: challenges and opportunities

AR Kirtane, SM Kalscheuer, J Panyam - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Tumor cells develop resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs through multiple mechanisms.
Overexpression of efflux transporters is an important source of drug resistance. Efflux …

Nanoparticle-mediated combination chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy overcomes tumor drug resistance

A Khdair, D Chen, Y Patil, L Ma, QP Dou… - Journal of Controlled …, 2010 - Elsevier
Tumor drug resistance significantly limits the success of chemotherapy in the clinic. Tumor
cells utilize multiple mechanisms to prevent the accumulation of anticancer drugs at their …