Polymer–drug conjugate therapeutics: advances, insights and prospects

I Ekladious, YL Colson, MW Grinstaff - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
Polymer–drug conjugates have long been a mainstay of the drug delivery field, with several
conjugates successfully translated into clinical practice. The conjugation of therapeutic …

Rational design of cancer nanomedicine: nanoproperty integration and synchronization

Q Sun, Z Zhou, N Qiu, Y Shen - Advanced materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Current cancer nanomedicines can only mitigate adverse effects but fail to enhance
therapeutic efficacies of anticancer drugs. Rational design of next‐generation cancer …

Mitochondria-specific drug release and reactive oxygen species burst induced by polyprodrug nanoreactors can enhance chemotherapy

W Zhang, X Hu, Q Shen, D Xing - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Cancer cells exhibit slightly elevated levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) compared with
normal cells, and approximately 90% of intracellular ROS is produced in mitochondria. In …

Precise nanomedicine for intelligent therapy of cancer

H Chen, Z Gu, H An, C Chen, J Chen, R Cui… - Science China …, 2018 - Springer
Precise nanomedicine has been extensively explored for efficient cancer imaging and
targeted cancer therapy, as evidenced by a few breakthroughs in their preclinical and …

Nonviral cancer gene therapy: delivery cascade and vector nanoproperty integration

Z Zhou, X Liu, D Zhu, Y Wang, Z Zhang, X Zhou… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2017 - Elsevier
Gene therapy represents a promising cancer treatment featuring high efficacy and limited
side effects, but it is stymied by a lack of safe and efficient gene-delivery vectors. Cationic …

Real-time tracking and in vivo visualization of β-galactosidase activity in colorectal tumor with a ratiometric near-infrared fluorescent probe

K Gu, Y Xu, H Li, Z Guo, S Zhu, S Zhu… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Development of “smart” noninvasive bioimaging probes for trapping specific enzyme
activities is highly desirable for cancer therapy in vivo. Given that β-galactosidase (β-gal) is …

[HTML][HTML] Sustained delivery approaches to improving adaptive immune responses

BS Ou, OM Saouaf, J Baillet, EA Appel - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The immune system is one of the most important, complex biological networks regulating
and protecting human health. Its precise modulation can prevent deadly infections and fight …

Advanced functional polymer materials

K Wang, K Amin, Z An, Z Cai, H Chen… - Materials Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The research on advanced functional polymers is being driven by the fast-growing demand
for new functional materials that can be used in revolutionary technologies. Polymers can be …

Cell-penetrating hyperbranched polyprodrug amphiphiles for synergistic reductive milieu-triggered drug release and enhanced magnetic resonance signals

X Hu, G Liu, Y Li, X Wang, S Liu - Journal of the American …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The rational design of theranostic nanoparticles exhibiting synergistic turn-on of therapeutic
potency and enhanced diagnostic imaging in response to tumor milieu is critical for efficient …

Visible light-induced crosslinking and physiological stabilization of diselenide-rich nanoparticles for redox-responsive drug release and combination chemotherapy

S Zhai, X Hu, Y Hu, B Wu, D Xing - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
Undesired physiological instability of nanocarriers and premature drug leakage during
blood circulation result in compromised therapeutic efficacy and severe side effects, which …