Metallodrugs in cancer nanomedicine

Q Peña, A Wang, O Zaremba, Y Shi… - Chemical society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal complexes are extensively used for cancer therapy. The multiple variables available
for tuning (metal, ligand, and metal–ligand interaction) offer unique opportunities for drug …

Strategies for enhancing cancer chemodynamic therapy performance

D Jana, Y Zhao - Exploration, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chemodynamic therapy (CDT) has emerged to be a frontrunner amongst reactive oxygen
species‐based cancer treatment modalities. CDT utilizes endogenous H2O2 in tumor …

Tumor-targeted cascade nanoreactor based on metal–organic frameworks for synergistic ferroptosis–starvation anticancer therapy

X Wan, L Song, W Pan, H Zhong, N Li, B Tang - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Although ferroptosis therapy has been proven to be a promising strategy for cancer
treatment, its efficacy still might be limited by insufficient H2O2 supply in tumor tissue …

Transformable nanosensitizer with tumor microenvironment‐activated sonodynamic process and calcium release for enhanced cancer immunotherapy

X Tan, J Huang, Y Wang, S He, L Jia… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the promise of sonodynamic processes in cancer therapy, existing sonosensitizers
often fail to regulate the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) against tumors …

Chemo-physical Strategies to Advance the in Vivo Functionality of Targeted Nanomedicine: The Next Generation

J Li, K Kataoka - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020 - ACS Publications
The past few decades have witnessed an evolution of nanomedicine from biologically inert
entities to more smart systems, aimed at advancing in vivo functionality. However, we should …

Small‐molecule prodrug nanoassemblies: an emerging nanoplatform for anticancer drug delivery

G Li, B Sun, Y Li, C Luo, Z He, J Sun - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The antitumor efficiency and clinical translation of traditional nanomedicines is mainly
restricted by low drug loading, complex preparation technology, and potential toxicity …

[HTML][HTML] Alliance with EPR effect: combined strategies to improve the EPR effect in the tumor microenvironment

J Park, Y Choi, H Chang, W Um, JH Ryu, IC Kwon - Theranostics, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The use of nanomedicine for cancer treatment takes advantage of its preferential
accumulation in tumors owing to the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect. The …

Enzyme mimics for engineered biomimetic cascade nanoreactors: mechanism, applications, and prospects

X Zhang, G Li, G Chen, D Wu, Y Wu… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple enzyme‐driven biological catalytic cascades occur in living organisms, guiding
highly efficient and selective transformations of substrates. Inspired by the merits of these …

Engineering lactate-modulating nanomedicines for cancer therapy

J Chen, Y Zhu, C Wu, J Shi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Lactate in tumors has long been considered “metabolic junk” derived from the glycolysis of
cancer cells and utilized only as a biomarker of malignancy, but is presently believed to be a …

State of the art advancements in sonodynamic therapy (SDT): Metal-Organic frameworks for SDT

Z Xiao, Q Chen, Y Yang, S Tu, B Wang, Y Qiu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) is a promising cancer therapy due to its noninvasiveness,
negligible side effects, and deep tissue penetration. However, the effect of SDT is …