Nanogels and microgels: From model colloids to applications, recent developments, and future trends

M Karg, A Pich, T Hellweg, T Hoare, LA Lyon… - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nanogels and microgels are soft, deformable, and penetrable objects with an internal gel-
like structure that is swollen by the dispersing solvent. Their softness and the potential to …

Tracking the endosomal escape: A closer look at calcein and related reporters

F Hausig‐Punke, F Richter, M Hoernke… - Macromolecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Crossing the cellular membrane and delivering active pharmaceuticals or biologicals into
the cytosol of cells is an essential step in the development of nanomedicines. One of the …

Zwitterionic nanogels and microgels: An overview on their synthesis and applications

P Saha, R Ganguly, X Li, R Das… - Macromolecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Zwitterionic polymers by virtue of their unique chemical and physical attributes have
attracted researchers in recent years. The simultaneous presence of positive and negative …

[HTML][HTML] Triblock polymer PDMAEMA-co-PNIPAM-co-PMPC to deliver siKRAS for gene therapy in pancreatic cancer

L Cao, M Dong, K Jiang, Q Zhu, F Li, Z Xiao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Mutant KRAS sustained KRAS-GTP conformation and activated downstream
signaling in pancreatic cancer. Inhibition of KRAS expression has been widely utilized for …

Design of Synthetic Hydrogel Compositions for Noncovalent Protein Recognition

JR Clegg, NA Peppas - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023 - ACS Publications
Multifunctional hydrogels composed of segments with ionizable, hydrophilic, and
hydrophobic monomers have been optimized for sensing, bioseparation, and therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] Nanogels: smart tools to enlarge the therapeutic window of gene therapy

B Espuche, SE Moya, M Calderón - International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2024 - Elsevier
Gene therapy can potentially treat a great number of diseases, from cancer to rare genetic
disorders. Very recently, the development and emergency approval of nucleic acid-based …

[HTML][HTML] Aliphatic quaternary ammonium functionalized nanogels for gene delivery

H Zhang, D Keskin, WH de Haan-Visser, G Zu… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Gene therapy is a promising treatment for hereditary diseases, as well as acquired genetic
diseases, including cancer. Facing the complicated physiological and pathological …

Peptide conjugation enhances the cellular co-localization, but not endosomal escape, of modular poly (acrylamide-co-methacrylic acid) nanogels

JR Clegg, JA Sun, J Gu, AK Venkataraman… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles must recognize, adhere to, and/or traverse multiple barriers in sequence to
achieve cytosolic drug delivery. New nanoparticles often exhibit a unique ability to cross a …

Synthesis and characterization of pH sensitive hydrogel nanoparticles based on poly (N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-methacrylic acid)

CE Belman-Flores, W Herrera-Kao… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Springer
In this work, pH-sensitive hydrogel nanoparticles based on N-isopropyl acrylamide (NIPAM)
and methacrylic acid (MAA) at various molar ratios, were synthesized and characterized in …

Macromolecular Poly (N‐isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) in Cancer Treatment and Beyond: Applications in Drug Delivery, Photothermal Therapy, Gene Delivery and …

S Throat, S Bhattacharya - Advances in Polymer Technology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Poly (N‐isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) is a versatile polymer known for its phase transition
properties, exhibiting a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of approximately 32° C …