Evolution of macromolecular complexity in drug delivery systems

A Kakkar, G Traverso, OC Farokhzad… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Designing therapeutics is a process with many challenges. Even if the first hurdle—
designing a drug that modulates the action of a particular biological target in vitro—is …

Polymeric micelles, a promising drug delivery system to enhance bioavailability of poorly water‐soluble drugs

W Xu, P Ling, T Zhang - Journal of drug delivery, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Oral administration is the most commonly used and readily accepted form of drug delivery;
however, it is find that many drugs are difficult to attain enough bioavailability when …

Revisiting structure-property relationship of pH-responsive polymers for drug delivery applications

S Bazban-Shotorbani, MM Hasani-Sadrabadi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract pH-responsive polymers contain ionic functional groups as pendants in their
structure. The total number of charged groups on polymer chains determines the overall …

Oral delivery of anticancer drugs: challenges and opportunities

K Thanki, RP Gangwal, AT Sangamwar… - Journal of controlled …, 2013 - Elsevier
The present report focuses on the various aspects of oral delivery of anticancer drugs. The
significance of oral delivery in cancer therapeutics has been highlighted which principally …

pH-sensitive vesicles, polymeric micelles, and nanospheres prepared with polycarboxylates

AE Felber, MH Dufresne, JC Leroux - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Titratable polyanions, and more particularly polymers bearing carboxylate groups, have
been used in recent years to produce a variety of pH-sensitive colloids. These polymers …

Overcoming the barriers in micellar drug delivery: loading efficiency, in vivo stability, and micelle–cell interaction

S Kim, Y Shi, JY Kim, K Park… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Importance of the field: Spontaneously constructed from block copolymers in aqueous
media, the polymer micelle has been extensively studied as a potential carrier of poorly …

Polymeric micelles: recent advancements in the delivery of anticancer drugs

A Gothwal, I Khan, U Gupta - Pharmaceutical research, 2016 - Springer
Nanotechnology, in health and medicine, extensively improves the safety and efficacy of
different therapeutic agents, particularly the aspects related to drug delivery and targeting …

Co-delivery of drugs and plasmid DNA for cancer therapy

PY Teo, W Cheng, JL Hedrick, YY Yang - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Cancer is an extremely complex disease involving multiple signaling pathways that enable
tumor cells to evade programmed cell death, thus making cancer treatment extremely …

Polymeric micelles for oral drug delivery

G Gaucher, P Satturwar, MC Jones, A Furtos… - European journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
In the case of chronic therapies, the oral route is often the preferred route for drug
administration given its acceptability and convenience. However, various factors which limit …

Targeted delivery of capecitabine to colon cancer cells using nano polymeric micelles based on beta cyclodextrin

H Ameli, N Alizadeh - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Nano polymeric micelles (nano PMs) help to increase accessibility to tumor sites, decrease
side effects and allow controlled drug dissemination over a long period of time. The aim of …