Physical properties of nanoparticles that result in improved cancer targeting

R Zein, W Sharrouf, K Selting - Journal of Oncology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The therapeutic efficacy of drugs is dependent upon the ability of a drug to reach its target,
and drug penetration into tumors is limited by abnormal vasculature and high interstitial …

Surface functionalization and targeting strategies of liposomes in solid tumor therapy: A review

MK Riaz, MA Riaz, X Zhang, C Lin, KH Wong… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Surface functionalization of liposomes can play a key role in overcoming the current
limitations of nanocarriers to treat solid tumors, ie, biological barriers and physiological …

Recent progress of rare earth doped hydroxyapatite nanoparticles: Luminescence properties, synthesis and biomedical applications

M Gu, W Li, L Jiang, X Li - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (HAP NPs) are host materials and can be modified with
various substrates and dopants. Among them, rare earth (RE) ions doped HAP NPs have …

Principles in the design of ligand-targeted cancer therapeutics and imaging agents

M Srinivasarao, CV Galliford, PS Low - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2015 - nature.com
Most cancer drugs are designed to interfere with one or more events in cell proliferation or
survival. As healthy cells may also need to proliferate and avoid apoptosis, anticancer …

An overview of doxorubicin formulations in cancer therapy

S Rivankar - Journal of cancer research and therapeutics, 2014 - journals.lww.com
The burden of cancer is continuously increasing, and is rapidly becoming a global
pandemic. The first liposomal encapsulated anticancer drug which received clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced efficacy of combined temozolomide and bromodomain inhibitor therapy for gliomas using targeted nanoparticles

FC Lam, SW Morton, J Wyckoff, TL Vu Han… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Effective treatment for glioblastoma (GBM) is limited by the presence of the blood–brain
barrier (BBB) and rapid resistance to single agent therapies. To address these issues, we …

PEGylated and targeted extracellular vesicles display enhanced cell specificity and circulation time

SAA Kooijmans, LAL Fliervoet, R Van Der Meel… - Journal of Controlled …, 2016 - Elsevier
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are increasingly being recognized as candidate drug delivery
systems due to their ability to functionally transfer biological cargo between cells. However …

Shaping Cancer Nanomedicine: The Effect of Particle Shape on The In Vivo Journey of Nanoparticles

R Toy, PM Peiris, KB Ghaghada, E Karathanasis - Nanomedicine, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Recent advances in nanoparticle technology have enabled the fabrication of nanoparticle
classes with unique sizes, shapes and materials, which in turn has facilitated major …

Nanotechnological advances for the delivery of CNS therapeutics

HL Wong, XY Wu, R Bendayan - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Effective non-invasive treatment of neurological diseases is often limited by the poor access
of therapeutic agents into the central nervous system (CNS). The majority of drugs and …

Liposomal doxorubicin as targeted delivery platform: Current trends in surface functionalization

V Makwana, J Karanjia, T Haselhorst… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Liposomal delivery systems have significantly enhanced the efficacy and safety of
chemotherapeutic agents compared to free (non-liposomal) formulations. Liposomes are …