Hyaluronic acid and its derivatives in drug delivery and imaging: Recent advances and challenges

G Tripodo, A Trapani, ML Torre, G Giammona… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a biodegradable, biocompatible, nontoxic, and non-immunogenic
glycosaminoglycan used for various biomedical applications. The interaction of HA with the …

Carbohydrate-based amphiphilic nano delivery systems for cancer therapy

K Liu, X Jiang, P Hunziker - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoparticles (NPs) are novel drug delivery systems that have been attracting more and
more attention in recent years, and have been used for the treatment of cancer, infection …

Recent advances in pH-sensitive polymeric nanoparticles for smart drug delivery in cancer therapy

EK Lim, BH Chung, SJ Chung - Current drug targets, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Rapid developments in the field of nanoparticles during the last decades have
led to its increased application in drug delivery approaches. The advantages of nano-based …

Co-delivery of paclitaxel and gemcitabine via CD44-targeting nanocarriers as a prodrug with synergistic antitumor activity against human biliary cancer

I Noh, HO Kim, J Choi, Y Choi, DK Lee, YM Huh… - Biomaterials, 2015 - Elsevier
Multi-drug delivery focuses on different signaling pathways in cancer cells that have
synergistic anti-proliferative effects. In this study, we developed multi-prodrug nanocarriers …

Synthesis of hyaluronic acid-based polymersomes for doxorubicin delivery to metastatic breast cancer

M Shahriari, SM Taghdisi, K Abnous… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the current research, the synthesis of polysaccharide-based polymersomes for targeted
delivery of doxorubicin is reported. To this aim, doxorubicin was encapsulated in aqueous …

Amphiphilic polysaccharides as building blocks for self-assembled nanosystems: molecular design and application in cancer and inflammatory diseases

X Yang, X Shi, R D'arcy, N Tirelli, G Zhai - Journal of Controlled Release, 2018 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides (PSs) have been extensively studied in healthcare applications; here, we
focus our attention on their use as components of nanomaterials in the management of …

Nanovesicle-mediated systemic delivery of microRNA-34a for CD44 overexpressing gastric cancer stem cell therapy

E Jang, E Kim, HY Son, EK Lim, H Lee, Y Choi, K Park… - Biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
The cancer stem cell (CSC) hypothesis postulates that cancer cells overexpressing CD44
are marked as CSCs that cause tumorigenesis and recurrence. This hypothesis suggests …

Magnetic nanochain-based smart drug delivery system with remote tunable drug release by a magnetic field

B Kang, MK Shin, S Han, I Oh, E Kim, J Park, HY Son… - BioChip Journal, 2022 - Springer
Considerable attention is given to drug delivery technology that efficiently delivers
appropriate levels of drug molecules to diseased sites with significant therapeutic efficacy …

Chitosan-based intelligent theragnosis nanocomposites enable pH-sensitive drug release with MR-guided imaging for cancer therapy

EK Lim, W Sajomsang, Y Choi, E Jang, H Lee… - Nanoscale research …, 2013 - Springer
Smart drug delivery systems that are triggered by environmental conditions have been
developed to enhance cancer therapeutic efficacy while limiting unwanted effects. Because …

Hyaluronic Acid-Decorated Laponite® Nanocomposites for Targeted Anticancer Drug Delivery

T Jiang, G Chen, X Shi, R Guo - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this study, hyaluronic acid (HA), a natural polysaccharide that can specifically bind to
CD44 receptors, was conjugated onto laponite®(LAP) nanodisks for the encapsulation and …