Hydrogels as drug delivery systems: A review of current characterization and evaluation techniques

M Vigata, C Meinert, DW Hutmacher, N Bock - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Owing to their tunable properties, controllable degradation, and ability to protect labile
drugs, hydrogels are increasingly investigated as local drug delivery systems. However, a …

Stimuli‐responsive liposomes for drug delivery

Y Lee, DH Thompson - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The ultimate goal of drug delivery is to increase the bioavailability and reduce the toxic side
effects of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) by releasing them at a specific site of …

Nanoparticle delivery improves the pharmacokinetic properties of cyclic dinucleotide STING agonists to open a therapeutic window for intravenous administration

M Wehbe, L Wang-Bishop, KW Becker, D Shae… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway plays an important role in the immune
surveillance of cancer and, accordingly, agonists of STING signaling have recently emerged …

Basic principles of drug delivery systems–the case of paclitaxel

S Ezrahi, A Aserin, N Garti - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer is the second cause of death worldwide, exceeded only by cardiovascular diseases.
The prevalent treatment currently used against metastatic cancer is chemotherapy. Among …

Targeted delivery system of nanobiomaterials in anticancer therapy: from cells to clinics

SE Jin, HE Jin, SS Hong - BioMed research international, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Targeted delivery systems of nanobiomaterials are necessary to be developed for the
diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Nanobiomaterials can be engineered to recognize …

Lysine-embedded cellulose-based nanosystem for efficient dual-delivery of chemotherapeutics in combination cancer therapy

SV Moghaddam, F Abedi, E Alizadeh, B Baradaran… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Combination therapy by two or multiple drugs with different mechanisms of action is a
promising strategy in cancer treatment. In this regard, a wide range of chemotherapeutics …

A TPGS-incorporating nanoemulsion of paclitaxel circumvents drug resistance in breast cancer

H Bu, X He, Z Zhang, Q Yin, H Yu, Y Li - International journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Paclitaxel resistance is usually developed in clinical chemotherapy, which remains a major
obstacle for successful cancer treatment. Herein, we attempted to develop a TPGS …

A nano-in-nano polymer–dendrimer nanoparticle-based nanosystem for controlled multidrug delivery

Z Zhao, S Lou, Y Hu, J Zhu, C Zhang - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2017 - ACS Publications
Codelivery of multiple chemotherapeutics with different action mechanisms is a promising
strategy for cancer treatment. In this study, we developed a novel polymer–dendrimer hybrid …

Multifunctional nanosystem for targeted and controlled delivery of multiple chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of drug-resistant breast cancer

S Lou, Z Zhao, M Dezort, T Lohneis, C Zhang - ACS omega, 2018 - ACS Publications
By targeting CD44 receptors, inhibiting multidrug resistance (MDR), controlling drug release,
and synergistically inhibiting tumor growth, a multilayered nanosystem was developed to …

Rational design of polymer-lipid nanoparticles for docetaxel delivery

JMR Albano, LN de Morais Ribeiro, VM Couto… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, a stable nanocarrier for the anti-cancer drug docetaxel was rational designed.
The nanocarrier was developed based on the solid lipid nanoparticle preparation process …