Mussel-inspired chemistry: a promising strategy for natural polysaccharides in biomedical applications

F Liu, X Liu, F Chen, Q Fu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides are a kind of natural biopolymers and have been widely applied in various
fields, especially biomedical applications, due to their fascinating properties, such as …

Polysaccharide nanoparticles: From fabrication to applications

A Plucinski, Z Lyu, BVKJ Schmidt - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Polysaccharides have attracted considerable attention in a broad range of applications in
recent years, which is due to their remarkable features such as biocompatibility …

Polysaccharide‐Based Stimulus‐Responsive Nanomedicines for Combination Cancer Immunotherapy

Q Li, X Liu, C Yan, B Zhao, Y Zhao, L Yang, M Shi… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer immunotherapy is a promising antitumor approach, whereas nontherapeutic side
effects, tumor microenvironment (TME) intricacy, and low tumor immunogenicity limit its …

Functionalized chitosan as a promising platform for cancer immunotherapy: A review

X Liang, M Mu, R Fan, B Zou, G Guo - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy is an emerging treatment option for use following traditional cancer
treatments (surgical resection, radiotherapy and chemotherapy). Due to the complexity of the …

Ionotropic gelation of chitosan flat structures and potential applications

P Sacco, S Pedroso-Santana, Y Kumar, N Joly… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The capability of some polymers, such as chitosan, to form low cost gels under mild
conditions is of great application interest. Ionotropic gelation of chitosan has been used …

Chitosan/γ-PGA nanoparticles-based immunotherapy as adjuvant to radiotherapy in breast cancer

F Castro, ML Pinto, CL Pereira, K Serre, MA Barbosa… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Radiotherapy (RT) is an essential treatment modality for several types of cancer. Despite its
therapeutic potential, RT is frequently insufficient to overcome the immunosuppressive …

Food polysaccharides: A review on emerging microbial sources, bioactivities, nanoformulations and safety considerations

N Dedhia, SJ Marathe, RS Singhal - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
The ubiquity, low cost and biocompatibility make polysaccharides a material of choice in
food, pharmaceutical, cosmeceutical, textile and paper industries. From the age-old process …

Concepts for developing physical gels of chitosan and of chitosan derivatives

P Sacco, F Furlani, G De Marzo, E Marsich, S Paoletti… - Gels, 2018 - mdpi.com
Chitosan macro-and micro/nano-gels have gained increasing attention in recent years,
especially in the biomedical field, given the well-documented low toxicity, degradability, and …

Fabrication, characterization and functional attributes of zein-egg white derived peptides (EWDP)-chitosan ternary nanoparticles for encapsulation of curcumin: Role of …

J Liu, Y Li, H Zhang, S Liu, M Yang, M Cui, T Zhang… - Food Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
The food-derived peptides hydrolyzed from native food protein matrix exhibited various
bioactivities and multimeric structures, which make them the promising well-defined …

Co-assembly of egg white-derived peptides and protein-polysaccharide complexes for curcumin encapsulation: The enhancement of stability, redispersibility, and …

Y Li, J Liu, S Ma, M Yang, H Zhang, T Zhang, Y Yu… - Food chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, a nanocomposite was developed by introducing egg white-derived peptides
(EWDP) into protein-polysaccharide complexes to trigger the self-assembly of EWDP for …