Carbon nanotubes in drug delivery: Focus on anticancer therapies

AR Kiran, GK Kumari, PT Krishnamurthy - Journal of Drug Delivery Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite significant advancements in cancer therapy, many therapeutic limitations such as off-
target side effects, drug or gene instability, and multi-drug resistance (MDR), pose a major …

[HTML][HTML] Functionalised carbon nanotubes: From intracellular uptake and cell-related toxicity to systemic brain delivery

PM Costa, M Bourgognon, JTW Wang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2016 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have long been regarded as promising carriers in biomedicine.
Due to their high surface area and unique needle-like structure, CNTs are uniquely …

Determinants of carbon nanotube toxicity

S Lanone, P Andujar, A Kermanizadeh… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
In the last few years questions have been raised regarding the potential toxicity of carbon
nanotubes (CNTs) to humans and environment. It is believed that the physico-chemical …

[HTML][HTML] A strategy for grouping of nanomaterials based on key physico-chemical descriptors as a basis for safer-by-design NMs

I Lynch, C Weiss, E Valsami-Jones - Nano Today, 2014 - Elsevier
There is an urgent need to establish a fundamental understanding of the mechanisms of
nanomaterial (NM) interaction with living systems and the environment, in order for …

Frontal polymerization-assisted 3D printing of short carbon fibers/dicyclopentadiene composites

Z Zhang, R Liu, W Li, Y Liu, Z Pei, J Qiu… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2021 - Elsevier
Discontinuous carbon fibers (d-CFs) with different surface modifications (sizing, carboxyl-
grafting, and norbornene-grafting) were separately dispersed in dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) …

Effect of MWCNT size, carboxylation, and purification on in vitro and in vivo toxicity, inflammation and lung pathology

RF Hamilton, Z Wu, S Mitra, PK Shaw… - Particle and fibre toxicology, 2013 - Springer
Background Several properties of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) have the
potential to affect their bioactivity. This study examined the in vitro and in vivo outcomes of …

Mechanisms of carbon nanotube-induced toxicity: focus on pulmonary inflammation

K Bhattacharya, FT Andón, R El-Sayed… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes have gained tremendous interest in a wide range of applications due to
their unique physical, chemical, and electronic properties. Needless to say, close attention to …

Nanomechanical mechanism for lipid bilayer damage induced by carbon nanotubes confined in intracellular vesicles

W Zhu, A von dem Bussche, X Yi… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Understanding the behavior of low-dimensional nanomaterials confined in intracellular
vesicles has been limited by the resolution of bioimaging techniques and the complex …

Enzymatic oxidative biodegradation of nanoparticles: Mechanisms, significance and applications

II Vlasova, AA Kapralov, ZP Michael, SC Burkert… - Toxicology and applied …, 2016 - Elsevier
Biopersistence of carbon nanotubes, graphene oxide (GO) and several other types of
carbonaceous nanomaterials is an essential determinant of their health effects. Successful …

Novel biodegradable star-shaped polylactide scaffolds for bone regeneration fabricated by two-photon polymerization

P Timashev, D Kuznetsova, A Koroleva… - …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: To assess the properties of 3D biodegradable scaffolds fabricated from novel star-
shaped poly (D, L-lactide)(SSL) materials for bone tissue regeneration. Materials & methods …