Improving cancer immunotherapy using nanomedicines: progress, opportunities and challenges

JD Martin, H Cabral, T Stylianopoulos… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2020 - nature.com
Multiple nanotherapeutics have been approved for patients with cancer, but their effects on
survival have been modest and, in some examples, less than those of other approved …

Understanding the glucoregulatory mechanisms of metformin in type 2 diabetes mellitus

M Foretz, B Guigas, B Viollet - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2019 - nature.com
Despite its position as the first-line drug for treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, the
mechanisms underlying the plasma glucose level-lowering effects of metformin (1, 1 …

Extracellular vesicles‐derived hybrid nanoplatforms for amplified CD47 blockade‐based cancer immunotherapy

L Tang, Y Yin, Y Cao, C Fu, H Liu, J Feng… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Immunomodulation of tumor‐associated macrophages (TAMs) into tumor‐inhibiting M1‐like
phenotype is a promising but challenging strategy. Cleverly, tumor cells overexpress CD47 …

Materials engineering strategies for cancer vaccine adjuvant development

X Zhang, B Yang, Q Ni, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer vaccines have emerged as a powerful new tool for cancer immunotherapy.
Adjuvants are vaccine ingredients that enhance the strength, velocity, and duration of the …

Lipid-based nanoparticles: application and recent advances in cancer treatment

B García-Pinel, C Porras-Alcalá, A Ortega-Rodríguez… - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Many therapeutically active molecules are non-soluble in aqueous systems, chemically and
biologically fragile or present severe side effects. Lipid-based nanoparticle (LBNP) systems …

In vivo gene delivery mediated by non-viral vectors for cancer therapy

R Mohammadinejad, A Dehshahri… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
Gene therapy by expression constructs or down-regulation of certain genes has shown great
potential for the treatment of various diseases. The wide clinical application of nucleic acid …

Actively targeted nanomedicines for precision cancer therapy: Concept, construction, challenges and clinical translation

W Gu, F Meng, R Haag, Z Zhong - Journal of controlled release, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of targeted nanomedicines for cancer therapy has been an utmost focus of
research across different fields including materials science, nanotechnology, biotechnology …

Polymers for cytosolic protein delivery

J Lv, Q Fan, H Wang, Y Cheng - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
Cytosolic protein delivery offers opportunities to develop protein-based therapeutics
specifically modulate intracellular processes, especially those linked to 'undruggable'targets …

Synthetic materials at the forefront of gene delivery

I Lostalé-Seijo, J Montenegro - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2018 - nature.com
The delivery of nucleic acids with transient activity for genetic engineering is a promising
methodology with potential applications in the treatment of diseases ranging from cancer …

Lipid nanoparticle formulations for enhanced co-delivery of siRNA and mRNA

RL Ball, KA Hajj, J Vizelman, P Bajaj… - Nano letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
Although mRNA and siRNA have significant therapeutic potential, their simultaneous
delivery has not been previously explored. To facilitate the treatment of diseases associated …