Upconverting and NIR emitting rare earth based nanostructures for NIR-bioimaging

E Hemmer, N Venkatachalam, H Hyodo, A Hattori… - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, significant progress was achieved in the field of nanomedicine and
bioimaging, but the development of new biomarkers for reliable detection of diseases at an …

[HTML][HTML] Self-assembled hydrogel nanoparticles for drug delivery applications

C Gonçalves, P Pereira, M Gama - Materials, 2010 - mdpi.com
Hydrogel nanoparticles—also referred to as polymeric nanogels or macromolecular micelles—
are emerging as promising drug carriers for therapeutic applications. These nanostructures …

Inhalable nanoparticles, a non-invasive approach to treat lung cancer in a mouse model

WH Roa, S Azarmi, MHDK Al-Hallak, WH Finlay… - Journal of Controlled …, 2011 - Elsevier
Doxorubicin-loaded nanoparticles (NPs) were incorporated into inhalable effervescent and
non-effervescent carrier particles using a spray–freeze drying technique. The prepared …

Biologically optimized nanosized molecules and particles: more than just size

MR Longmire, M Ogawa, PL Choyke… - Bioconjugate …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The expanded biological and medical applications of nanomaterials place a premium on
better understanding of the chemical and physical determinants of in vivo particles …

Recent advances and prospects in naringin nanocarrier drug delivery system for cancer management

R Deshmukh, M Prajapati, RK Harwansh - Journal of Drug Delivery Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer is a public health concern that is fatal in various countries worldwide. The
chemotherapy drugs used to treat multiple types of cancer are 5-fluorouracil, methotrexate …

CXCR4-targeted and redox responsive dextrin nanogel for metastatic breast cancer therapy

F Zhang, S Gong, J Wu, H Li, D Oupicky… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The unsatisfied results of cancer therapy are caused by many issues and metastasis of
cancer cells is one of the major challenge. It has been reported that inhibiting the …

Enhanced anti-tumor effect of pH-responsive dextrin nanogels delivering doxorubicin on colorectal cancer

S Manchun, CR Dass, K Cheewatanakornkool… - Carbohydrate …, 2015 - Elsevier
Efficacy of doxorubicin (DOX) in colorectal cancer treatment is limited by undesirable side-
effects, which are partially due to nonspecific delivery DOX to the tumor target site. This …

Development of a hybrid dextrin hydrogel encapsulating dextrin nanogel as protein delivery system

M Molinos, V Carvalho, DM Silva, FM Gama - Biomacromolecules, 2012 - ACS Publications
Dextrin, a glucose polymer with low molecular weight, was used to develop a fully
resorbable hydrogel, without using chemical initiators. Dextrin was first oxidized (oDex) with …

Drug delivery: beyond active tumour targeting

SM Sagnella, JA McCarroll, M Kavallaris - … : Nanotechnology, Biology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Despite improvements in our understanding of cancer and the concept of personalised
medicine, cancer is still a major cause of death. It is established that solid tumours are highly …

Cytotoxic aspects of gadolinium oxide nanostructures for up-conversion and NIR bioimaging

E Hemmer, T Yamano, H Kishimoto, N Venkatachalam… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2013 - Elsevier
Bioimaging is an important diagnostic tool in the investigation and visualization of biological
phenomena in cells and in medicine. In this context, up-converting Gd2O3: Er3+, Yb3+ …