Versatile types of organic/inorganic nanohybrids: from strategic design to biomedical applications

N Zhao, L Yan, X Zhao, X Chen, A Li, D Zheng… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Organic/inorganic nanohybrids have attracted widespread interests due to their favorable
properties and promising applications in biomedical areas. Great efforts have been made to …

siRNA versus miRNA as therapeutics for gene silencing

JKW Lam, MYT Chow, Y Zhang, SWS Leung - Molecular Therapy-Nucleic …, 2015 - cell.com
Discovered a little over two decades ago, small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and microRNAs
(miRNAs) are noncoding RNAs with important roles in gene regulation. They have recently …

Nanocarriers for skin applications: where do we stand?

N Tiwari, ER Osorio‐Blanco, A Sonzogni… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Skin penetration of active molecules for treatment of diverse diseases is a major field of
research owing to the advantages associated with the skin like easy accessibility, reduced …

Biomedical applications of carbon nanomaterials: Drug and gene delivery potentials

M Mohajeri, B Behnam… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
One of the major components in the development of nanomedicines is the choice of the right
biomaterial, which notably determines the subsequent biological responses. The popularity …

[HTML][HTML] Oxidative stress in cancer and fibrosis: Opportunity for therapeutic intervention with antioxidant compounds, enzymes, and nanoparticles

J Morry, W Ngamcherdtrakul, W Yantasee - Redox biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Oxidative stress, mainly contributed by reactive oxygen species (ROS), has been implicated
in pathogenesis of several diseases. We review two primary examples; fibrosis and cancer …

Recent advances in nanomaterials for gene delivery—a review

MK Riley, W Vermerris - Nanomaterials, 2017 - mdpi.com
With the rapid development of nanotechnology in the recent decade, novel DNA and RNA
delivery systems for gene therapy have become available that can be used instead of viral …

Surface functionalization of carbon nanotubes: fabrication and applications

S Mallakpour, S Soltanian - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanotubes (CNT) s show exceptional one-dimensional π-electron conjugation,
mechanical strength, high chemical and thermal stability, which make them very attractive for …

Enhanced transdermal drug delivery by transfersome-embedded oligopeptide hydrogel for topical chemotherapy of melanoma

T Jiang, T Wang, T Li, Y Ma, S Shen, B He, R Mo - ACS nano, 2018 - ACS Publications
Topical administration of anticancer drugs provides a potential chemotherapeutic modality
with high patient compliance for cutaneous melanoma. However, the drug delivery efficiency …

Skin cancer and new treatment perspectives: A review

MCF Simoes, JJS Sousa, AACC Pais - Cancer letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Skin cancers are by far the most common malignancy of humans, particularly in the white
population. The growing incidence of cutaneous malignancies has heralded the need for …

Microneedles: a new frontier in nanomedicine delivery

E Larrañeta, MTC McCrudden, AJ Courtenay… - Pharmaceutical …, 2016 - Springer
This review aims to concisely chart the development of two individual research fields,
namely nanomedicines, with specific emphasis on nanoparticles (NP) and microparticles …