(Nano) platforms in breast cancer therapy: drug/gene delivery, advanced nanocarriers and immunotherapy

M Ashrafizadeh, A Zarrabi, A Bigham… - Medicinal Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Breast cancer is the most malignant tumor in women, and there is no absolute cure for it.
Although treatment modalities including surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy are …

Cancer stem cell (CSC) resistance drivers

M Najafi, K Mortezaee, J Majidpoor - Life sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a population of self-renewal cells with high tumorigenic
potency. CSCs can adopt easily with changes in the nearby milieu, and are more resistant to …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in drug delivery systems for targeting cancer stem cells

H Duan, Y Liu, Z Gao, W Huang - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a subpopulation of cancer cells with functions similar to those
of normal stem cells. Although few in number, they are capable of self-renewal, unlimited …

Recent progress in functionalized and targeted polymersomes and chimeric polymeric nanotheranostic platforms for cancer therapy

M Beygi, F Oroojalian, SS Hosseini… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The majority of advances in cancer therapy have been achieved based on developments in
public awareness, as well as novel diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Treatment …

Synthesis of block copolymers used in polymersome fabrication: Application in drug delivery

M Hasannia, A Aliabadi, K Abnous, SM Taghdisi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Amphiphilic block copolymers are common materials used for the fabrication of various
nanostructures with biomedical applications including nanocapsules, nanospheres, micelles …

Self-assembled polymeric vesicles: Focus on polymersomes in cancer treatment

F Araste, A Aliabadi, K Abnous, SM Taghdisi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
The progress in advanced materials using nanoscale components can be conducted by an
innovative idea involving combining nanotechnology approaches with supramolecular …

Polymersome Membrane Engineering with Active Targeting or Controlled Permeability for Responsive Drug Delivery

A Kayani, A Raza, J Si, D Dutta, Q Zhou… - Biomacromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymersomes have been extensively investigated for drug delivery as nanocarriers for two
decades due to a series of advantages including high stability under physiological …

Sni** cancer stem cells with nanomaterials

WD Wang, YY Guo, ZL Yang, GL Su, ZJ Sun - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) drive tumor initiation, progression, and therapeutic resistance due
to their self-renewal and differentiation capabilities. Despite encouraging progress in cancer …

Regulation of tumor microenvironment for pancreatic cancer therapy

X Huang, L Ding, X Liu, R Tong, J Ding, Z Qian, L Cai… - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one kind of the most lethal malignancies worldwide, owing to its
insidious symptoms, early metastases, and negative responses to current therapies. With an …

Targeting the tumor core: hypoxia-responsive nanoparticles for the delivery of chemotherapy to pancreatic tumors

MI Confeld, B Mamnoon, L Feng… - Molecular …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), early onset of hypoxia triggers remodeling of
the extracellular matrix, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, increased cell survival, the …