Therapies from fucoidan: An update

JH Fitton, DN Stringer, SS Karpiniec - Marine drugs, 2015 - mdpi.com
Fucoidans are a class of sulfated fucose-rich polysaccharides found in brown marine algae
and echinoderms. Fucoidans have an attractive array of bioactivities and potential …

Fucoidan in pharmaceutical formulations: a comprehensive review for smart drug delivery systems

YA Haggag, AA Abd Elrahman, R Ulber, A Zayed - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fucoidan is a heterogeneous group of polysaccharides isolated from marine organisms,
including brown algae and marine invertebrates. The physicochemical characteristics and …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced hitchhiking nanomaterials for biomedical applications

Y Wang, SK Sun, Y Liu, Z Zhang - Theranostics, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hitchhiking, a recently developed bio-inspired cargo delivery system, has been harnessed
for diverse applications. By leveraging the interactions between nanoparticles and …

Brown seaweed fucoidan: biological activity and apoptosis, growth signaling mechanism in cancer

K Senthilkumar, P Manivasagan, J Venkatesan… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Seaweeds, being abundant sources of bioactive components have much interest in recent
times. The complex polysaccharides from the brown, red and green seaweeds possess …

Seaweeds in the oncology arena: Anti-cancer potential of fucoidan as a drug—A review

JO **, D Yadav, K Madhwani, N Puranik, V Chavda… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Marine natural products are a discerning arena to search for the future generation of
medications to treat a spectrum of ailments. Meanwhile, cancer is becoming more ubiquitous …

P-selectin is a nanotherapeutic delivery target in the tumor microenvironment

Y Shamay, M Elkabets, H Li, J Shah, S Brook… - Science translational …, 2016 - science.org
Disseminated tumors are poorly accessible to nanoscale drug delivery systems because of
the vascular barrier, which attenuates extravasation at the tumor site. We investigated P …

Nanoassemblies of self-immolative boronate-bridged retinoic acid dimeric prodrug as a clot-targeted self-deliverable antithrombotic nanomedicine

H Jun, C Jeon, S Kim, N Song, H Jo, M Yang, D Lee - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
All trans-retinoic acid (atRA) has potent anti-inflammatory and antiplatelet activity, but its
clinical translation as an antithrombotic drug has been hampered by its low therapeutic …

Algal polysaccharides as therapeutic agents for atherosclerosis

NP Patil, V Le, AD Sligar, L Mei, D Chavarria… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Seaweed-derived polysaccharides including agar and alginate, have found widespread
applications in biomedical research and medical therapeutic applications including wound …

Dual-targeting glycol chitosan/heparin-decorated polypyrrole nanoparticle for augmented photothermal thrombolytic therapy

TY Lu, CY Chiang, YJ Fan, PR Jheng… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Near-infrared (NIR)-light-modulated photothermal thrombolysis has been investigated to
overcome the hemorrhage danger posed by clinical clot-busting substances. A long …

Pathology of human plaque vulnerability: mechanisms and consequences of intraplaque haemorrhages

JB Michel, JL Martin-Ventura, A Nicoletti, B Ho-Tin-Noé - Atherosclerosis, 2014 - Elsevier
Atherothrombotic diseases are still major causes of inability and mortality and fighting
atherothrombosis remains a public health priority. The involvement of repeated intraplaque …