Polymeric nanoparticles for drug delivery

MA Beach, U Nayanathara, Y Gao, C Zhang… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The recent emergence of nanomedicine has revolutionized the therapeutic landscape and
necessitated the creation of more sophisticated drug delivery systems. Polymeric …

Targeting drugs to tumours using cell membrane-coated nanoparticles

RH Fang, W Gao, L Zhang - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2023 - nature.com
Traditional cancer therapeutics, such as chemotherapies, are often limited by their non-
specific nature, causing harm to non-malignant tissues. Over the past several decades …

Immunogenic cell death activates the tumor immune microenvironment to boost the immunotherapy efficiency

Z Li, X Lai, S Fu, L Ren, H Cai, H Zhang, Z Gu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor immunotherapy is only effective in a fraction of patients due to a low response rate
and severe side effects, and these challenges of immunotherapy in clinics can be addressed …

Biomaterials tools to modulate the tumour microenvironment in immunotherapy

Y Chao, Z Liu - Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer immunotherapies, such as immune checkpoint blockade and chimeric antigen
receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, have transformed clinical oncology. However, limited patient …

Ultrasound-based micro-/nanosystems for biomedical applications

H Huang, Y Zheng, M Chang, J Song, L **a… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Due to the intrinsic non-invasive nature, cost-effectiveness, high safety, and real-time
capabilities, besides diagnostic imaging, ultrasound as a typical mechanical wave has been …

Overcoming barriers in photodynamic therapy harnessing nano-formulation strategies

J **e, Y Wang, W Choi, P Jangili, Y Ge, Y Xu… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been extensively investigated for decades for tumor
treatment because of its non-invasiveness, spatiotemporal selectivity, lower side-effects, and …

Reversing insufficient photothermal therapy-induced tumor relapse and metastasis by regulating cancer-associated fibroblasts

X Li, T Yong, Z Wei, N Bie, X Zhang, G Zhan, J Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Insufficient tumor accumulation and distribution of photosensitizers as well as low antitumor
immunity severely restrict the therapeutic efficacy of photothermal therapy (PTT). Cancer …

Macrophage cell membrane-based nanoparticles: a new promising biomimetic platform for targeted delivery and treatment

Y Wu, S Wan, S Yang, H Hu, C Zhang, J Lai… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Synthetic nanoparticles with surface bioconjugation are promising platforms for targeted
therapy, but their simple biological functionalization is still a challenging task against the …

Immune cell membrane‐coated biomimetic nanoparticles for targeted cancer therapy

F Oroojalian, M Beygi, B Baradaran, A Mokhtarzadeh… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanotechnology has provided great opportunities for managing neoplastic conditions at
various levels, from preventive and diagnostic to therapeutic fields. However, when it comes …

Cancer-derived exosomes: their role in cancer biology and biomarker development

VC Kok, CC Yu - International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Exosomes are a subset of tiny extracellular vesicles manufactured by all cells and are
present in all body fluids. They are produced actively in tumor cells, which are released and …