PEG-PCL-based nanomedicines: A biodegradable drug delivery system and its application

P Grossen, D Witzigmann, S Sieber… - Journal of Controlled …, 2017 - Elsevier
The lack of efficient therapeutic options for many severe disorders including cancer spurs
demand for improved drug delivery technologies. Nanoscale drug delivery systems based …

The development of functional non-viral vectors for gene delivery

S Patil, YG Gao, X Lin, Y Li, K Dang, Y Tian… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Gene therapy is manipulation in/of gene expression in specific cells/tissue to treat diseases.
This manipulation is carried out by introducing exogenous nucleic acids, such as DNA or …

Advanced strategies for overcoming endosomal/lysosomal barrier in nanodrug delivery

C Qiu, F **a, J Zhang, Q Shi, Y Meng, C Wang, H Pang… - Research, 2023 - spj.science.org
Nanocarriers have therapeutic potential to facilitate drug delivery, including biological
agents, small-molecule drugs, and nucleic acids. However, their efficiency is limited by …

Engineering functional inorganic–organic hybrid systems: advances in siRNA therapeutics

J Shen, W Zhang, R Qi, ZW Mao, H Shen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer treatment still faces a lot of obstacles such as tumor heterogeneity, drug resistance
and systemic toxicities. Beyond the traditional treatment modalities, exploitation of RNA …

Multifunctional polymeric micelle-based nucleic acid delivery: Current advances and future perspectives

I Jarak, M Pereira-Silva, AC Santos, F Veiga… - Applied Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nucleic acid (NA) therapeutics are a rapidly growing class of biomedicines with the ability to
manipulate gene expression in potent and specific manner, and with the enormous potential …

Critical determinants of uptake and translocation of nanoparticles by the human pulmonary alveolar epithelium

AJ Thorley, P Ruenraroengsak, TE Potter, TD Tetley - Acs Nano, 2014 - ACS Publications
The ability to manipulate the size and surface properties of nanomaterials makes them a
promising vector for improving drug delivery and efficacy. Inhalation is a desirable route of …

Clinical translational barriers against nanoparticle-based imaging agents

R **, X Fu, Y Pu, S Fu, H Liang, L Yang, Y Nie… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoparticle based imaging agents (NIAs) have been intensively explored in bench studies.
Unfortunately, only a few cases have made their ways to clinical translation. In this review …

Intracellular FRET-based probes: a review

CE Rowland, CW Brown, IL Medintz… - … and applications in …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Probes that exploit Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) in their feedback mechanism
are touted for their sensitivity, robustness, and low background, and thanks to the …

Micelle-like nanoparticles as carriers for DNA and siRNA

G Navarro, J Pan, VP Torchilin - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2015 - ACS Publications
Gene therapy represents a potential efficient approach of disease prevention and therapy.
However, due to their poor in vivo stability, gene molecules need to be associated with …

Quercetin loading CdSe/ZnS nanoparticles as efficient antibacterial and anticancer materials

X Yang, W Zhang, Z Zhao, N Li, Z Mou, D Sun… - Journal of inorganic …, 2017 - Elsevier
Quercetin (Qe) plays an important role in inflammation, antibacterial, anticancer, and aging.
However, Qe has extremely low water solubility, which is a major challenge in drug …