Amphiphilic polysaccharides as building blocks for self-assembled nanosystems: molecular design and application in cancer and inflammatory diseases

X Yang, X Shi, R D'arcy, N Tirelli, G Zhai - Journal of Controlled Release, 2018 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides (PSs) have been extensively studied in healthcare applications; here, we
focus our attention on their use as components of nanomaterials in the management of …

Current advanced drug delivery systems: Challenges and potentialities

A Al Ragib, R Chakma, K Dewan, T Islam… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Physical and chemical difference between healthy and microenvironment of diseased
tissues offers smart design of stimuli triggered drug particles. The development of innovative …

Preparation of astaxanthin-loaded DNA/chitosan nanoparticles for improved cellular uptake and antioxidation capability

Q Wang, Y Zhao, L Guan, Y Zhang, Q Dang, P Dong… - Food chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
DNA/chitosan co-assemblies were initially used as nanocarriers for efficient astaxanthin
encapsulation and delivery. The obtained astaxanthin-loaded DNA/chitosan (ADC) colloidal …

Chitosan‐based self‐assembled nanomaterials: Their application in drug delivery

Y Liu, M Sun, T Wang, X Chen, H Wang - View, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoparticles have long been one of the most popular delivery systems for enhancing the
stability of therapeutic agents, providing targeted drug transportation, sustaining drug …

Thermoresponsive nanodevices in biomedical applications

J Bergueiro, M Calderón - Macromolecular bioscience, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In the last couple of decades several drug carriers have been tailored on the nanometric
scale by taking advantage of new stimuli responsive materials. Thermoresponsive polymers …

Thermo/photo dual-crosslinking chitosan-gelatin methacrylate hydrogel with controlled shrinking property for contraction fabrication

X Luo, Y Liu, J Pang, S Bi, Z Zhou, Z Lu, C Feng… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Stimuli-responsive gel volume variation is reversible and has shown promising applications,
which may be potential for contraction or expansion fabrication, generating shrinking or …

Temperature responsive self-assembled hydroxybutyl chitosan nanohydrogel based on homogeneous reaction for smart window

S Bi, C Feng, M Wang, M Kong, Y Liu, X Cheng… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chitosan (CS) based self-assembled nanohydrogels are considered as promising platform
for biomedicine, petrochemical, agricultural and food applications due to their unique …

[HTML][HTML] Stimuli-responsive chitosan-based nanocarriers for drug delivery in wound dressing applications: A review

SM Naghib, S Amiri, MR Mozafari - Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wound care poses a significant global challenge, imposing substantial financial strain on
governments across the globe. The exploration of wound dressings (WDs) with the potential …

Glucose-conjugated chitosan nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery and their specific interaction with tumor cells

J Li, FK Ma, QF Dang, XG Liang, XG Chen - Frontiers of Materials Science, 2014 - Springer
A novel targeted drug delivery system, glucose-conjugated chitosan nanoparticles (GCNPs),
was developed for specific recognition and interaction with glucose transporters (Gluts) over …

Self-assembling polymer systems for advanced treatment of cancer and inflammation

R Palao-Suay, LG Gómez-Mascaraque… - Progress in Polymer …, 2016 - Elsevier
Self-assembled nanoparticles have reached a growing interest for the improvement of
cancer diseases and associated inflammation processes. This article describes the most …