Polysaccharide-based tumor microenvironment-responsive drug delivery systems for cancer therapy

Q Wu, Y Hu, B Yu, H Hu, FJ Xu - Journal of Controlled Release, 2023 - Elsevier
The biochemical indicators of tumor microenvironment (TME) that are different from normal
tissues provide the possibility for constructing intelligent drug delivery systems (DDSs) …

Enzyme responsive drug delivery systems in cancer treatment

M Shahriari, M Zahiri, K Abnous, SM Taghdisi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent technological approaches in drug delivery have attracted scientist interest for
improving therapeutic index of medicines and drug compliance. One of the powerful …

Rational design of cancer nanomedicine for simultaneous stealth surface and enhanced cellular uptake

Q **, Y Deng, X Chen, J Ji - Acs Nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Owing to the complex and still not fully understood physiological environment, the
development of traditional nanosized drug delivery systems is very challenging for precision …

Multicellular tumor spheroids: a relevant 3D model for the in vitro preclinical investigation of polymer nanomedicines

G Lazzari, P Couvreur, S Mura - Polymer Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The application of nanotechnology to medicine, usually termed nanomedicine, has given a
crucial impulse to the design of various drug-loaded nanocarriers driven by the aim to …

Design of smart size‐, surface‐, and shape‐switching nanoparticles to improve therapeutic efficacy

X Li, EC Montague, A Pollinzi, A Lofts, T Hoare - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple biological barriers must be considered in the design of nanomedicines, including
prolonged blood circulation, efficient accumulation at the target site, effective penetration …

Click Chemistry for Biofunctional Polymers: From Observing to Steering Cell Behavior

K Ghosal, SK Bhattacharyya, V Mishra… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Click chemistry has become one of the most powerful construction tools in the field of
organic chemistry, materials science, and polymer science, as it offers hassle-free platforms …

[HTML][HTML] Polymeric nanocarriers: a promising tool for early diagnosis and efficient treatment of colorectal cancer

M Haider, KZ Zaki, MR El Hamshary, Z Hussain… - Journal of advanced …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most prevalent type of cancer for incidence
and second for mortality worldwide. Late diagnosis and inconvenient and expensive current …

Matrix metalloproteinase-responsive drug delivery systems

C Zhang, G Jiang, X Gao - Bioconjugate chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a class of endopeptidases that are dependent on zinc
and facilitate the degradation of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, thereby playing pivotal …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoplatforms for targeted stimuli-responsive drug delivery: a review of platform materials and stimuli-responsive release and targeting mechanisms

Y Sun, E Davis - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
To achieve the promise of stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems for the treatment of
cancer, they should (1) avoid premature clearance;(2) accumulate in tumors and undergo …

Construction of dually responsive nanotransformers with nanosphere–nanofiber–nanosphere transition for overcoming the size paradox of anticancer nanodrugs

HR Jia, YX Zhu, X Liu, GY Pan, G Gao, W Sun… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Tumor microenvironment (TME)-responsive nanosystems represent a category of intelligent
nanomaterials for precise anticancer drug delivery. Herein, we report a smart size …