Nanogels: Synthesis, properties, and recent biomedical applications

QY Duan, YX Zhu, HR Jia, SH Wang, FG Wu - Progress in Materials …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Nanogels, also termed hydrogel nanoparticles, have the properties and functions of both
nanomaterials and hydrogels. Till date, a considerable number of nanogels have been …

(Nano) platforms in bladder cancer therapy: Challenges and opportunities

M Ashrafizadeh, A Zarrabi… - Bioengineering & …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Urological cancers are among the most common malignancies around the world. In
particular, bladder cancer severely threatens human health due to its aggressive and …

Self-adaptive nanomaterials for rational drug delivery in cancer therapy

G Yang, Y Liu, J Chen, J Ding… - Accounts of Materials …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Conspectus Cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled growth and division of
abnormal cells, which could be effectively suppressed by various therapeutic agents in …

Ring opening polymerization of α-amino acids: advances in synthesis, architecture and applications of polypeptides and their hybrids

AR Mazo, S Allison-Logan, F Karimi… - Chemical society …, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Polypeptides have attracted considerable attention in recent decades due to their inherent
biodegradability and tunable cytocompatibility. Macromolecular design in conjunction with …

Stimuli‐responsive nanotherapeutics for precision drug delivery and cancer therapy

Y Qiao, J Wan, L Zhou, W Ma, Y Yang… - Wiley …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Cancer remains one of the world's leading causes of death. However, most conventional
chemotherapeutic drugs only show a narrow therapeutic window in patients because of their …

Synthetic polypeptides: from polymer design to supramolecular assembly and biomedical application

Z Song, Z Han, S Lv, C Chen, L Chen, L Yin… - Chemical Society …, 2017‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic polypeptides from the ring-opening polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides
(NCAs) are one of the most important biomaterials. The unique features of these synthetic …

pH-Sensitive nanogels for drug delivery in cancer therapy

Z Li, J Huang, J Wu - Biomaterials Science, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
As a commonly used treatment method for cancer, chemotherapy is greatly limited by the
side effects of chemotherapy drugs and the multiple drug resistance that develops …

Advances in phytochemical delivery systems for improved anticancer activity

R Lagoa, J Silva, JR Rodrigues, A Bishayee - Biotechnology advances, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Natural compounds have significant anticancer pharmacological activities, but often suffer
from low bioavailability and selectivity that limit therapeutic use. The present work critically …

Nanogels as target drug delivery systems in cancer therapy: A review of the last decade

AA Attama, PO Nnamani, OB Onokala… - Frontiers in …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Cancer is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, irrespective of the level
of human development. Globally, it was estimated that there were 19.3 million new cases of …

Clinical therapies and nano drug delivery systems for urinary bladder cancer

P Jain, H Kathuria, M Momin - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Bladder cancer is the 10 th most commonly occurring malignancy worldwide with a 75% of 5-
year survival rate, while it ranks 13 th among the deaths occurring due to cancer. The …