The blood–brain barrier: Structure, regulation and drug delivery

D Wu, Q Chen, X Chen, F Han, Z Chen… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a natural protective membrane that prevents central nervous
system (CNS) from toxins and pathogens in blood. However, the presence of BBB …

Lipid-based nanoparticles for drug/gene delivery: an overview of the production techniques and difficulties encountered in their industrial development

M Mehta, TA Bui, X Yang, Y Aksoy, EM Goldys… - ACS Materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, the therapeutic potential of nanomaterials as novel drug delivery
systems complementing conventional pharmacology has been widely acknowledged …

Rational design of biomaterials to potentiate cancer thermal therapy

Y Zhu, Q Li, C Wang, Y Hao, N Yang, M Chen… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cancer thermal therapy, also known as hyperthermia therapy, has long been exploited to
eradicate mass lesions that are now defined as cancer. With the development of …

Liposomes in cancer therapy: how did we start and where are we now

MD Fulton, W Najahi-Missaoui - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Since their first discovery in the 1960s by Alec Bangham, liposomes have been shown to be
effective drug delivery systems for treating various cancers. Several liposome-based …

Plant‐derived extracellular vesicles: Recent advancements and current challenges on their use for biomedical applications

MQ Lian, WH Chng, J Liang, HQ Yeo… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) represent a diverse class of lipid bilayer membrane vesicles
released by both animal and plant cells. These ubiquitous vesicles are involved in …

Nanotechnology-based mRNA vaccines

S Chen, X Huang, Y Xue, E Álvarez-Benedicto… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract mRNA vaccines have emerged as a revolutionary tool to generate rapid and
precise immune responses against infectious diseases and cancers. Compared with …

Nanomaterials in tumor immunotherapy: new strategies and challenges

X Zhu, S Li - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Tumor immunotherapy exerts its anti-tumor effects by stimulating and enhancing immune
responses of the body. It has become another important modality of anti-tumor therapy with …

[HTML][HTML] Bone microenvironment regulative hydrogels with ROS scavenging and prolonged oxygen-generating for enhancing bone repair

H Sun, J Xu, Y Wang, S Shen, X Xu, L Zhang, Q Jiang - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Large bone defects resulting from fractures and disease are a major clinical challenge,
being often unable to heal spontaneously by the body's repair mechanisms. Lines of …

Lipid-based nanoparticles in the clinic and clinical trials: from cancer nanomedicine to COVID-19 vaccines

TTH Thi, EJA Suys, JS Lee, DH Nguyen, KD Park… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 vaccines have been developed with unprecedented speed which would not have
been possible without decades of fundamental research on delivery nanotechnology. Lipid …

[HTML][HTML] Functionalized liposomes for targeted breast cancer drug delivery

J Nel, K Elkhoury, É Velot, A Bianchi, S Acherar… - Bioactive materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the exceptional progress in breast cancer pathogenesis, prognosis, diagnosis, and
treatment strategies, it remains a prominent cause of female mortality worldwide …