A framework for designing delivery systems

W Poon, BR Kingston, B Ouyang, W Ngo… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The delivery of medical agents to a specific diseased tissue or cell is critical for diagnosing
and treating patients. Nanomaterials are promising vehicles to transport agents that include …

Nanoparticle toxicology

W Yang, L Wang, EM Mettenbrink… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Nanoparticles from natural and anthropogenic sources are abundant in the environment,
thus human exposure to nanoparticles is inevitable. Due to this constant exposure, it is …

Why nanoparticles prefer liver macrophage cell uptake in vivo

W Ngo, S Ahmed, C Blackadar, B Bussin, Q Ji… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective delivery of therapeutic and diagnostic nanoparticles is dependent on their ability to
accumulate in diseased tissues. However, most nanoparticles end up in liver macrophages …

Specific endothelial cells govern nanoparticle entry into solid tumors

BR Kingston, ZP Lin, B Ouyang, P MacMillan, J Ngai… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The successful delivery of nanoparticles to solid tumors depends on their ability to pass
through blood vessels and into the tumor microenvironment. Here, we discovered a subset …

Macrophages actively transport nanoparticles in tumors after extravasation

ZP Lin, LNM Nguyen, B Ouyang, P MacMillan, J Ngai… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticles need to navigate a complex microenvironment to target cells in solid tumors
after extravasation. Diffusion is currently the accepted primary mechanism for nanoparticle …

Bioimaging with upconversion nanoparticles

EM Mettenbrink, W Yang… - Advanced photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bioimaging enables the spatiotemporal visualization of biological processes at various
scales empowered by a range of different imaging modalities and contrast agents …

Strategies for delivering nanoparticles across tumor blood vessels

V Sheth, L Wang, R Bhattacharya… - Advanced functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoparticle transport across tumor blood vessels is a key step in nanoparticle delivery to
solid tumors. However, the specific pathways and mechanisms of this nanoparticle delivery …

Nanoparticle surface engineering with heparosan polysaccharide reduces serum protein adsorption and enhances cellular uptake

W Yang, L Wang, M Fang, V Sheth, Y Zhang… - Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticle modification with poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) is a widely used surface
engineering strategy in nanomedicine. However, since the artificial PEG polymer may …

3D microfluidic platform and tumor vascular map** for evaluating anti-angiogenic RNAi-based nanomedicine

S Lee, S Kim, DJ Koo, J Yu, H Cho, H Lee, JM Song… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Three-dimensional (3D) visualization of tumor vasculature is a key factor in accurate
evaluation of RNA interference (RNAi)-based antiangiogenic nanomedicine, a promising …

Exploring and analyzing the systemic delivery barriers for nanoparticles

L Wang, S Quine, AN Frickenstein… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Most nanomedicines require efficient in vivo delivery to elicit meaningful diagnostic and
therapeutic effects. However, en route to their intended tissues, systemically administered …