[HTML][HTML] Nano-based drug delivery systems: Conventional drug delivery routes, recent developments and future prospects

A Sultana, M Zare, V Thomas, TSS Kumar… - Medicine in Drug …, 2022 - Elsevier
Drug delivery can be defined as the group of approaches a drug or pharmacologically active
agent can be transported to the target cell to treat disease or health issue. Conventional …

Molecular interactions in organic nanoparticles for phototheranostic applications

KK Ng, G Zheng - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Optical and photonic technologies play an important role in human progress. The bending of
light to our will has not only enabled our biological self-discovery, but has also allowed us to …

Nanoparticles and targeted drug delivery in cancer therapy

B Bahrami, M Hojjat-Farsangi, H Mohammadi… - Immunology letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and hormone therapy are the main common anti-
tumor therapeutic approaches. However, the non-specific targeting of cancer cells has made …

EGFR targeting for cancer therapy: Pharmacology and immunoconjugates with drugs and nanoparticles

E da Silva Santos, KAB Nogueira… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) belongs to the tyrosine kinase receptors family
and is present in the epithelial cell membrane. Its endogenous activation occurs through the …

Design of virus-based nanomaterials for medicine, biotechnology, and energy

AM Wen, NF Steinmetz - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This review provides an overview of recent developments in “chemical virology.” Viruses, as
materials, provide unique nanoscale scaffolds that have relevance in chemical biology and …

Virus-based nanoparticles as versatile nanomachines

KJ Koudelka, AS Pitek, M Manchester… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Nanoscale engineering is revolutionizing the way we prevent, detect, and treat diseases.
Viruses have played a special role in these developments because they can function as …

Potato virus X, a filamentous plant viral nanoparticle for doxorubicin delivery in cancer therapy

DHT Le, KL Lee, S Shukla, U Commandeur… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Plant viral nanoparticles (VNPs) are a novel class of nanocarriers with implications for drug
delivery in cancer therapy. VNPs are characterized by their highly symmetrical nanoscale …

Synthetic plant virology for nanobiotechnology and nanomedicine

JFC Steele, H Peyret, K Saunders… - Wiley …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nanotechnology is a rapidly expanding field seeking to utilize nano‐scale structures for a
wide range of applications. Biologically derived nanostructures, such as viruses and virus …

Plant virus-based materials for biomedical applications: Trends and prospects

S Eiben, C Koch, K Altintoprak, A Southan… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials composed of plant viral components are finding their way into medical
technology and health care, as they offer singular properties. Precisely shaped, tailored …

The pharmacology of plant virus nanoparticles

CI Nkanga, NF Steinmetz - Virology, 2021 - Elsevier
The application of nanoparticles for medical purposes has made enormous strides in
providing new solutions to health problems. The observation that plant virus-based …