Strategies for improving the payload of small molecular drugs in polymeric micelles

Y Zhang, T Ren, J Gou, L Zhang, X Tao, B Tian… - Journal of Controlled …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
In the past few years, substantial efforts have been made in the design and preparation of
polymeric micelles as novel drug delivery vehicles. Typically, polymeric micelles possess a …

How successful is nuclear targeting by nanocarriers?

SN Tammam, HME Azzazy, A Lamprecht - Journal of Controlled Release, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The nucleus is ultimately the final target for many therapeutics treating various disorders
including cancers, heart dysfunction and brain disorders. Owing to their specialized cell …

Disrupting G6PD-mediated Redox homeostasis enhances chemosensitivity in colorectal cancer

HQ Ju, YX Lu, QN Wu, J Liu, ZL Zeng, HY Mo, Y Chen… - Oncogene, 2017‏ - nature.com
Abstract Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is a key enzyme that generates
NADPH to maintain reduced glutathione (GSH), which scavenges reactive oxygen species …

Drug and gene co-delivery systems for cancer treatment

Z Yang, D Gao, Z Cao, C Zhang, D Cheng, J Liu… - Biomaterials …, 2015‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer remains a major killer and a leading cause of death in the world; thus, a growing
number of new treatments have been focused on cancer therapy over the past few decades …

Recent advances in the synthesis of biodegradable polyesters by sustainable polymerization: lipase-catalyzed polymerization

Y Liu, L Song, N Feng, W Jiang, Y **, X Li - RSC advances, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past three decades, enzymatic polymerization has dramatically developed and
gradually broadened as a creative methodology in the construction of polymeric materials …

Ultrasound-triggered phase-transition cationic nanodroplets for enhanced gene delivery

D Gao, M Xu, Z Cao, J Gao, Y Chen, Y Li… - … Applied Materials & …, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
Ultrasound as an external stimulus for enhanced gene transfection represents a safe,
noninvasive, cost-effective delivery strategy for gene therapy. Herein, we have developed an …

A copper-mediated disulfiram-loaded pH-triggered PEG-shedding TAT peptide-modified lipid nanocapsules for use in tumor therapy

L Zhang, B Tian, Y Li, T Lei, J Meng… - … applied materials & …, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
Disulfiram, which exhibits marked tumor inhibition mediated by copper, was encapsulated in
lipid nanocapsules modified with TAT peptide (TATp) and pH-triggered sheddable PEG to …

Dual-targeting hybrid nanoparticles for the delivery of SN38 to Her2 and CD44 overexpressed human gastric cancer

Z Yang, H Luo, Z Cao, Y Chen, J Gao, Y Li, Q Jiang… - Nanoscale, 2016‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Gastric cancer (GC), particularly of the type with high expression of both human epidermal
growth factor receptor 2 (Her2) and cluster determinant 44 (CD44), is one of the most …

Enzymatic PEG-Poly(amine-co-disulfide ester) Nanoparticles as pH- and Redox-Responsive Drug Nanocarriers for Efficient Antitumor Treatment

Y Chen, M Su, Y Li, J Gao, C Zhang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
We have designed and constructed novel multifunctional nanoparticle drug-delivery systems
that are stable under physiological conditions and responsive to tumor-relevant pH and …

Non-viral vectors based on cationic niosomes as efficient gene delivery vehicles to central nervous system cells into the brain

M Mashal, N Attia, C Soto-Sánchez… - International journal of …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Development of safe and efficient non-viral vectors to deliver DNA into the CNS
represents a huge challenge to face many neurological disorders. We elaborated niosomes …