Nano-, micro-, and macroscale drug delivery systems for cancer immunotherapy

P Huang, X Wang, X Liang, J Yang, C Zhang, D Kong… - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy is moving to the frontier of cancer treatment. Drug delivery systems (DDSs)
have greatly advanced the development of cancer immunotherapeutic regimen and …

Nanoparticle-based phototriggered cancer immunotherapy and its domino effect in the tumor microenvironment

SK Rajendrakumar, S Uthaman, CS Cho… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Immune system evasion by cancer cells is one of the hallmarks of cancers, and it occurs with
the support of tumor-associated immune cells (TICs) in the tumor microenvironment that …

Nanoparticle-mediated synergistic chemoimmunotherapy for tailoring cancer therapy: recent advances and perspectives

R Bagherifar, SH Kiaie, Z Hatami, A Ahmadi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Nowadays, a potent challenge in cancer treatment is considered the lack of efficacious
strategy, which has not been able to significantly reduce mortality. Chemoimmunotherapy …

Antitumor therapy for breast cancer: Focus on tumor‐associated macrophages and nanosized drug delivery systems

C Zhan, Y **, X Xu, J Shao, C ** - Cancer medicine, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background In breast cancer (BC), tumor‐associated macrophages (TAMs) are an important
component of the tumor microenvironment and are closely related to poor prognosis. A …

Environmental toxicity and biodegradation of chitosan derivatives: a comprehensive review

I Koumentakou, A Meretoudi, C Emmanouil… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The rising demand for chitosan is propelled by its diverse functional properties, including
biocompatibility, biodegradability, antimicrobial activity, and non-toxic nature. Its widespread …

Breast Cancer Treatment Strategies Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment: How to Convert “Cold” Tumors to “Hot” Tumors

L Yang, Q Hu, T Huang - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer characterized as “cold tumors” exhibit low levels of immune cell infiltration,
which limits the efficacy of conventional immunotherapy. Recent studies have focused on …

Click biotinylation of PLGA template for biotin receptor oriented delivery of doxorubicin hydrochloride in 4T1 cell-induced breast cancer

Y Singh, KK Durga Rao Viswanadham… - Molecular …, 2017 - ACS Publications
PLGA was functionalized with PEG and biotin using click chemistry to generate a biotin
receptor targeted copolymer (biotinylated–PEG-PLGA) which in turn was used to fabricate …

Breaking the niche: multidimensional nanotherapeutics for tumor microenvironment modulation

KL Swetha, KS Maravajjala, SD Li, MS Singh… - Drug Delivery and …, 2023 - Springer
Most of the current antitumor therapeutics were developed targeting the cancer cells only.
Unfortunately, in the majority of tumors, this single-dimensional therapy is found to be …

Modulating repolarization of tumor-associated macrophages with targeted therapeutic nanoparticles as a potential strategy for cancer therapy

X Lin, Y Fang, X **, M Zhang, K Shi - ACS applied bio materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
There are always some components in the tumor microenvironment (TME), such as tumor-
associated macrophages (TAMs), that help tumor cells escape the body's immune …

[HTML][HTML] Nanomodulation and nanotherapeutics of tumor-microenvironment

R Dubey, SS Garg, J Gupta - OpenNano, 2022 - Elsevier
The kind of environment that is present around the tumor is called the tumor
microenvironment (TME). Various factors responsible for develo** the TME are hypoxia …