Engineering nanomedicine for glutathione depletion-augmented cancer therapy

Y **ong, C **ao, Z Li, X Yang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Glutathione (GSH), the main redox buffer, has long been recognized as a pivotal modulator
of tumor initiation, progression and metastasis. It is also implicated in the resistance of …

Recent progress of supramolecular chemotherapy based on host–guest interactions

M Yan, S Wu, Y Wang, M Liang, M Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Chemotherapy is widely recognized as an effective approach for treating cancer due to its
ability to eliminate cancer cells using chemotherapeutic drugs. However, traditional …

Nanotechnology for COVID-19: therapeutics and vaccine research

G Chauhan, MJ Madou, S Kalra, V Chopra, D Ghosh… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The current global health threat by the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) requires
an urgent deployment of advanced therapeutic options available. The role of …

Emerging strategies in stimuli-responsive prodrug nanosystems for cancer therapy

C Ding, C Chen, X Zeng, H Chen, Y Zhao - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Prodrugs are chemically modified drug molecules that are inactive before administration.
After administration, they are converted in situ to parent drugs and induce the mechanism of …

[HTML][HTML] Overcoming Cancer Multi-drug Resistance (MDR): Reasons, mechanisms, nanotherapeutic solutions, and challenges

C Duan, M Yu, J Xu, BY Li, Y Zhao… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Multi-drug resistance (MDR) in cancer cells, either intrinsic or acquired through various
mechanisms, significantly hinders the therapeutic efficacy of drugs. Typically, the reduced …

Applications and challenges of ultra-small particle size nanoparticles in tumor therapy

J Xu, M Song, Z Fang, L Zheng, X Huang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the development of nanotechnology, nanomedicines are widely used in tumor therapy.
However, biological barriers in the delivery of nanoparticles still limit their application in …

Small‐molecule prodrug nanoassemblies: an emerging nanoplatform for anticancer drug delivery

G Li, B Sun, Y Li, C Luo, Z He, J Sun - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The antitumor efficiency and clinical translation of traditional nanomedicines is mainly
restricted by low drug loading, complex preparation technology, and potential toxicity …

Antimicrobial hybrid amphiphile via dynamic covalent bonds enables bacterial biofilm dispersal and bacteria eradication

Y Zhan, X Hu, Y Li, Y Wang, H Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To tackle the problems caused by bacterial biofilms, herein, this study reports an
antimicrobial hybrid amphiphile (aHA) via dynamic covalent bonds for eradicating …

Development of high‐drug‐loading nanoparticles

Y Liu, G Yang, S **, L Xu, CX Zhao - ChemPlusChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Formulating drugs into nanoparticles offers many attractive advantages over free drugs
including improved bioavailability, minimized toxic side effects, enhanced drug delivery …

Advances and perspectives in carrier-free nanodrugs for cancer chemo-monotherapy and combination therapy

L Huang, S Zhao, F Fang, T Xu, M Lan, J Zhang - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanocarrier-based drug delivery systems hold impressive promise for biomedical
application because of their excellent water dispersibility, prolonged blood circulation time …