Nanocarrier for poorly water-soluble anticancer drugs—barriers of translation and solutions

M Narvekar, HY Xue, JY Eoh, HL Wong - Aaps Pharmscitech, 2014 - Springer
Many existing chemotherapeutic drugs, repurposed drugs and newly developed small-
molecule anticancer compounds have high lipophilicity and low water-solubility. Currently …

Poly (ethylene glycol)–polylactide micelles for cancer therapy

J Wang, S Li, Y Han, J Guan, S Chung… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
For the treatment of malignancy, many therapeutic agents, including small molecules,
photosensitizers, immunomodulators, proteins and genes, and so forth, have been loaded …

Nanocarriers for anticancer drugs-new trends in nanomedicine

J Drbohlavova, J Chomoucka, V Adam… - Current drug …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
This review provides a brief overview of the variety of carriers employed for targeted drug
delivery used in cancer therapy and summarizes advantages and disadvantages of each …

How nanotechnology can enhance docetaxel therapy

L Zhang, N Zhang - International journal of nanomedicine, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Docetaxel has been recognized as one of the most efficient anticancer drugs over the past
decade; however, its poor water solubility and systemic toxicity have greatly limited its …

Drug delivery system targeting advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: Current and future

X Zhang, HLH Ng, A Lu, C Lin, L Zhou, G Lin… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has a fairly high morbidity and is notoriously difficult to treat
due to long latent period before detection, multidrug resistance and severe drug-related …

Codelivery of VEGF siRNA and gemcitabine monophosphate in a single nanoparticle formulation for effective treatment of NSCLC

Y Zhang, NMJ Schwerbrock, AB Rogers, WY Kim… - Molecular Therapy, 2013 - cell.com
There is an urgent need for new therapeutics for the treatment of aggressive and metastatic
refractory human non-small–cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Antiangiogenesis therapy and …

Peptide-directed hierarchical mineralized silver nanocages for anti-tumor photothermal therapy

K Bian, X Zhang, K Liu, T Yin, H Liu, K Niu… - ACS Sustainable …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The size and morphology of metals determine their plasmon resonances. How to elegantly
tune their architectures to obtain optical properties as required (eg, strong absorption in the …

The development of site-specific drug delivery nanocarriers based on receptor mediation

X Wang, S Li, Y Shi, X Chuan, J Li, T Zhong… - Journal of controlled …, 2014 - Elsevier
Since they were first reported in 1980, site-specific drug delivery nanocarriers have
progressed greatly with the development of nanotechnology and biotechnology, especially …

Combinational delivery of c-myc siRNA and nucleoside analogs in a single, synthetic nanocarrier for targeted cancer therapy

Y Zhang, L Peng, RJ Mumper, L Huang - Biomaterials, 2013 - Elsevier
The treatment of aggressive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) depends on the creation of
new therapeutic regimens in clinical settings. In this study, we developed a Lipid/Calcium …

Systemic delivery of gemcitabine triphosphate via LCP nanoparticles for NSCLC and pancreatic cancer therapy

Y Zhang, WY Kim, L Huang - Biomaterials, 2013 - Elsevier
Nucleoside analogs are a significant class of anti-cancer agent. As prodrugs, they terminate
the DNA synthesis upon transforming to their active triphosphate metabolites. We have …