Transforming a highly toxic agent DM1 into injectable safe nanomedicines via prodrug self-assembly for the treatment of taxane-resistant cancer

J Huang, S Song, M Wang, H Wang - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Drug resistance is one of the major obstacles for successful chemotherapy of malignant
tumors including cervical cancer. To overcome this problem, a lot of efforts have been made …

New generation nanomedicines constructed from self-assembling small-molecule prodrugs alleviate cancer drug toxicity

H Wang, Z Lu, L Wang, T Guo, J Wu, J Wan, L Zhou… - Cancer research, 2017 - AACR
The therapeutic index for chemotherapeutic drugs is determined in part by systemic toxicity,
so strategies for dose intensification to improve efficacy must also address tolerability. In …

Revival of a potent therapeutic maytansinoid agent using a strategy that combines covalent drug conjugation with sequential nanoparticle assembly

K Xie, S Song, L Zhou, J Wan, Y Qiao, M Wang… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Maytansine and its related analogues are a class of highly potent anti-proliferation agents
that have failed to be exploited as clinical drugs for human therapy due to unacceptable …

Rational design of tumor-selective prodrug nanoassemblies: greatly improving the in vivo fate and tolerability of high-toxic cabazitaxel

J Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Huang, D Wang, S Zuo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cabazitaxel (CTX) exhibits stronger antineoplastic activity than paclitaxel and docetaxel
owing to its capacity to circumvent taxane resistance. However, the therapeutic index of CTX …

Tumor-triggered drug release with tumor-targeted accumulation and elevated drug retention to overcome multidrug resistance

WH Chen, GF Luo, WX Qiu, Q Lei, LH Liu… - Chemistry of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is one of the main causes of the failure in cancer chemotherapy.
To address this challenge, this work develops a tumor-triggered nanomedicine (HA-MSDOX …

A Smart Nano‐Prodrug Platform with Reactive Drug Loading, Superb Stability, and Fast Responsive Drug Release for Targeted Cancer Therapy

H Meng, Y Zou, P Zhong, F Meng… - Macromolecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nano‐prodrugs usually involve a multistep synthesis which largely compromises their
benefits. Here, a smart nano‐prodrug platform with reactive drug loading, superb stability …

“Watson–Crick G [triple bond, length as m-dash] C”-inspired supramolecular nanodrug of methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil for tumor microenvironment-activatable self …

M Chen, S Chen, F Zhu, F Wang, H Tian… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Carrier-free nanodrugs, generated via the straightforward small-molecule self-assembly of
anticancer drugs, provide a promising route for cancer chemotherapy. However, their low …

Nanodrug formed by coassembly of dual anticancer drugs to inhibit cancer cell drug resistance

Y Zhao, F Chen, Y Pan, Z Li, X Xue… - … applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Carrier-free pure nanodrugs (PNDs) that are composed entirely of pharmaceutically active
molecules are regarded as promising candidates to be the next generation of drug …

Supramolecularly self-assembled nano-twin drug for reversing multidrug resistance

C Wu, L Xu, L Shi, X Gao, J Li, X Zhu, C Zhang - Biomaterials science, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is one of the most important reasons for the failure of clinical
chemotherapy treatment of cancer patients. Although several strategies have been …

Reverting chemoresistance of targeted agents by a ultrasoluble dendritic nanocapsule

Q Hu, W Wu, M Wang, S Shao, P Jin, Q Chen… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
Malignancies treated by insoluble targeted agents show low dose exposure and therapeutic
responses, therefore easily develop drug resistance. Nanoparticle-modified drugs might …