In situ cellular hitchhiking of nanoparticles for drug delivery

E Udofa, Z Zhao - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the inception of the concept of “magic bullet”, nanoparticles have evolved to be one of
the most effective carriers in drug delivery. Nanoparticles improve the therapeutic efficacy of …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced hitchhiking nanomaterials for biomedical applications

Y Wang, SK Sun, Y Liu, Z Zhang - Theranostics, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hitchhiking, a recently developed bio-inspired cargo delivery system, has been harnessed
for diverse applications. By leveraging the interactions between nanoparticles and …

Albumin-hitchhiking: fostering the pharmacokinetics and anticancer therapeutics

P Famta, S Shah, N Jain, DA Srinivasarao… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanotherapeutics demonstrate poor accumulation in the tumor microenvironment due to
poor extravasation and penetration into the tumor. Therapeutics such as oligonucleotides …

Progress and challenges in the translation of cancer nanomedicines

F Tong, Y Wang, H Gao - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•The current status of nanomedicines and their clinical translation is summarized.•
Challenges to the clinical translation of nanomedicines are summarized.•Strategies and …

MRI Detection of Lymph Node Metastasis through Molecular Targeting of C–C Chemokine Receptor Type 2 and Monocyte Hitchhiking

N Trac, Z Chen, H Oh, L Jones, Y Huang, J Giblin… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biopsy is the clinical standard for diagnosing lymph node (LN) metastasis, but it is invasive
and poses significant risk to patient health. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been …

[HTML][HTML] Macrophage-related therapeutic strategies: regulation of phenotypic switching and construction of drug delivery systems

X Wang, Y Li, X Pu, G Liu, H Qin, W Wan, Y Wang… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Macrophages, as highly phenotypic plastic immune cells, play diverse roles in different
pathological conditions. Changing and controlling the phenotypes of macrophages is …

Nanomedicine Disrupts Stromal Barriers to Augment Drug Penetration for Improved Cancer Therapy

GF Luo, WH Chen, XZ Zhang - Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Comprehensive Summary Tumor stroma composing diverse extracellular matrixes (ECM)
and stromal cells shapes a condensed physical barrier, which severely hampers the efficient …

Bio-inspired drug delivery systems: A new attempt from bioinspiration to biomedical applications

L Ming, H Wu, Q Fan, Z Dong, J Huang, Z Xiao… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Natural organisms have evolved sophisticated and multiscale hierarchical structures over
time to enable survival. Currently, bionic design is revolutionizing drug delivery systems …

Neutrophil hitchhiking: Riding the drug delivery wave to treat diseases

M Wang, Z Jin, H Huang, X Cheng… - Drug Development …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Neutrophils are a crucial component of the innate immune system and play a pivotal role in
various physiological processes. From a physical perspective, hitchhiking is considered a …

“Nano effects”: a review on nanoparticle-induced multifarious systemic effects on cancer theranostic applications

G Ravichandran, DN Yadav, S Murugappan… - Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The advent of nanotechnology has broadened the scope of technological advances in both
medical and industrial applications. Nanotechnology has paved the way for cancer …