Nanobuffering of pH-responsive polymers: a known but sometimes overlooked phenomenon and its biological applications

W Tao, J Wang, WJ Parak, OC Farokhzad, J Shi - ACS nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
With recent advances in polymer chemistry, materials science, and nanotechnology, pH-
responsive polymers have a significant impact in a number of diverse fields. Fundamental …

In situ synthesis of ultrathin ZIF-8 film-coated MSNs for codelivering Bcl 2 siRNA and doxorubicin to enhance chemotherapeutic efficacy in drug-resistant cancer cells

QS Pan, TT Chen, CP Nie, JT Yi, C Liu… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Multiple drug resistance is a persistent obstacle for efficient chemotherapy of cancer. Herein,
we report a novel drug delivery platform. A zeolitic imidazole framework-8 (ZIF-8) film with a …

Natural polyphenol inspired polycatechols for efficient siRNA delivery

W Shen, R Wang, Q Fan, X Gao, H Wang… - CCS …, 2020 - chinesechemsoc.org
There is a continuing quest to rationally fabricate polymeric biomaterials with both high
transfection efficiency and minimal toxicity for the emerging opportunities in small interfering …

Exploration of tumor penetrating peptide iRGD as a potential strategy to enhance tumor penetration of cancer nanotherapeutics

MA Saifi, G Sathish, MR Bazaz, C Godugu - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer therapy continues to be a huge challenge as most chemotherapeutic agents exert
serious adverse effects on healthy organs. Chemotherapeutic agents lack selective targeting …

Polymeric siRNA gene delivery–transfection efficiency versus cytotoxicity

A Kargaard, JPG Sluijter, B Klumperman - Journal of controlled release, 2019 - Elsevier
Within the field of gene therapy, there is a considerable need for the development of non-
viral vectors that are able to compete with the efficiency obtained by viral vectors, while …

Cancer nanomedicine: focus on recent developments and self-assembled peptide nanocarriers

F Raza, H Zafar, X You, A Khan, J Wu… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The applications of nanoparticulate drug delivery have received abundant interest in the
field of cancer diagnosis and treatment. By virtue of their unique features and design …

Unprotonatable and ROS‐Sensitive Nanocarrier for NIR Spatially Activated siRNA Therapy with Synergistic Drug Effect

S Deng, S Wang, Z Xiao, D Cheng - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapy has achieved great progress, unwanted
gene inhibition in normal tissues severely limits its extensive clinical applications due to …

GSH-activatable NIR nanoplatform with mitochondria targeting for enhancing tumor-specific therapy

G Yang, C Chen, Y Zhu, Z Liu, Y Xue… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Developing smart photosensitizers that are sensitive to tumor-specific signals for minimal
side effects and enhanced antitumor efficacy is a tremendous challenge for tumor …

Recent advances in siRNA delivery for cancer therapy using smart nanocarriers

P Zhang, K An, X Duan, H Xu, F Li, F Xu - Drug Discovery Today, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•siRNAs are effective and powerful gene tools in cancer therapy.•Smart
nanocarriers can tune the pharmacokinetics and therapy efficacy of siRNAs.•All-in-one …

Nucleic acid-based therapeutics for dermal wound healing

P Sharma, A Kumar, T Agarwal, AD Dey… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Non-healing wounds have long been the subject of scientific and clinical investigations.
Despite breakthroughs in understanding the biology of delayed wound healing, only limited …