Bioinspired polymer vesicles and membranes for biological and medical applications

CG Palivan, R Goers, A Najer, X Zhang, A Car… - Chemical society …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Biological membranes play an essential role in living organisms by providing stable and
functional compartments, preserving cell architecture, whilst supporting signalling and …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor microenvironment and intracellular signal-activated nanomaterials for anticancer drug delivery

R Mo, Z Gu - Materials Today, 2016 - Elsevier
Cancer-associated stimuli-responsive nanosystems have been increasingly considered for
the delivery of anticancer drugs, which primarily target the tumor microenvironment and/or …

Recent progress in functionalized and targeted polymersomes and chimeric polymeric nanotheranostic platforms for cancer therapy

M Beygi, F Oroojalian, SS Hosseini… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The majority of advances in cancer therapy have been achieved based on developments in
public awareness, as well as novel diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Treatment …

Glutathione responsive polymers and their application in drug delivery systems

JF Quinn, MR Whittaker, TP Davis - Polymer Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Materials which respond to biological cues are the subject of intense research interest due
to their possible application in smart drug delivery vehicles. In particular, novel polymers …

Self-assembled polymeric vesicles: Focus on polymersomes in cancer treatment

F Araste, A Aliabadi, K Abnous, SM Taghdisi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
The progress in advanced materials using nanoscale components can be conducted by an
innovative idea involving combining nanotechnology approaches with supramolecular …

Doxorubicin nanoformulations on therapy against cancer: An overview from the last 10 years

NA D'Angelo, MA Noronha, MCC Câmara… - Biomaterials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Doxorubicin (DOX) is a natural antibiotic with antineoplastic activity. It has been used for
over 40 years and remains one of the most used drugs in chemotherapy for a variety of …

Acquired and intrinsic gemcitabine resistance in pancreatic cancer therapy: environmental factors, molecular profile and drug/nanotherapeutic approaches

M Ashrafizadeh, K Luo, W Zhang, AR Aref… - Environmental research, 2024 - Elsevier
A high number of cancer patients around the world rely on gemcitabine (GEM) for
chemotherapy. During local metastasis of cancers, surgery is beneficial for therapy, but …

Polymersome-based drug-delivery strategies for cancer therapeutics

T Anajafi, S Mallik - Therapeutic delivery, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Polymersomes are stable vesicles prepared from amphiphilic polymers and are more stable
compared with liposomes. Although these nanovesicles have many attractive properties for …

Protein-gold clusters-capped mesoporous silica nanoparticles for high drug loading, autonomous gemcitabine/doxorubicin co-delivery, and in-vivo tumor imaging

JG Croissant, D Zhang, S Alsaiari, J Lu, L Deng… - Journal of Controlled …, 2016 - Elsevier
Functional nanocarriers capable of transporting high drug contents without premature
leakage and to controllably deliver several drugs are needed for better cancer treatments …

Folate receptor-targeted multimodal polymersomes for delivery of quantum dots and doxorubicin to breast adenocarcinoma: in vitro and in vivo evaluation

M Alibolandi, K Abnous, F Sadeghi… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, we report the design and delivery of tumor-targeted, quantum dot (QD) and
doxorubicin (DOX)-encapsulated PEG-PLGA nanopolymersomes (NPs) for the imaging and …