PT Wong, SK Choi - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Targeted drug delivery refers to an established therapeutic strategy that develops platforms and nanoscale devices for selective delivery of small drug molecules and therapeutic genes …
Q Yao, L Kou, Y Tu, L Zhu - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2018 - cell.com
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are major extracellular enzymes involved in cancer initiation, progression, and metastasis. MMPs are widely used as cancer biomarkers and …
In this review we put the spotlight on crosslinked polymer nanogels, a promising platform that has the characteristics of an “ideal” drug delivery vehicle. Some of the key aspects of …
C Fernandes, D Suares, MC Yergeri - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Recent developments in nanotechnology have brought new approaches to cancer diagnosis and therapy. While enhanced permeability and retention effect promotes nano …
E Gullotti, Y Yeo - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2009 - ACS Publications
One of the main goals of nanomedicine is to develop a nanocarrier that can selectively deliver anticancer drugs to the targeted tumors. Extensive efforts have resulted in several …
Polysaccharides contain different functional groups (such as hydroxyl, amino, carboxylic acid, aldehydes) that make them ideal for conjugation. They are biodegradable …
Purpose Methotrexate (MTX) is one of the most widely studied and effective therapeutics agents available to treat many solid tumors, hematologic malignancies, and autoimmune …
XX Zhang, HS Eden, X Chen - Journal of controlled release, 2012 - Elsevier
Peptides are attracting increasing attention as therapeutic agents, as the technologies for peptide development and manufacture continue to mature. Concurrently, with booming …
In this extensive review, we elucidate the importance of proteases and their role in drug development in various diseases with an emphasis on cancer. First, key proteases are …