Biopolymers for antitumor implantable drug delivery systems: recent advances and future outlook

S Talebian, J Foroughi, SJ Wade, KL Vine… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In spite of remarkable improvements in cancer treatments and survivorship, cancer still
remains as one of the major causes of death worldwide. Although current standards of care …

Pluronic F-68 and F-127 based nanomedicines for advancing combination cancer therapy

NU Khaliq, J Lee, S Kim, D Sung, H Kim - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pluronics are amphiphilic triblock copolymers composed of two hydrophilic poly (ethylene
oxide)(PEO) chains linked via a central hydrophobic polypropylene oxide (PPO). Owing to …

Amphiphilic block copolymers in drug delivery: Advances in formulation structure and performance

AM Bodratti, P Alexandridis - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Nanostructured delivery vehicles can address key challenges facing drug
delivery, including the lipophilic nature of therapeutic compounds and their effective …

Transition-Metal-Based Nanozymes: Synthesis, Mechanisms of Therapeutic Action, and Applications in Cancer Treatment

Q Fu, C Wei, M Wang - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cancer, as one of the leading causes of death worldwide, drives the advancement of cutting-
edge technologies for cancer treatment. Transition-metal-based nanozymes emerge as …

Research progress in the application of in situ hydrogel system in tumor treatment

W Wei, H Li, C Yin, F Tang - Drug Delivery, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The in situ hydrogel drug delivery system is a hot research topic in recent years. Combining
both properties of hydrogel and solution, in situ hydrogels can provide many advantages for …

Developing protein-based nanoparticles as versatile delivery systems for cancer therapy and imaging

F Sandra, NU Khaliq, A Sunna, A Care - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
In recent years, it has become apparent that cancer nanomedicine's reliance on synthetic
nanoparticles as drug delivery systems has resulted in limited clinical outcomes. This is …

Advances in the application of nanotechnology in reducing cardiotoxicity induced by cancer chemotherapy

X Su, X Zhang, W Liu, X Yang, N An, F Yang… - Seminars in Cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Advances in the development of anti-tumour drugs and related technologies have resulted
in a significant increase in the number of cancer survivors. However, the incidence of …

Pluronic-based graphene oxide-methylene blue nanocomposite for photodynamic/photothermal combined therapy of cancer cells

M Ma, L Cheng, A Zhao, H Zhang, A Zhang - … and Photodynamic Therapy, 2020 - Elsevier
A nanocomposite containing methylene blue (MB), graphene oxide (GO) and Pluronic F127
(PF127) had been developed for combined photothermal therapy (PTT) and photodynamic …

Pluronics: Intelligent building units for targeted cancer therapy and molecular imaging

NU Khaliq, DY Park, BM Yun, YW Jung, JH Seo… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pluronics are triblock copolymers, in which two hydrophilic poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO)
blocks are connected via a hydrophobic poly propylene oxide (PPO) block. Because of their …

Self-assemblable polymer smart-blocks for temperature-induced injectable hydrogel in biomedical applications

TT Hoang Thi, LH Sinh, DP Huynh, DH Nguyen… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Self-assembled temperature-induced injectable hydrogels fabricated via self-assembly of
polymer smart-blocks have been widely investigated as drug delivery systems and platforms …