Design of therapeutic biomaterials to control inflammation

Z Tu, Y Zhong, H Hu, D Shao, R Haag… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Inflammation plays an important role in the response to danger signals arising from damage
to our body and in restoring homeostasis. Dysregulated inflammatory responses occur in …

Current challenges and future directions for engineering extracellular vesicles for heart, lung, blood and sleep diseases

G Li, T Chen, J Dahlman… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) carry diverse bioactive components including nucleic acids,
proteins, lipids and metabolites that play versatile roles in intercellular and interorgan …

Neutrophils as regulators of cardiovascular inflammation

C Silvestre-Roig, Q Braster, A Ortega-Gomez… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Neutrophils have traditionally been viewed as bystanders or biomarkers of cardiovascular
disease. However, studies in the past decade have demonstrated the important functions of …

Nanomaterials for in vivo imaging

BR Smith, SS Gambhir - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
In vivo imaging, which enables us to peer deeply within living subjects, is producing
tremendous opportunities both for clinical diagnostics and as a research tool. Contrast …

The interaction between nanoparticles and immune system: application in the treatment of inflammatory diseases

J Liu, Z Liu, Y Pang, H Zhou - Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2022 - Springer
Nanoparticle (NP) is an emerging tool applied in the biomedical field. With combination of
different materials and adjustment of their physical and chemical properties, nanoparticles …

Neutrophils as protagonists and targets in chronic inflammation

O Soehnlein, S Steffens, A Hidalgo… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Traditionally, neutrophils have been acknowledged to be the first immune cells that are
recruited to an inflamed tissue and have mainly been considered in the context of acute …

Engineering cells for precision drug delivery: New advances, clinical translation, and emerging strategies

CJ Chao, E Zhang, Z Zhao - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Cells have emerged as a promising new form of drug delivery carriers owing to their
distinguished advantages such as naturally bypassing immune recognition, intrinsic …

Nanoparticles coated with neutrophil membranes can effectively treat cancer metastasis

T Kang, Q Zhu, D Wei, J Feng, J Yao, T Jiang, Q Song… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The dissemination, seeding, and colonization of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) serve as the
root of distant metastasis. As a key step in the early stage of metastasis formation …

Synthetic nanoparticles for vaccines and immunotherapy

DJ Irvine, MC Hanson, K Rakhra, T Tokatlian - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
The immune system plays a critical role in our health. No other component of human
physiology plays a decisive role in as diverse an array of maladies, from deadly diseases …

Supramolecular arrangement of protein in nanoparticle structures predicts nanoparticle tropism for neutrophils in acute lung inflammation

JW Myerson, PN Patel, KM Rubey, ME Zamora… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
This study shows that the supramolecular arrangement of proteins in nanoparticle structures
predicts nanoparticle accumulation in neutrophils in acute lung inflammation (ALI). We …