The role of nanotechnology in the treatment of viral infections

L Singh, HG Kruger, GEM Maguire… - Therapeutic …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Infectious diseases are the leading cause of mortality worldwide, with viruses in particular
making global impact on healthcare and socioeconomic development. In addition, the rapid …

Silk fibroin nanoparticle as a novel drug delivery system

F Mottaghitalab, M Farokhi, MA Shokrgozar… - Journal of Controlled …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Design and synthesis of efficient drug delivery systems are of vital importance for
medicine and healthcare. Nanocarrier-based drug delivery systems, in particular …

Functionalized chitosan as a promising platform for cancer immunotherapy: A review

X Liang, M Mu, R Fan, B Zou, G Guo - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy is an emerging treatment option for use following traditional cancer
treatments (surgical resection, radiotherapy and chemotherapy). Due to the complexity of the …

Blockade of CTLA-4 increases anti-tumor response inducing potential of dendritic cell vaccine

M Esmaily, A Masjedi, S Hallaj, MN Afjadi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
The immunosuppressive state of the tumor microenvironment diminishes the efficacy of
dendritic cell (DC)-based cancer immunotherapy. Inhibitory immune checkpoint molecules …

Downregulation of CD73 in 4T1 breast cancer cells through siRNA-loaded chitosan-lactate nanoparticles

F Jadidi-Niaragh, F Atyabi, A Rastegari, E Mollarazi… - Tumor Biology, 2016 - Springer
The immunosuppressive factors in tumor microenvironment enhance tumor growth and
suppress anti-tumor immune responses. Adenosine is an important immunosuppressive …

Polymeric nanoparticles for DNA vaccine-based cancer immunotherapy: a review

M Danaeifar, B Negahdari, HM Eslam, H Zare… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Springer
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death and mortality in the world. There is an essential
need to develop new drugs or therapeutic approaches to manage treatment-resistant …

An overview of history, evolution, and manufacturing of various generations of vaccines

A Tahamtan, J Charostad, SJH Shokouh… - Journal of Archives in …, 2017 - brieflands.com
: Vaccination has had great success in history of medicine with both infectious and non-
infectious diseases listed in the realm of vaccines. The significant decrease in deaths from …

The role of microRNAs in respiratory viral infection: friend or foe?

A Tahamtan, CS Inchley, M Marzban… - Reviews in medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as a class of regulatory RNAs in host–pathogen
interactions. Aberrant miRNA expression seems to play a central role in the pathology of …

Combined inhibition of CD73 and ZEB1 by Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD)-targeted nanoparticles inhibits tumor growth

KO Alzamely, F Hajizadeh, M Heydari… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abnormal expression of several macromolecules within tumor milieu helps the development
of neoplasia and immune suppression in various cancers. ZEB-1 and CD73 are important …

Antitumor effect of therapeutic HPV DNA vaccines with chitosan-based nanodelivery systems

A Tahamtan, A Ghaemi, A Gorji, HR Kalhor… - Journal of biomedical …, 2014 - Springer
Background Cervical cancer is the second-most-common cause of malignancies in women
worldwide, and the oncogenic activity of the human papilloma virus types (HPV) E7 protein …