The lung is an attractive target for drug delivery because of the ease of non-invasive
administration via inhalation, bypassing metabolism in the liver, direct delivery to the …

Chronic pulmonary diseases encompass different persistent and lethal diseases, including
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), cystic …

Highlights•Clearance routes of nanoparticles in the lung are presented.•Factors influencing
nanoparticle transaction are discussed.•Physicochemical properties of the nanoparticles …

Nanoparticles are becoming an increasingly popular tool for biomedical imaging and drug
delivery. While the prevalence of nanoparticle drug-delivery systems reported in the …

Pulmonary delivery of lipid-based nanotherapeutics by inhalation presents an
advantageous alternative to oral and intravenous routes of administration that avoids …

With the advantages in biocompatibility, antimicrobial ability, and comparative facile
synthesis technology, poly-L-lysine (PLL) has received considerable attention in recent …

Polymers consisting of amino acid building blocks continue to receive consideration for
biomedical applications. Since poly (amino acid) s are built from natural amino acids, the …

Research efforts on nanomaterial-based therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases
and cancer have spiked and have made rapid progress over the past years. Nanomedicine …

Polylysine and materials that integrate lysine form promising drug delivery platforms. As a
cationic macromolecule, a polylysine polymer electrostatically interacts with cells and is …

Dendrimers and dendrimer-based delivery systems are potential biomedicines in the rapidly
growing field of nanomedicine. At present, dendrimers are drawing attention in the scientific …