Nanoparticle based medicines: approaches for evading and manipulating the mononuclear phagocyte system and potential for clinical translation

JA Mills, F Liu, TR Jarrett, NL Fletcher… - Biomaterials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
For decades, nanomedicines have been reported as a potential means to overcome the
limitations of conventional drug delivery systems by reducing side effects, toxicity and the …

Multimodal targeting of glioma with functionalized nanoparticles

HE Marei - Cancer Cell International, 2022 - Springer
The most common and aggressive primitive intracranial tumor of the central nervous system
is the glioma. The blood–brain barrier (BBB) has proven to be a significant obstacle to the …

Non-viral vector-mediated gene therapy for ALS: challenges and future perspectives

GR Ediriweera, L Chen, JJ Yerbury… - Molecular …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease, for which
no effective treatment is yet available to either slow or terminate it. Recent advances in gene …

Antifouling polymers for nanomedicine and surfaces: recent advances

YJ Eng, TM Nguyen, HK Luo, JMW Chan - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Antifouling polymers are materials that can resist nonspecific interactions with cells, proteins,
and other biomolecules. Typically, they are hydrophilic polymers with polar or charged …

Engineering fluorescent gold nanoclusters using xanthate-functionalized hydrophilic polymers: toward enhanced monodispersity and stability

VG Deepagan, MN Leiske, NL Fletcher, D Rudd… - Nano Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
We introduce xanthate-functionalized poly (cyclic imino ethers) s (PCIEs), specifically poly (2-
ethyl-2-oxazoline) and poly (2-ethyl-2-oxazine) given their stealth characteristics, as an …

Interactions of core cross-linked poly (2-oxazoline) and poly (2-oxazine) micelles with immune cells in human blood

MN Leiske, M Lai, T Amarasena, TP Davis, KJ Thurecht… - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Water-soluble poly (cyclic imino ether) s (PCIEs) have emerged as promising biocompatible
polymers for nanomedicine applications in recent years. Despite their generally accepted …

Mitigating the Effects of Persistent Antipolymer Immune Reactions in Nanomedicine: Evaluating Materials-Based Approaches Using Molecular Imaging

J Humphries, NL Fletcher, SE Sonderegger, CA Bell… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) is a hydrophilic polymer ubiquitously used in both medical and
nonmedical goods. Recent debate surrounding the observed stimulation of immune …

Understanding nanomedicine treatment in an aggressive spontaneous brain cancer model at the stage of early blood brain barrier disruption

PW Janowicz, ZH Houston, J Bunt, NL Fletcher, CA Bell… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Personalised nanomedicine is an advancing field which has developed significant
improvements for targeting therapeutics to aggressive cancer and with fewer side effects …

From thermogelling hydrogels toward functional bioinks: Controlled modification and cytocompatible crosslinking

L Hahn, M Beudert, M Gutmann… - Macromolecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels are key components in bioink formulations to ensure printability and stability in
biofabrication. In this study, a well‐known Diels‐Alder two‐step post‐polymerization …

Overcoming barriers: clinical translation of siRNA nanomedicines

T Tieu, Y Wei, A Cifuentes‐Rius… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
RNA interference has garnered new hope for many difficult to treat diseases that have been
“undruggable” using conventional small molecule drugs or monoclonal antibodies. Small …