Paclitaxel: application in modern oncology and nanomedicine‐based cancer therapy

J Sharifi-Rad, C Quispe, JK Patra… - Oxidative medicine …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Paclitaxel is a broad‐spectrum anticancer compound, which was derived mainly from a
medicinal plant, in particular, from the bark of the yew tree Taxus brevifolia Nutt. It is a …

Current status of alginate in drug delivery

DM Hariyadi, N Islam - Advances in pharmacological and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Alginate is one of the natural polymers that are often used in drug‐and protein‐delivery
systems. The use of alginate can provide several advantages including ease of preparation …

Emerging blood–brain-barrier-crossing nanotechnology for brain cancer theranostics

W Tang, W Fan, J Lau, L Deng, Z Shen… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Brain cancer, especially the most common type of glioblastoma, is highly invasive and
known as one of the most devastating and deadly neoplasms. Despite surgical and medical …

Fluorescent polymer nanoparticles based on dyes: seeking brighter tools for bioimaging

A Reisch, AS Klymchenko - Small, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Speed, resolution and sensitivity of today's fluorescence bioimaging can be drastically
improved by fluorescent nanoparticles (NPs) that are many‐fold brighter than organic dyes …

[HTML][HTML] Application of the nano-drug delivery system in treatment of cardiovascular diseases

Y Deng, X Zhang, H Shen, Q He, Z Wu… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have become a serious threat to human life and health.
Though many drugs acting via different mechanism of action are available in the market as …

Polymeric nanoparticles: the future of nanomedicine

BL Banik, P Fattahi, JL Brown - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Polymeric nanoparticles (NP s) are one of the most studied organic strategies for
nanomedicine. Intense interest lies in the potential of polymeric NP s to revolutionize …

Smart nanostructures for cargo delivery: uncaging and activating by light

M Karimi, P Sahandi Zangabad… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Nanotechnology has begun to play a remarkable role in various fields of science and
technology. In biomedical applications, nanoparticles have opened new horizons, especially …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in subunit vaccine carriers

A Vartak, SJ Sucheck - Vaccines, 2016 - mdpi.com
The lower immunogenicity of synthetic subunit antigens, compared to live attenuated
vaccines, is being addressed with improved vaccine carriers. Recent reports indicate that …

Drug delivery to the brain across the blood–brain barrier using nanomaterials

YH Tsou, XQ Zhang, H Zhu, S Syed, X Xu - Small, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A major obstacle facing brain diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis,
brain tumors, and strokes is the blood–brain barrier (BBB). The BBB prevents the passage of …

Controlling the stealth effect of nanocarriers through understanding the protein corona

S Schöttler, K Landfester… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The past decade has seen a significant increase in interest in the use of polymeric
nanocarriers in medical applications. In particular, when used as drug vectors in targeted …