State-of-the-art materials for ultrasound-triggered drug delivery

SR Sirsi, MA Borden - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Ultrasound is a unique and exciting theranostic modality that can be used to track drug
carriers, trigger drug release and improve drug deposition with high spatial precision. In this …

Ultrasound-responsive nanocarriers in cancer treatment: A review

NS Awad, V Paul, NM AlSawaftah… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The safe and effective delivery of anticancer agents to diseased tissues is one of the
significant challenges in cancer therapy. Conventional anticancer agents are generally …

Recent developments in antibacterial therapy: Focus on stimuli-responsive drug-delivery systems and therapeutic nanoparticles

R Canaparo, F Foglietta, F Giuntini, C Della Pepa… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Conventional drugs used for antibacterial therapy display several limitations. This is not due
to antibiotics being ineffective, but rather due to their low bioavailability, limited penetration …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS): utilizing injectable antioxidative hydrogels and ROS-producing therapies to manage the double-edged sword

Z He, Q Xu, B Newland, R Foley, I Lara-Sáez… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated in cellular metabolism and are essential for
cellular signalling networks and physiological functions. However, the functions of ROS are …

Drug delivery by ultrasound-responsive nanocarriers for cancer treatment

K Entzian, A Aigner - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Conventional cancer chemotherapies often exhibit insufficient therapeutic outcomes and
dose-limiting toxicity. Therefore, there is a need for novel therapeutics and formulations with …

[图书][B] Ultrasonics: fundamentals, technologies, and applications

D Ensminger, LJ Bond - 2024 - books.google.com
Updated, revised, and restructured to reflect the latest advances in science and applications,
the fourth edition of this best-selling industry and research reference covers the fundamental …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound-guided drug delivery in cancer

SM Chowdhury, T Lee, JK Willmann - Ultrasonography, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recent advancements in ultrasound and microbubble (USMB) mediated drug delivery
technology has shown that this approach can improve spatially confined delivery of drugs …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic applications of ultrasound

G Ter Haar - Progress in biophysics and molecular biology, 2007 - Elsevier
Therapeutic applications of ultrasound predate its use in imaging. A range of biological
effects can be induced by ultrasound, depending on the exposure levels used. At low levels …

Theranostic strategy of focused ultrasound induced blood-brain barrier opening for CNS disease treatment

KT Chen, KC Wei, HL Liu - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Focused Ultrasound (FUS) in combination with gaseous microbubbles has emerged as a
potential new means of effective drug delivery to the brain. Recent research has shown that …

[HTML][HTML] Combining microbubbles and ultrasound for drug delivery to brain tumors: current progress and overview

HL Liu, CH Fan, CY Ting, CK Yeh - Theranostics, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Malignant glioma is one of the most challenging central nervous system (CNS) diseases,
which is typically associated with high rates of recurrence and mortality. Current surgical …