Understanding nanoparticle endocytosis to improve targeting strategies in nanomedicine

MS de Almeida, E Susnik, B Drasler… - Chemical society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted considerable attention in various fields, such as
cosmetics, the food industry, material design, and nanomedicine. In particular, the fast …

Carbohydrate-based macromolecular biomaterials

L Su, Y Feng, K Wei, X Xu, R Liu, G Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Carbohydrates are the most abundant and one of the most important biomacromolecules in
Nature. Except for energy-related compounds, carbohydrates can be roughly divided into …

Polymeric delivery of therapeutic nucleic acids

R Kumar, CF Santa Chalarca, MR Bockman… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The advent of genome editing has transformed the therapeutic landscape for several
debilitating diseases, and the clinical outlook for gene therapeutics has never been more …

Designing next generation of persistent luminescence: recent advances in uniform persistent luminescence nanoparticles

K Huang, N Le, JS Wang, L Huang, L Zeng… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Persistent luminescence is a unique optical process where long‐lasting afterglow persists
after the cessation of excitation. Nanoscale persistent luminescent materials are getting …

Modulation of immune responses by particle size and shape

MV Baranov, M Kumar, S Sacanna… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The immune system has to cope with a wide range of irregularly shaped pathogens that can
actively move (eg, by flagella) and also dynamically remodel their shape (eg, transition from …

Cellular uptake of nanoparticles: journey inside the cell

S Behzadi, V Serpooshan, W Tao, MA Hamaly… - Chemical society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoscale materials are increasingly found in consumer goods, electronics, and
pharmaceuticals. While these particles interact with the body in myriad ways, their beneficial …

Form follows function: nanoparticle shape and its implications for nanomedicine

C Kinnear, TL Moore, L Rodriguez-Lorenzo… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This review is a comprehensive description of the past decade of research into
understanding how the geometry and size of nanoparticles affect their interaction with …

Progress in tumor-associated macrophage (TAM)-targeted therapeutics

C Ngambenjawong, HH Gustafson, SH Pun - Advanced drug delivery …, 2017 - Elsevier
As an essential innate immune population for maintaining body homeostasis and warding
off foreign pathogens, macrophages display high plasticity and perform diverse supportive …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for imaging, targeting and treatment of primary and metastatic tumors of the brain

LL Israel, A Galstyan, E Holler, JY Ljubimova - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
Magnetic nanoparticles in general, and iron oxide nanoparticles in particular, have been
studied extensively during the past 20 years for numerous biomedical applications. The …

Nanoparticle uptake: the phagocyte problem

HH Gustafson, D Holt-Casper, DW Grainger… - Nano today, 2015 - Elsevier
Phagocytes are key cellular participants determining important aspects of host exposure to
nanomaterials, initiating clearance, biodistribution and the tenuous balance between host …