Applications and challenges of ultra-small particle size nanoparticles in tumor therapy

J Xu, M Song, Z Fang, L Zheng, X Huang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the development of nanotechnology, nanomedicines are widely used in tumor therapy.
However, biological barriers in the delivery of nanoparticles still limit their application in …

[HTML][HTML] Gene therapy in cancer treatment: why go nano?

C Roma-Rodrigues, L Rivas-García, PV Baptista… - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The proposal of gene therapy to tackle cancer development has been instrumental for the
development of novel approaches and strategies to fight this disease, but the efficacy of the …

Smart transformable nanomedicines for cancer therapy

Y Wang, S Li, X Wang, Q Chen, Z He, C Luo, J Sun - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite that great progression has been made in nanoparticulate drug delivery systems
(nano-DDS), multiple drug delivery dilemmas still impair the delivery efficiency of …

Tannins in cancer prevention and therapy

R Kleszcz, A Majchrzak‐Celińska… - British Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tannins are a heterogenous class of polyphenolic natural products with promising cancer
chemopreventive and therapeutic potential. Studies undertaken over the last 30 years have …

Biomaterial-assisted local and systemic delivery of bioactive agents for bone repair

Y Zeng, J Hoque, S Varghese - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Although bone tissues possess an intrinsic capacity for repair, there are cases where bone
healing is either impaired or insufficient, such as fracture non-union, osteoporosis …

Tannic acid: specific form of tannins in cancer chemoprevention and therapy-old and new applications

W Baer-Dubowska, H Szaefer… - Current Pharmacology …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This short review is aimed at providing an updated and
comprehensive report on tannic acid biological activities and molecular mechanisms of …

Advances in cancer theranostics using organic-inorganic hybrid nanotechnology

G Chen, Y Qian, H Zhang, A Ullah, X He, Z Zhou… - Applied Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
A series of barriers including poor drug solubility, stability, biocompatibility, bioavailability
and pharmacokinetics, distribution to normal tissues, hemorheological flow limitations …

Enhancement of tumour penetration by nanomedicines through strategies based on transport processes and barriers

H Yang, Z Tong, S Sun, Z Mao - Journal of Controlled Release, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanomedicines for antitumour therapy have been widely studied in recent decades, but only
a few have been used in clinical applications. One of the most important reasons is the poor …

Intratumoral bacteria are an important “accomplice” in tumor development and metastasis

G Wang, X He, Q Wang - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2023 - Elsevier
As emerging tumor components, intratumoral bacteria have been found in many solid
tumors. Several studies have demonstrated that different cancer subtypes have distinct …

Metal-derived nanoparticles in tumor theranostics: Potential and limitations

OA Kuchur, SA Tsymbal, MV Shestovskaya… - Journal of inorganic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Initially, metal derived nanoparticles have been used exclusively as contrasting agents in
magnetic resonance imaging. Today, green routes of chemical synthesis together with …