Chitosan and its derivatives for application in mucoadhesive drug delivery systems

TM M. Ways, WM Lau, VV Khutoryanskiy - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Mucoadhesive drug delivery systems are desirable as they can increase the residence time
of drugs at the site of absorption/action, provide sustained drug release and minimize the …

Chitosan in nasal delivery systems for therapeutic drugs

L Casettari, L Illum - Journal of Controlled Release, 2014 - Elsevier
There is an obvious need for efficient and safe nasal absorption enhancers for the
development of therapeutically efficacious nasal products for small hydrophilic drugs …

Scaffolding polymeric biomaterials: Are naturally occurring biological macromolecules more appropriate for tissue engineering?

M Abbasian, B Massoumi, R Mohammad-Rezaei… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nowadays, tissue and organ failures resulted from injury, aging accounts, diseases or other
type of damages is one of the most important health problems with an increasing incidence …

Advances in self-assembled chitosan nanomaterials for drug delivery

Y Yang, S Wang, Y Wang, X Wang, Q Wang… - Biotechnology …, 2014 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials based on chitosan have emerged as promising carriers of therapeutic agents
for drug delivery due to good biocompatibility, biodegradability, and low toxicity. Chitosan …

Chitosan and chitosan derivatives in drug delivery and tissue engineering

R Riva, H Ragelle, A des Rieux, N Duhem… - … for biomaterials II, 2011 - Springer
Chitosan is a nontoxic, biodegradable, and biocompatible polysaccharide of β (1-4)-linked d-
glucosamine and N-acetyl-d-glucosamine. This derivative of natural chitin presents …

PEGylated chitosan derivatives: Synthesis, characterizations and pharmaceutical applications

L Casettari, D Vllasaliu, E Castagnino, S Stolnik… - Progress in Polymer …, 2012 - Elsevier
This review sets out to describe and discuss the synthetic approaches and the fields of
application of PEGylated chitosan copolymers especially for medical use. The PEGylation of …

Natural polysaccharides for siRNA delivery: Nanocarriers based on chitosan, hyaluronic acid, and their derivatives

I Serrano-Sevilla, Á Artiga, SG Mitchell, L De Matteis… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Natural polysaccharides are frequently used in the design of drug delivery systems due to
their biocompatibility, biodegradability, and low toxicity. Moreover, they are diverse in …

Delivery of MicroRNAs by Chitosan Nanoparticles to Functionally Alter Macrophage Cholesterol Efflux in Vitro and in Vivo

MA Nguyen, H Wyatt, L Susser, M Geoffrion… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) has largely focused on
lowering circulating LDL cholesterol, yet a significant burden of atherosclerotic disease …

[HTML][HTML] Mucus-penetrating nanoparticles based on chitosan grafted with various non-ionic polymers: Synthesis, structural characterisation and diffusion studies

TMM Ways, SK Filippov, S Maji, M Glassner… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Transmucosal administration offers numerous advantages for drug delivery as it usually
helps to avoid first pass metabolism, provides rapid onset of action, and is a non-invasive …

Chitosan nanoparticles for siRNA delivery: optimizing formulation to increase stability and efficiency

H Ragelle, R Riva, G Vandermeulen, B Naeye… - Journal of Controlled …, 2014 - Elsevier
This study aims at developing chitosan-based nanoparticles suitable for an intravenous
administration of small interfering RNA (siRNA) able to achieve (i) high gene silencing …