Magnetic nanoparticles for medical applications: Updated review

GG Flores-Rojas, F López-Saucedo, R Vera-Graziano… - Macromol, 2022 - mdpi.com
Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) represent an advanced tool in the medical field because
they can be modified according to biomedical approaches and guided by an external …

Structure-functional activity relationship of β-glucans from the perspective of immunomodulation: a mini-review

B Han, K Baruah, E Cox, D Vanrompay… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
β-Glucans are a heterogeneous group of glucose polymers with a common structure
comprising a main chain of β-(1, 3) and/or β-(1, 4)-glucopyranosyl units, along with side …

Turning 21: induction of miR-21 as a key switch in the inflammatory response

FJ Sheedy - Frontiers in immunology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
miR-21 is one of the most highly expressed members of the small non-coding microRNA
family in many mammalian cell types. Its expression is further enhanced in many diseased …

Yeast-derived β-glucan in cancer: novel uses of a traditional therapeutic

A Geller, R Shrestha, J Yan - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
An increased understanding of the complex mechanisms at play within the tumor
microenvironment (TME) has emphasized the need for the development of strategies that …

Immunostimulatory properties and antitumor activities of glucans

L Vannucci, J Krizan, P Sima… - International …, 2013 - spandidos-publications.com
New foods and natural biological modulators have recently become of scientific interest in
the investigation of the value of traditional medical therapeutics. Glucans have an important …

Neutrophils and macrophages as targets for development of nanotherapeutics in inflammatory diseases

Y Su, J Gao, P Kaur, Z Wang - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Neutrophils and macrophages are major components of innate systems, playing central
roles in inflammation responses to infections and tissue injury. If they are out of control …

Yeast as carrier for drug delivery and vaccine construction

Y Tan, L Chen, K Li, B Lou, Y Liu, Z Liu - Journal of Controlled Release, 2022 - Elsevier
Yeast has been employed as an effective derived drug carrier as a unicellular
microorganism. Many research works have been devoted to the encapsulation of nucleic …

Bioinspired yeast-based β-glucan system for oral drug delivery

Y Wu, P Li, Z Jiang, X Sun, H He, P Yan, Y Xu… - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
Oral drug delivery is the preferred route of drug administration for patients, especially those
who need long-term medication. Recently, bioinspired drug delivery systems have emerged …

“Dual sensitive supramolecular curcumin nanoparticles” in “advanced yeast particles” mediate macrophage reprogramming, ROS scavenging and inflammation …

X Han, R Luo, S Qi, Y Wang, L Dai, W Nie, M Lin… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Ulcerative colitis (UC) faces some barriers in oral therapy, such as how to safely deliver
drugs to the colon and accumulate in the colon lesions. Hence, we report an advanced yeast …

Optimizing tumor microenvironment for cancer immunotherapy: β-glucan-based nanoparticles

M Zhang, JA Kim, AYC Huang - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Immunotherapy is revolutionizing cancer treatment. Recent clinical success with immune
checkpoint inhibitors, chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, and adoptive immune cellular …