Polysaccharide-based tumor microenvironment-responsive drug delivery systems for cancer therapy

Q Wu, Y Hu, B Yu, H Hu, FJ Xu - Journal of Controlled Release, 2023 - Elsevier
The biochemical indicators of tumor microenvironment (TME) that are different from normal
tissues provide the possibility for constructing intelligent drug delivery systems (DDSs) …

Polysaccharide-based conjugates for biomedical applications

A Basu, KR Kunduru, E Abtew, AJ Domb - Bioconjugate chemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
Polysaccharides contain different functional groups (such as hydroxyl, amino, carboxylic
acid, aldehydes) that make them ideal for conjugation. They are biodegradable …

Progress and prospects of polysaccharide-based nanocarriers for oral delivery of proteins/peptides

H Yuan, C Guo, L Liu, L Zhao, Y Zhang, T Yin… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
The oral route has long been recognized as the most preferred route for drug delivery as it
offers high patient compliance and requires minimal expertise. Unlike small molecule drugs …

Biodegradable polysaccharides for controlled drug delivery

J Pushpamalar, AK Veeramachineni, C Owh… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Polysaccharides are ideal candidates for drug delivery and biomedical applications as they
are easily obtained from natural sources. Furthermore, they can be subjected to a wide …

Recent advances in pH/enzyme-responsive polysaccharide-small-molecule drug conjugates as nanotherapeutics

YF Abbasi, H Bera, D Cun, M Yang - Carbohydrate polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
Now-a-days, the polysaccharides are extensively employed for the delivery of small-
molecule drugs ascribed to their excellent biocompatibility, biodegradability and …

A highly tumor-targeted nanoparticle of podophyllotoxin penetrated tumor core and regressed multidrug resistant tumors

A Roy, MJ Ernsting, E Undzys, SD Li - Biomaterials, 2015 - Elsevier
Podophyllotoxin (PPT) exhibited significant activity against P-glycoprotein mediated
multidrug resistant (MDR) tumor cell lines; however, due to its poor solubility and high …

[HTML][HTML] Geridonin and paclitaxel act synergistically to inhibit the proliferation of gastric cancer cells through ROS-mediated regulation of the PTEN/PI3K/Akt pathway

SQ Wang, C Wang, LM Chang, KR Zhou, JW Wang… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Paclitaxel, a taxane, is a cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agent that targets microtubules. It has
become a front-line therapy for a broad range of malignancies, including lung, breast …

The development of a novel oral 5-Fluorouracil in-situ gelling nanosuspension to potentiate the anticancer activity against colorectal cancer cells

S Abdullah, S El Hadad, A Aldahlawi - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fluorouracil is an anticancer drug with a short biological half-life. This study aimed to
develop oral sustained-release nano-formulations of 5-Fluorouracil. 5-Fluorouracil …

Conjugating an anticancer drug onto thiolated hyaluronic acid by acid liable hydrazone linkage for its gelation and dual stimuli-response release

C Fu, H Li, N Li, X Miao, M Xie, W Du, LM Zhang - Carbohydrate polymers, 2015 - Elsevier
A prodrug gelation strategy was developed for the sustained and dual stimuli-response
release of doxorubicin hydrochloride (DOX· HCl), a commonly used anticancer drug. For this …

A polymeric prodrug of cisplatin based on pullulan for the targeted therapy against hepatocellular carcinoma

Y Wang, Y Liu, Y Liu, W Zhou, H Wang, G Wan… - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
A polymeric prodrug of cisplatin (CP) with simple chemical structure was synthesized based
on pullulan and its therapeutic effects on human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were …