Reactive oxygen species generating systems meeting challenges of photodynamic cancer therapy

Z Zhou, J Song, L Nie, X Chen - Chemical society reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated mechanism is the major cause underlying the
efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT). The PDT procedure is based on the cascade of …

Polymeric nanocapsules as nanotechnological alternative for drug delivery system: current status, challenges and opportunities

S Deng, MR Gigliobianco, R Censi, P Di Martino - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Polymer-based nanocapsules have been widely studied as a potential drug delivery system
in recent years. Nanocapsules—as one of kind nanoparticle—provide a unique …

Aptamer functionalized nanomaterials for biomedical applications: Recent advances and new horizons

M Mahmoudpour, S Ding, Z Lyu, G Ebrahimi, D Du… - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
With the advancement of functional nanomaterials and aptamer selection technologies,
aptamer functionalized nanomaterials (AFMs) open various methods to design new sensing …

'Passive'nanoparticles for organ-selective systemic delivery: design, mechanism and perspective

L Fu, Y Zhang, RA Farokhzad, BB Mendes… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanotechnology has shown tremendous success in the drug delivery field for more effective
and safer therapy, and has recently enabled the clinical approval of RNA medicine, a new …

Recent advances in subcellular targeted cancer therapy based on functional materials

WH Chen, GF Luo, XZ Zhang - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, diverse functional materials that take subcellular structures as therapeutic targets
are playing increasingly important roles in cancer therapy. Here, particular emphasis is …

Cancer nanotechnology: the impact of passive and active targeting in the era of modern cancer biology

N Bertrand, J Wu, X Xu, N Kamaly… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2014 - Elsevier
Cancer nanotherapeutics are progressing at a steady rate; research and development in the
field has experienced an exponential growth since early 2000's. The path to the …

Recent progress and opportunities for nucleic acid aptamers

J Byun - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Coined three decades ago, the term aptamer and directed evolution have now reached their
maturity. The concept that nucleic acid could modulate the activity of target protein as ligand …

[HTML][HTML] Nanomedicine therapeutic approaches to overcome cancer drug resistance

JL Markman, A Rekechenetskiy, E Holler… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
Nanomedicine is an emerging form of therapy that focuses on alternative drug delivery and
improvement of the treatment efficacy while reducing detrimental side effects to normal …

Targeted therapy using nanotechnology: focus on cancer

V Sanna, N Pala, M Sechi - International journal of nanomedicine, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Recent advances in nanotechnology and biotechnology have contributed to the
development of engineered nanoscale materials as innovative prototypes to be used for …

Ligand-directed active tumor-targeting polymeric nanoparticles for cancer chemotherapy

Y Zhong, F Meng, C Deng, Z Zhong - Biomacromolecules, 2014 - ACS Publications
In recent years, polymeric nanoparticles have appeared as a most viable and versatile
delivery system for targeted cancer therapy. Various in vivo studies have demonstrated that …