Enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of nanoparticles for cancer treatment using versatile targeted strategies

H Tian, T Zhang, S Qin, Z Huang, L Zhou, J Shi… - Journal of hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
Poor targeting of therapeutics leading to severe adverse effects on normal tissues is
considered one of the obstacles in cancer therapy. To help overcome this, nanoscale drug …

Cancer Cell‐Specific Fluorescent Prodrug Delivery Platforms

S Ma, JH Kim, W Chen, L Li, J Lee, J Xue… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Targeting cancer cells with high specificity is one of the most essential yet challenging goals
of tumor therapy. Because different surface receptors, transporters, and integrins are …

Nitroxide-mediated polymerization: a versatile tool for the engineering of next generation materials

HR Lamontagne, BH Lessard - ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nitroxide-mediated polymerization (NMP) is a reversible-deactivation radical polymerization
technique (RDRP) that facilitates the synthesis of well-defined and complex macromolecular …

Biomedical applications of pH-responsive amphiphilic polymer nanoassemblies

SR Mane, A Sathyan… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In recent years, polymer nanoassemblies have played an important role in the
biopharmaceuticals field. Polymers that form different molecular architectures during a self …

Imaging strategies using cyanine probes and materials for biomedical visualization of live animals

G Fei, S Ma, C Wang, T Chen, Y Li, Y Liu… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
In vivo fluorescence imaging provides vital information required for biomedical research in
living animals, and as such plays an essential role in disease assessment. Unfortunately …

Degradable polyisoprene by radical ring-opening polymerization and application to polymer prodrug nanoparticles

M Lages, T Pesenti, C Zhu, D Le, J Mougin… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Radical ring-opening polymerization (rROP) has received renewed attention to incorporate
cleavable linkages into the backbones of vinyl polymers, especially from cyclic ketene …

Recent Trends in In Situ Enzyme-Activatable Prodrugs for Targeted Cancer Therapy

IC Sun, HY Yoon, DK Lim, K Kim - Bioconjugate chemistry, 2020 - ACS Publications
Enzyme-activatable anticancer prodrugs are modified medications that are composed of an
anticancer drug, cleavable linker, and functional moiety. The purpose of such a prodrug …

[HTML][HTML] Multimodal and multiscale optical imaging of nanomedicine delivery across the blood-brain barrier upon sonopermeation

JN May, SK Golombek, M Baues, A Dasgupta… - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a major obstacle for drug delivery to the brain.
Sonopermeation, which relies on the combination of ultrasound and microbubbles, has …

[HTML][HTML] Resveratrol and its nanoparticle suppress doxorubicin/docetaxel-resistant anaplastic thyroid cancer cells in vitro and in vivo

L Xiong, XM Lin, JH Nie, HS Ye, J Liu - Nanotheranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Docetaxel and doxorubicin combination has been widely used in anaplastic
thyroid cancer/ATC treatment but often results in serious adverse effects and drug …

[HTML][HTML] Thermosensitive polymer prodrug nanoparticles prepared by an all-aqueous nanoprecipitation process and application to combination therapy

L Guerassimoff, M Ferrere, S Van Herck… - Journal of Controlled …, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite their great versatility and ease of functionalization, most polymer-based
nanocarriers intended for use in drug delivery often face serious limitations that can prevent …