Recent advances in active targeting of nanomaterials for anticancer drug delivery

B Dutta, KC Barick, PA Hassan - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the challenges in cancer chemotherapy is the low target to non-target ratio of
therapeutic agents which incur severe adverse effect on the healthy tissues. In this regard …

Hollow silica particles: recent progress and future perspectives

J Sharma, G Polizos - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Hollow silica particles (or mesoporous hollow silica particles) are sought after for
applications across several fields, including drug delivery, battery anodes, catalysis, thermal …

Mesoporous silica@ chitosan@ gold nanoparticles as “on/off” optical biosensor and pH-sensitive theranostic platform against cancer

Y Esmaeili, M Khavani, A Bigham, A Sanati… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
A cancer nanotheranostic system was fabricated based on mesoporous silica@ chitosan@
gold (MCM@ CS@ Au) nanosystem targeted by aptamer toward the MUC-1 positive tumor …

Recent strategies to develop pH-sensitive injectable hydrogels

T Thambi, JM Jung, DS Lee - Biomaterials Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
“Smart” biomaterials that are responsive to pathological abnormalities are an appealing
class of therapeutic platforms for the development of personalized medications. The …

Encapsulation of curcumin using Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) protein isolate/Alyssum homolocarpum seed gum complex nanoparticles

M Ghobadi, A Koocheki, MJ Varidi, M Varidi - Innovative Food Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) protein isolate (GPPI)/Alyssum homolocarpum
seed gum (AHSG) complex nanoparticles were used as a wall material for encapsulation of …

Design and synthesis of cabazitaxel loaded core‐shell mesoporous silica nanoparticles with different morphologies for prostate cancer therapy

S Mohanan, CI Sathish, K Ramadass, M Liang, A Vinu - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, the synthesis of core‐shell ordered mesoporous silica nanoparticles (CSMS)
with tunable particle size and shape through a dual surfactant‐assisted approach is …

Phytosterol-loaded surface-tailored bioactive-polymer nanoparticles for cancer treatment: Optimization, in vitro cell Viability, antioxidant activity, and stability studies

S Karim, MH Akhter, AS Burzangi, H Alkreathy… - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study aimsto optimize, characterize, and assess the phytosterol-loaded surface-tailored
bioactive Alginate/Chitosan NPs for antitumor efficacy against breast cancer. β-Sitosterol …

Engineering carbohydrate-based particles for biomedical applications: strategies to construct and modify

AT Thodikayil, S Sharma, S Saha - ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
Carbohydrate-based micro/nanoparticles have gained significant attention for various
biomedical applications such as targeted/triggered/controlled drug delivery, bioimaging …

Delivery of natural agents by means of mesoporous silica nanospheres as a promising anticancer strategy

K AbouAitah, W Lojkowski - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Natural prodrugs derived from different natural origins (eg, medicinal plants, microbes,
animals) have a long history in traditional medicine. They exhibit a broad range of …

Multimodal decorations of mesoporous silica nanoparticles for improved cancer therapy

S Barui, V Cauda - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The presence of leaky vasculature and the lack of lymphatic drainage of small structures by
the solid tumors formulate nanoparticles as promising delivery vehicles in cancer therapy. In …