Polymersome-based drug-delivery strategies for cancer therapeutics

T Anajafi, S Mallik - Therapeutic delivery, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Polymersomes are stable vesicles prepared from amphiphilic polymers and are more stable
compared with liposomes. Although these nanovesicles have many attractive properties for …

Biocompatible polymersomes-based cancer theranostics: Towards multifunctional nanomedicine

M Mohammadi, M Ramezani, K Abnous… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Polymersomes are polymeric vesicles that have numerous advantages for theranostics, the
integrated approach of therapeutics and diagnostics. Polymersomes possess core-shell …

Functionalized polymersomes for biomedical applications

PV Pawar, SV Gohil, JP Jain, N Kumar - Polymer Chemistry, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymersomes are latest entry to the drug carrier systems and have proven their utility to
deliver therapeutic agents to specific tissues/organs due to their versatile polymeric …

Nanostructures for protein drug delivery.

AM Lopes, AC Apolinário, JK Valenzuela-Oses… - Biomaterials …, 2016 - europepmc.org
Use of nanoscale devices as carriers for drugs and imaging agents has been extensively
investigated and successful examples can already be found in therapy. In parallel …

Acid-disintegratable polymersomes of pH-responsive amphiphilic diblock copolymers for intracellular drug delivery

L Wang, G Liu, X Wang, J Hu, G Zhang, S Liu - Macromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular vesicles, also referred to as polymersomes, self-assembled from
amphiphilic polymers capable of synchronically loading with both hydrophilic and …

Novel chitosan-based pH-responsive lipid-polymer hybrid nanovesicles (OLA-LPHVs) for delivery of vancomycin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus …

D Hassan, CA Omolo, VO Fasiku, C Mocktar… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The development of novel materials is necessary for adequate delivery of drugs to combat
the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) burden due to the limitations of …

Amphiphilic block co-polymers: preparation and application in nanodrug and gene delivery

XB Xiong, Z Binkhathlan, O Molavi, A Lavasanifar - Acta biomaterialia, 2012 - Elsevier
Self-assembly of amphiphilic block co-polymers composed of poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO) as
the hydrophilic block and poly (ether) s, poly (amino acid) s, poly (ester) s and …

Nanoparticle systems as tools to improve drug delivery and therapeutic efficacy

D Mishra, JR Hubenak… - … A: An Official Journal of The …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoparticle‐based drug delivery systems are appealing because, among other properties,
they are easily manufactured and have the capacity to encapsulate a wide variety of drugs …

Imaging upconverting polymersomes in cancer cells: biocompatible antioxidants brighten triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion

SHC Askes, W Pomp, SL Hopkins, A Kros, S Wu… - Small, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Light upconversion is a very powerful tool in bioimaging as it can eliminate
autofluorescence, increase imaging contrast, reduce irradiation damage, and increase …

Multifunctional polymersomes for cytosolic delivery of gemcitabine and doxorubicin to cancer cells

R Nahire, MK Haldar, S Paul, AH Ambre, V Meghnani… - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
Although liposomes are widely used as carriers of drugs and imaging agents, they suffer
from a lack of stability and the slow release of the encapsulated contents at the targeted site …