Micellar drug delivery systems based on natural biopolymers

LI Atanase - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The broad diversity of structures and the presence of numerous functional groups available
for chemical modifications represent an enormous advantage for the development of safe …

Self-assembling peptide-based building blocks in medical applications

H Acar, S Srivastava, EJ Chung… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2017 - Elsevier
Peptides and peptide-conjugates, comprising natural and synthetic building blocks, are an
increasingly popular class of biomaterials. Self-assembled nanostructures based on …

Smart pH-sensitive and temporal-controlled polymeric micelles for effective combination therapy of doxorubicin and disulfiram

X Duan, J Xiao, Q Yin, Z Zhang, H Yu, S Mao, Y Li - ACS nano, 2013 - ACS Publications
The combination of a chemotherapeutic drug with a multidrug resistance (MDR) modulator
has emerged as a promising strategy for treating MDR cancer. To ensure two drugs could be …

Peptide-polymer conjugates: from fundamental science to application

JY Shu, B Panganiban, T Xu - Annual review of physical …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Peptide/protein-polymer conjugates make up a new class of soft matter comprising natural
and synthetic building blocks. They have the potential to combine the advantages of proteins …

Functional long circulating single walled carbon nanotubes for fluorescent/photoacoustic imaging-guided enhanced phototherapy

L Xie, G Wang, H Zhou, F Zhang, Z Guo, C Liu… - Biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
Nanotherapeutics have been investigated for years, but only modest survival benefits were
observed clinic. This is partially attributed to the short and rapid elimination of nanodrug after …

The anti-tumor efficacy of curcumin when delivered by size/charge-changing multistage polymeric micelles based on amphiphilic poly (β-amino ester) derivates

Y Yu, X Zhang, L Qiu - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
Modifying positive surface charge and reducing bulk size of nanoparticles has been proven
beneficial to cancer cellular delivery, but meanwhile results in fast clearance and unspecific …

CD8+ T-Cell Density Imaging with 64Cu-Labeled Cys-Diabody Informs Immunotherapy Protocols

JW Seo, R Tavaré, LM Mahakian, MT Silvestrini… - Clinical Cancer …, 2018 - AACR
Purpose: Noninvasive and quantitative tracking of CD8+ T cells by PET has emerged as a
potential technique to gauge response to immunotherapy. We apply an anti-CD8 cys …

Harnessing the therapeutic potential of biomacromolecules through intracellular delivery of nucleic acids, peptides, and proteins

Y Tian, MV Tirrell, JL LaBelle - Advanced healthcare materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biomacromolecules have long been at the leading edge of academic and pharmaceutical
drug development and clinical translation. With the clinical advances of new therapeutics …

Positron emission tomography image-guided drug delivery: current status and future perspectives

R Chakravarty, H Hong, W Cai - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2014 - ACS Publications
Positron emission tomography (PET) is an important modality in the field of molecular
imaging, which is gradually impacting patient care by providing safe, fast, and reliable …

Lipid–calcium phosphate nanoparticles for delivery to the lymphatic system and SPECT/CT imaging of lymph node metastases

YC Tseng, Z Xu, K Guley, H Yuan, L Huang - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
A lipid/calcium/phosphate (LCP) nanoparticle (NP) formulation (particle diameter∼ 25 nm)
with superior siRNA delivery efficiency was developed and reported previously. Here, we …