Hypoxia-targeted drug delivery

A Sharma, JF Arambula, S Koo, R Kumar… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Hypoxia is a state of low oxygen tension found in numerous solid tumours. It is typically
associated with abnormal vasculature, which results in a reduced supply of oxygen and …

Next generation NIR fluorophores for tumor imaging and fluorescence-guided surgery: A review

A Haque, MSH Faizi, JA Rather, MS Khan - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cancer is a group of diseases responsible for the major causes of mortality and morbidity
among people of all ages. Even though medical sciences have made enormous growth …

Camptothecin-based prodrug nanomedicines for cancer therapy

R Zhang, J Yu, Z Guo, H Jiang, C Wang - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Camptothecin (CPT) is a cytotoxic alkaloid that attenuates the replication of cancer cells via
blocking DNA topoisomerase 1. Despite its encouraging and wide-spectrum antitumour …

Characterization of the tumor microenvironment and tumor–stroma interaction by non-invasive preclinical imaging

N Ramamonjisoa, E Ackerstaff - Frontiers in oncology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Tumors are often characterized by hypoxia, vascular abnormalities, low extracellular pH,
increased interstitial fluid pressure, altered choline-phospholipid metabolism, and aerobic …

Tumor hypoxia directed multimodal nanotherapy for overcoming drug resistance in renal cell carcinoma and reprogramming macrophages

HO Alsaab, S Sau, RM Alzhrani, VT Cheriyan, LA Polin… - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
Drug resistance is one of the significant clinical burden in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The
development of drug resistance is attributed to many factors, including impairment of …

Fluorescence-guided surgery of cancer: applications, tools and perspectives

PS Low, S Singhal, M Srinivasarao - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Thousands of patients die each year from residual cancer that remains following
cytoreductive surgery. Use of tumor-targeted fluorescent dyes (TTFDs) to illuminate …

Mitochondria‐targeting IR‐780 dye and its derivatives: synthesis, mechanisms of action, and theranostic applications

C Zhang, L Long, C Shi - Advanced Therapeutics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondria are important targets in diverse physiological and pathological conditions
associated with cell survival and death. The characterization of mitochondria‐targeting …

CD44 directed nanomicellar payload delivery platform for selective anticancer effect and tumor specific imaging of triple negative breast cancer

Z Wang, S Sau, HO Alsaab, AK Iyer - … : nanotechnology, biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly aggressive tumor subtype, lacking
estrogen, progesterone and human epidermal growth factor-2 (HER-2) receptors. Thus …

PET radiotracers and fluorescent probes for imaging human carbonic anhydrase IX and XII in hypoxic tumors

SG Nerella, P Singh, PS Thacker, M Arifuddin… - Bioorganic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Positron emission tomography (PET) and fluorescent imaging play a pivotal role in medical
diagnosis, biomedical oncologic research, and drug development process, which include …

pH-sensitive multiligand gold nanoplatform targeting carbonic anhydrase IX enhances the delivery of doxorubicin to hypoxic tumor spheroids and overcomes the …

AM Shabana, UK Mondal, MR Alam… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Hypoxia is a common feature of solid tumors contributing to resistance to chemotherapy.
Selective delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs to hypoxic tumor niche remains an unsolved …