Development of nanotechnology-mediated precision radiotherapy for anti-metastasis and radioprotection

Y Pan, W Tang, W Fan, J Zhang, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Radiotherapy (RT), including external beam RT and internal radiation therapy, uses high-
energy ionizing radiation to kill tumor cells. However, ionizing radiation inevitably damages …

Nanodrugs with intrinsic radioprotective exertion: Turning the double‐edged sword into a single‐edged knife

J Guo, Z Zhao, ZF Shang, Z Tang, H Zhu, K Zhang - Exploration, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ionizing radiation (IR) poses a growing threat to human health, and thus ideal
radioprotectors with high efficacy and low toxicity still receive widespread attention in …

Preparation and characterization of curcumin/chitosan conjugate as an efficient photodynamic antibacterial agent

L Zhao, X Ding, IM Khan, L Yue, Y Zhang… - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
Curcumin (Cur) is a natural pigment with excellent biological activity. The poor stability and
insolubility of Cur in water severely limit its application. Therefore, to overcome these …

Synthesis of nano-fibers containing nano-curcumin in zein corn protein and its physicochemical and biological characteristics

N Fereydouni, J Movaffagh, N Amiri, S Darroudi… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Curcumin contains many biological activities as a natural bioactive substance, however, its
low solubility stands as a huge bioavailability disadvantage. Recently, different methods …

Highly efficient sunitinib release from pH-responsive mHPMC@ Chitosan core-shell nanoparticles

H Jafari, GR Mahdavinia, B Kazemi, H Ehrlich… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study reports developing novel smart drug delivery systems (DDS) that have great
importance in anticancer therapeutics. The magnetic hydroxypropyl methylcellulose …

Albumin nanoparticles surface decorated with a tumor-homing peptide help in selective killing of triple-negative breast cancer cells

S Pal, FP Mohny, SG Choudhury… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this article, we describe a method of delivery of doxorubicin using a novel tumor-homing
peptide-based albumin nanoparticle system to triple-negative breast cancer cells (TNBC) …

Recent advances in curcumin-loaded biomimetic nanomedicines for targeted therapies

F Lei, P Li, T Chen, Q Wang, C Wang, Y Liu… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Curcumin shows excellent anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor activities, but its solubility,
stability, and bioavailability are poor. Nanoparticle delivery systems can be used to enhance …

Glycerol-compressed self-assembly nanogel based on ovomucin and chito-oligosaccharide: A novel green strategy for curcumin delivery

X Li, C Yin, B Liu, L Zou, Q Xu, CM Li - Food Hydrocolloids, 2023 - Elsevier
Nano-gel technology has been one of the popular methods to solve the low bioavailability of
hydrophobic active substances. In this work, Ovomucin (OVM) was combined with chito …

Cur-loaded magnetic ZnFe2O4@ mZnO-Ox-pg-C3N4 composites as dual pH-and ultrasound responsive nano-carriers for controlled and targeted cancer …

M Rostami, AS Nasab, M Fasihi-Ramandi… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Curcumin (Cur)-loaded zinc ferrite-mesoporous (m) zinc oxide core–shell-oxygen functional
groups (carboxyl, carbonyl and hydroxyl) rich mesoporous (p) graphitic (g) carbon nitride …

Potential of natural products as radioprotectors and radiosensitizers: Opportunities and challenges

J Yi, J Zhu, C Zhao, Q Kang, X Zhang, K Suo, N Cao… - Food & Function, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Natural products can be used as natural radiosensitizers and radioprotectors, showing
promising effects in cancer treatments in combination with radiotherapy, while reducing …