E-Jet 3D-Printed Scaffolds as Sustained Multi-Drug Delivery Vehicles in Breast Cancer Therapy

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyin Qiao ◽  
Yikun Yang ◽  
Ruiying Huang ◽  
Xuelei Shi ◽  
Haoxiang Chen ◽  
...  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 795-816
Author(s):  
Md Salman Shakil ◽  
Kazi Mustafa Mahmud ◽  
Mohammad Sayem ◽  
Mahruba Sultana Niloy ◽  
Sajal Kumar Halder ◽  
...  

Cancer is one of the major causes of death worldwide. Chemotherapeutic drugs have become a popular choice as anticancer agents. Despite the therapeutic benefits of chemotherapeutic drugs, patients often experience side effects and drug resistance. Biopolymers could be used to overcome some of the limitations of chemotherapeutic drugs, as well as be used either as anticancer agents or drug delivery vehicles. Chitosan is a biocompatible polymer derived from chitin. Chitosan, chitosan derivatives, or chitosan nanoparticles have shown their promise as an anticancer agent. Additionally, functionally modified chitosan can be used to deliver nucleic acids, chemotherapeutic drugs, and anticancer agents. More importantly, chitosan-based drug delivery systems improved the efficacy, potency, cytotoxicity, or biocompatibility of these anticancer agents. In this review, we will investigate the properties of chitosan and chemically tuned chitosan derivatives, and their application in cancer therapy.


2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. e12488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tingting Kong ◽  
Liying Hao ◽  
Yuanyuan Wei ◽  
Xiaoxiao Cai ◽  
Bofeng Zhu

2020 ◽  
Vol 327 ◽  
pp. 296-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Cabeza ◽  
Gloria Perazzoli ◽  
Mercedes Peña ◽  
Ana Cepero ◽  
Cristina Luque ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rida Tajau ◽  
Rosiah Rohani ◽  
Siti Selina Abdul Hamid ◽  
Zainah Adam ◽  
Siti Najila Mohd Janib ◽  
...  

AbstractPolymeric nanoparticles (NPs) are commonly used as nanocarriers for drug delivery, whereby their sizes can be altered for a more efficient delivery of therapeutic active agents with better efficacy. In this work, cross-linked copolymers acted as core–shell NPs from acrylated palm olein (APO) with polyol ester were synthesized via gamma radiation-induced reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerisation. The particle diameter of the copolymerised poly(APO-b-polyol ester) core–shell NPs was found to be less than 300 nm, have a low molecular weight (MW) of around 24 kDa, and showed a controlled MW distribution of a narrow polydispersity index (PDI) of 1.01. These properties were particularly crucial for further use in designing targeted NPs, with inclusion of peptide for the targeted delivery of paclitaxel. Moreover, the characterisation of the synthesised NPs using Fourier Transform-Infrared (FTIR) and Neutron Magnetic Resonance (NMR) analyses confirmed the possession of biodegradable hydrolysed ester in its chemical structures. Therefore, it can be concluded that the synthesised NPs produced may potentially contribute to better development of a nano-structured drug delivery system for breast cancer therapy.


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