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Pharmaceutics, Volume 14, Issue 10

October 2022 - 276 articles

Cover Story: A prodrug is bioreversible medication that is specifically converted to the active drugs by enzymes overexpressed in the tumor microenvironment, which can considerably reduce the chemotherapy-induced side effects. However, prodrug strategies usually have low antitumor efficacy compared to free drugs by delayed drug release. Herein, we propose tumor-specific monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE) prodrug nanoparticles for safe and effective chemotherapy. The cathepsin B-specific cleavable FRRG peptide and MMAE are chemically conjugated via one-step simple synthetic chemistry. The resulting FRRG-MMAE nanoparticles efficiently accumulated within tumor tissues and inhibited tubulin polymerization by releasing free MMAE in cathepsin B-overexpressing tumor cells. Collectively, this study provides a promising approach for safe and effective chemotherapy via MMAE-based prodrug nanoparticles. View this paper
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Articles (276)

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,003 Views
19 Pages

Immunomodulating Hydrogels as Stealth Platform for Drug Delivery Applications

  • Zahra Rezaei,
  • Dilara Yilmaz-Aykut,
  • Fatima Mumtaza Tourk,
  • Nicole Bassous,
  • Margot Barroso-Zuppa,
  • Asif Iqbal Shawl,
  • Syed Salman Ashraf,
  • Huseyin Avci and
  • Shabir Hassan

Non-targeted persistent immune activation or suppression by different drug delivery platforms can cause adverse and chronic physiological effects including cancer and arthritis. Therefore, non-toxic materials that do not trigger an immunogenic respon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,553 Views
16 Pages

Injectable pH Thermo-Responsive Hydrogel Scaffold for Tumoricidal Neural Stem Cell Therapy for Glioblastoma Multiforme

  • Jasmine L. King,
  • Panita Maturavongsadit,
  • Shawn D. Hingtgen and
  • S. Rahima Benhabbour

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common malignant brain tumor in adults and despite recent advances in treatment modalities, GBM remains incurable. Injectable hydrogel scaffolds are a versatile delivery system that can improve delivery of dr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,796 Views
25 Pages

Modulation of Macrophages Using Nanoformulations with Curcumin to Treat Inflammatory Diseases: A Concise Review

  • Huxiao Sun,
  • Mengsi Zhan,
  • Serge Mignani,
  • Dzmitry Shcharbin,
  • Jean-Pierre Majoral,
  • João Rodrigues,
  • Xiangyang Shi and
  • Mingwu Shen

Curcumin (Cur), a traditional Chinese medicine extracted from natural plant rhizomes, has become a candidate drug for the treatment of diseases due to its anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antioxidant, and antibacterial activities. However, the poor wat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,743 Views
22 Pages

Using Copper-Doped Mesoporous Bioactive Glass Nanospheres to Impart Anti-Bacterial Properties to Dental Composites

  • Arooj Munir,
  • Danijela Marovic,
  • Liebert Parreiras Nogueira,
  • Roger Simm,
  • Ali-Oddin Naemi,
  • Sander Marius Landrø,
  • Magnus Helgerud,
  • Kai Zheng,
  • Matej Par and
  • Tobias T. Tauböck
  • + 4 authors

Experimental dental resin composites containing copper-doped mesoporous bioactive glass nanospheres (Cu-MBGN) were developed to impart anti-bacterial properties. Increasing amounts of Cu-MBGN (0, 1, 5 and 10 wt%) were added to the BisGMA/TEGDMA resin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,003 Views
17 Pages

Photo-nanotheranostics integrates near-infrared (NIR) light-triggered diagnostics and therapeutics, which are combined into a novel all-in-one phototheranostic nanomaterial that holds great promise for the early detection and precise treatment of can...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
16,502 Views
17 Pages

Evidence-based pain therapy should rely on precisely defined and personalized criteria. This includes balancing the benefits and risks not only of single drugs but often requires complex between-drug comparisons. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,739 Views
13 Pages

A ROR1 Small Molecule Inhibitor (KAN0441571C) Induced Significant Apoptosis of Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) Cells

  • Amineh Ghaderi,
  • Wen Zhong,
  • Mohammad Ali Okhovat,
  • Johanna Aschan,
  • Ann Svensson,
  • Birgitta Sander,
  • Johan Schultz,
  • Thomas Olin,
  • Anders Österborg and
  • Mohammad Hojjat-Farsangi
  • + 1 author

The receptor tyrosine kinase orphan receptor 1 (ROR1) is absent in most normal adult tissues but overexpressed in various malignancies and is of importance for tumor cell survival, proliferation, and metastasis. In this study, we evaluated the apopto...

  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
6,923 Views
25 Pages

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanoscale vesicles secreted by most types of cells as natural vehicles to transfer molecular information between cells. Due to their low toxicity and high biocompatibility, EVs have attracted increasing attention as d...

  • Review
  • Open Access
76 Citations
8,218 Views
17 Pages

Blood–Brain Barrier Transport of Transferrin Receptor-Targeted Nanoparticles

  • Maj Schneider Thomsen,
  • Kasper Bendix Johnsen,
  • Krzysztof Kucharz,
  • Martin Lauritzen and
  • Torben Moos

The blood–brain barrier (BBB), built by brain endothelial cells (BECs), is impermeable to biologics. Liposomes and other nanoparticles are good candidates for the delivery of biologics across the BECs, as they can encapsulate numerous molecules...

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