Microenvironment-Responsive Delivery Systems

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to participate in a Special Issue about microenvironment-targeting and microenvironment-responsive delivery systems. Exploring the unique characteristics of biological microenvironments in the human body including tumor, bones, joints, lymph nodes, and brain is crucial for the design of effective delivery systems. Targeting microenvironments and releasing drug cargos in response to microenvironmental cues can maximize effective concentrations of therapeutics while significantly reducing systemic side effects.

This Special Issue aims to showcase novel and smart delivery techniques and platforms which can specifically target disease sites and allow the release of loaded drugs by the unique properties of the surrounding microenvironments. This Special Issues will also provide insights for the design of next-generation smart delivery systems.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: nanomedicine, targeted delivery, microenvironment-responsive delivery systems, controlled release systems, pharmaceutical nanotechnology, tissue engineering, cancer therapy, immunotherapy, and autoimmune diseases.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Yiran Zheng
Guest Editor

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