Despite the exceptional progress in breast cancer pathogenesis,prognosis,diagnosis,and treatment strategies,it remains a prominent cause of female mortality worldwide.Additionally,although chemotherapies are effective...Despite the exceptional progress in breast cancer pathogenesis,prognosis,diagnosis,and treatment strategies,it remains a prominent cause of female mortality worldwide.Additionally,although chemotherapies are effective,they are associated with critical limitations,most notably their lack of specificity resulting in systemic toxicity and the eventual development of multi-drug resistance(MDR)cancer cells.Liposomes have proven to be an invaluable drug delivery system but of the multitudes of liposomal systems developed every year only a few have been approved for clinical use,none of which employ active targeting.In this review,we summarize the most recent strategies in development for actively targeted liposomal drug delivery systems for surface,transmembrane and internal cell receptors,enzymes,direct cell targeting and dual-targeting of breast cancer and breast cancer-associated cells,e.g.,cancer stem cells,cells associated with the tumor microenvironment,etc.展开更多
Natural hydrogels are one of the most promising biomaterials for tissue engineering applications,due to their biocompatibility,biodegradability,and extracellular matrix mimicking ability.To surpass the limitations of ...Natural hydrogels are one of the most promising biomaterials for tissue engineering applications,due to their biocompatibility,biodegradability,and extracellular matrix mimicking ability.To surpass the limitations of conventional fabrication techniques and to recapitulate the complex architecture of native tissue structure,natural hydrogels are being constructed using novel biofabrication strategies,such as textile techniques and three-dimensional bioprinting.These innovative techniques play an enormous role in the development of advanced scaffolds for various tissue engineering applications.The progress,advantages,and shortcomings of the emerging biofabrication techniques are highlighted in this review.Additionally,the novel applications of biofabricated natural hydrogels in cardiac,neural,and bone tissue engineering are discussed as well.展开更多
文摘Despite the exceptional progress in breast cancer pathogenesis,prognosis,diagnosis,and treatment strategies,it remains a prominent cause of female mortality worldwide.Additionally,although chemotherapies are effective,they are associated with critical limitations,most notably their lack of specificity resulting in systemic toxicity and the eventual development of multi-drug resistance(MDR)cancer cells.Liposomes have proven to be an invaluable drug delivery system but of the multitudes of liposomal systems developed every year only a few have been approved for clinical use,none of which employ active targeting.In this review,we summarize the most recent strategies in development for actively targeted liposomal drug delivery systems for surface,transmembrane and internal cell receptors,enzymes,direct cell targeting and dual-targeting of breast cancer and breast cancer-associated cells,e.g.,cancer stem cells,cells associated with the tumor microenvironment,etc.
基金the Ministry of Higher Education,Research and Innovation,France.A.Tamayol acknowledges the financial support from the National Institutes of Health,United States(GM126831,AR073822).
文摘Natural hydrogels are one of the most promising biomaterials for tissue engineering applications,due to their biocompatibility,biodegradability,and extracellular matrix mimicking ability.To surpass the limitations of conventional fabrication techniques and to recapitulate the complex architecture of native tissue structure,natural hydrogels are being constructed using novel biofabrication strategies,such as textile techniques and three-dimensional bioprinting.These innovative techniques play an enormous role in the development of advanced scaffolds for various tissue engineering applications.The progress,advantages,and shortcomings of the emerging biofabrication techniques are highlighted in this review.Additionally,the novel applications of biofabricated natural hydrogels in cardiac,neural,and bone tissue engineering are discussed as well.
