In recent years, cancer has become the number two cause of death around the world, and scientists have exploited various treatment maps. Calixarenes, with diversified features, have been widely applied into drug deliv...In recent years, cancer has become the number two cause of death around the world, and scientists have exploited various treatment maps. Calixarenes, with diversified features, have been widely applied into drug delivery systems, which can respond to multi-stimuli and exhibit excellent performance. In this mini-review, we summarize the recent advances on controlled drug delivery systems based on calixarenes, in the form of inclusion complexes, amphiphilic self-assembly nanocarriers including micelles, hydrogels, vesicles and liposomes, and supramolecular nanovalves on mesoporous silica nanomaterials.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21272093 and 51473061)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. JCKY-QKJC05) for financial support
文摘In recent years, cancer has become the number two cause of death around the world, and scientists have exploited various treatment maps. Calixarenes, with diversified features, have been widely applied into drug delivery systems, which can respond to multi-stimuli and exhibit excellent performance. In this mini-review, we summarize the recent advances on controlled drug delivery systems based on calixarenes, in the form of inclusion complexes, amphiphilic self-assembly nanocarriers including micelles, hydrogels, vesicles and liposomes, and supramolecular nanovalves on mesoporous silica nanomaterials.
