Smart drug delivery systems for precise cancer therapy

  • Xiaoyou Wang
  • , Chong Li*
  • , Yiguang Wang
  • , Huabing Chen
  • , Xinxin Zhang
  • , Cong Luo
  • , Wenhu Zhou
  • , Lili Li
  • , Lesheng Teng
  • , Haijun Yu
  • , Jiancheng Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Nano-drug delivery strategies have been highlighted in cancer treatment, and much effort has been made in the optimization of bioavailability, biocompatibility, pharmacokinetics profiles, and in vivo distributions of anticancer nano-drug delivery systems. However, problems still exist in the delicate balance between improved anticancer efficacy and reduced toxicity to normal tissues, and opportunities arise along with the development of smart stimuli-responsive delivery strategies. By on-demand responsiveness towards exogenous or endogenous stimulus, these smart delivery systems hold promise for advanced tumor-specificity as well as controllable release behavior in a spatial-temporal manner. Meanwhile, the blossom of nanotechnology, material sciences, and biomedical sciences has shed light on the diverse modern drug delivery systems with smart characteristics, versatile functions, and modification possibilities. This review summarizes the current progress in various strategies for smart drug delivery systems against malignancies and introduces the representative endogenous and exogenous stimuli-responsive smart delivery systems. It may provide references for researchers in the fields of drug delivery, biomaterials, and nanotechnology.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4098-4121
Number of pages24
JournalActa Pharmaceutica Sinica B
Volume12
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cancer
  • Nano-drug delivery systems
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Precise therapy
  • Receptor-ligand-based delivery
  • Smart drug delivery system
  • Stimuli-responsive
  • Toxicity

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