Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23999729›Full record

ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2013

In vitro delivery and controlled release of Doxorubicin for targeting osteosarcoma bone cancer.

Shafiu Abdullahi Kamba, Maznah Ismail, Samer Hasan Hussein-Al-Ali, Tengku Azmi Tengku Ibrahim, Zuki Abu Bakar Zakaria

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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5 authors.

Shafiu Abdullahi KambaLaboratory of Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Bioscience, University Putra Malaysia, UPM 43400, Serdang, Malaysia.
Maznah Ismail
Samer Hasan Hussein-Al-Ali
Tengku Azmi Tengku Ibrahim
Zuki Abu Bakar Zakaria

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug delivery systems are designed to achieve drug therapeutic index and enhance the efficacy of controlled drug release targeting with specificity and selectivity by successful delivery of therapeutic agents at the desired sites without affecting the non-diseased neighbouring cells or tissues. In this research, we developed and demonstrated a bio-based calcium carbonate nanocrystals carrier that can be loaded with anticancer drug and selectively deliver it to cancer cells with high specificity by achieving the effective osteosarcoma cancer cell death without inducing specific toxicity. The results showed pH sensitivity of the controlled release characteristics of the drug at normal physiological pH 7.4 with approximately 80% released within 1,200 min but when exposed pH 4.8 the corresponding 80% was released in 50 min. This study showed that the DOX-loaded CaCO₃ nanocrystals have promising applications in delivery of anticancer drugs.

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Antibiotics, AntineoplasticApoptosisApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsBone NeoplasmsCalcium CarbonateCaspasesCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCrystallography, X-RayDelayed-Action PreparationsDoxorubicinDrug CompoundingDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorDrug StabilityHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationAntibiotics, AntineoplasticApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsCalcium CarbonateCaspasesDelayed-Action PreparationsDoxorubicinL-Lactate Dehydrogenase

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PMID23999729
PMCPMC6270004

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