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ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2016

Manufacturing Techniques and Surface Engineering of Polymer Based Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery to Cancer.

Yichao Wang, Puwang Li, Thao Truong-Dinh Tran, Juan Zhang, Lingxue Kong

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Review in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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71 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yichao WangSchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia. yichaowang@gmail.com.
Puwang LiInstitute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Locked Bag 20000, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia. puwangli@163.com.
Thao Truong-Dinh TranInstitute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Locked Bag 20000, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia. truongd@deakin.edu.au.
Juan ZhangInstitute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Locked Bag 20000, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia. jane.zhang@deakin.edu.au.
Lingxue KongInstitute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Locked Bag 20000, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia. lingxue.kong@deakin.edu.au.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The evolution of polymer based nanoparticles as a drug delivery carrier via pharmaceutical nano/microencapsulation has greatly promoted the development of nano- and micro-medicine in the past few decades. Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) and chitosan, which are biodegradable and biocompatible polymers, have been approved by both the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicine Agency (EMA), making them ideal biomaterials that can be advanced from laboratory development to clinical oral and parental administrations. PLGA and chitosan encapsulated nanoparticles (NPs) have successfully been developed as new oral drug delivery systems with demonstrated high efficacy. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the fabrication of PLGA and chitosan particulate systems using nano/microencapsulation methods, the current progress and the future outlooks of the nanoparticulate drug delivery systems. Especially, we focus on the formulations and nano/micro-encapsulation techniques using top-down techniques. It also addresses how the different phases including the organic and aqueous ones in the emulsion system interact with each other and subsequently influence the properties of the drug delivery system. Besides, surface modification strategies which can effectively engineer intrinsic physicochemical properties are summarised. Finally, future perspectives and potential directions of PLGA and chitosan nano/microencapsulated drug systems are outlined.

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chitosandrug deliverynano/microencapsulationnanoparticlesPLGAtop-down fabrication techniques

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PMID28344283
PMCPMC5302480

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