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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Hybrid Nanoparticles Based on Mesoporous Silica and Functionalized Biopolymers as Drug Carriers for Chemotherapeutic Agents.

Federica Curcio, Michela Sanguedolce, Luigino Filice, Flaviano Testa, Gerardo Catapano, Francesca Giordano, Sonia Trombino, Roberta Cassano

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Federica CurcioDepartment of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Cosenza, Italy.
Michela SanguedolceDepartment of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1092-7737
Luigino FiliceDepartment of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2476-6815
Flaviano TestaDepartment of Computer Engineering, Modeling, Electronics and Systems Engineering, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0069-6584
Gerardo CatapanoDepartment of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, 87036 Rende, Italy.
Francesca GiordanoDepartment of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Cosenza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7621-1969
Sonia TrombinoDepartment of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Cosenza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9939-4457
Roberta CassanoDepartment of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Cosenza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6980-6799

Funding

Operational Health Plan trajectory funds assigned to the University of Calabria by the Italian Ministry of Healthy, Cal.Hub.Ria T4-AN.09,OS3 AT2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) are promising drug carriers for cancer therapy. Their functionalization with ligands for specific tissue/cell targeting and stimuli-responsive cap materials for sealing drugs within the pores of MSNs is extensively studied for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. The objective of the present work was to establish MSNs as ideal nanocarriers of anticancer drugs such as 5-FU and silymarin by exploiting characteristics such as their large surface area, pore size, and biocompatibility. Furthermore, coating with various biopolymeric materials such as carboxymethyl chitosan-dopamine and hyaluronic acid-folic acid on their surface would allow them to play the role of ligands in the process of active targeting to tumor cells in which there is an overexpression of specific receptors for them. From the results obtained, it emerged, in fact, that these hybrid nanoparticles not only inhibit the growth of glioblastoma and breast cancer cells, but also act as pH-responsive release systems potentially useful as release vectors in tumor environments.

Indexed as

5-fluoruracilcarboxymethyl chitosan–dopaminehyaluronic acid–folic acidmesoporous silica nanoparticlessilymarin

Identifiers

PMID39124540
PMCPMC11313671

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