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Fabrication of lipid-modified drug nanocrystals loaded injectable hydrogel for breast cancer therapy.

Manish Kumar, Abhishek Jha, Pooja Goswami, Ritika Srivastava, Manjit Manjit, Kanchan Bharti, Biplob Koch, Brahmeshwar Mishra

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Article in Discover nano, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors.

Manish KumarDepartment of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221005, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0013-6552
Abhishek JhaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221005, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8650-8822
Pooja GoswamiGenotoxicology and Cancer Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221005, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-5663-9209
Ritika SrivastavaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221005, India.
Manjit ManjitDepartment of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221005, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8013-8576
Kanchan BhartiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221005, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9686-9944
Biplob KochGenotoxicology and Cancer Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221005, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9093-7793
Brahmeshwar MishraDepartment of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221005, India. bmishra.phe@iitbhu.ac.in.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8608-2611

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current study includes the design of soluplus stabilized, lipid-coated, and fucoidan-oleylamine conjugate modified paclitaxel nanocrystals. The nanocrystals (Lipid-NCs) were about 100 nm, homogeneous, stable and showed improved drug release compared to pure PTX. The nanocrystals were subsequently loaded in an in situ gel-forming hydrogel for the intratumoral injection. The resulting hydrogel exhibited a sol-form at the lower temperature of 2-8 °C while converted to a gel-form at the body temperature. The injectable hydrogel had a reasonable viscosity, an acceptable pH, good syringeability, and a quick sol-gel transition. The hydrogel demonstrated high payload potential, homogeneous distribution, and controlled long-term drug release. In vivo studies revealed the higher efficacy of Lipid-NCs hydrogel in tumor inhibition while avoiding systemic toxicity, compared to pure PTX-loaded hydrogel and intravenously administered PTX. In conclusion, nanocrystal-loaded hydrogel is a promising localized drug delivery system for breast cancer therapy.

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Breast cancerDrug deliveryHydrogelImplantNanocrystals

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PMID39937325
PMCPMC11822163

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