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ReviewCurrent pharmaceutical biotechnology2025

Trojan Horses: A Secret Route for Nanomedicines.

Zoya Amin, Daniya Nadeem, Huzaifa Shakil, Munsif Ali Jatoi, Rabail Baloch, Raahim Ali

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Review in Current pharmaceutical biotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Zoya AminDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Salim Habib University, Karachi, 74900, Sindh, Pakistan.
Daniya NadeemDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Salim Habib University, Karachi, 74900, Sindh, Pakistan.
Huzaifa ShakilDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Salim Habib University, Karachi, 74900, Sindh, Pakistan.
Munsif Ali JatoiOffice of Research, Innovation, and Commercialization, Salim Habib University, Karachi, 74900, Sindh, Pakistan.
Rabail BalochDepartment of Neurology, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, 76090, Sindh, Pakistan.
Raahim AliDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Baqai Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Baqai Medical University, Karachi, 75340, Sindh, Pakistan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nanoparticles are widely used in various drug delivery applications due to their versatility to encapsulate, cargo loading, and transport of therapeutic agents. Numerous studies have explored the use of nanomedicine-based drug delivery systems for treating various diseases. This research provides a smart and precise review of one of the nanoparticles-based drug delivery approaches, i.e., the Trojan horse strategy which is employed for delivering the drug to the target efficiently and reliably. Furthermore, the applicability of nanomedicines to cancer treatment is discussed, with examples drawn from various systematic studies. The use of different nanomedicine platforms such as liposomes, nanoparticles, spherical nucleic acids, extracellular vesicles, and immune cells acting as Trojan horses is also explored in the context of cancer therapy. Finally, a precise conclusion and future recommendations are provided for future researchers in the field of applied nanotechnology for the pharmaceutical domain.

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Drug Delivery SystemsNanomedicineNanoparticlesAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsHumansLiposomesNeoplasmsAntineoplastic AgentsLiposomescancerimmune cellsnanomedicinenanoparticlesnanotechnology.Trojan Horse

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PMID40390216

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