| Literature DB >> 30051425 |
Hai Wang1, Xiaoming He2.
Abstract
Due to the drug resistance of cancer stem cells (CSCs), CSC-targeted delivery of multiple drugs in nanoparticle-based drug delivery system holds great potential for the destruction of the CSCs and Tumor. In this chapter, we describe the preparation of multi-layered pH-responsive polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) by multiple emulsifications to encapsulate multiple hydrophilic and hydrophobic theranostic agents for controlled and sequenced release. Hyaluronic acid (HA) is used for not only actively targeting the CSCs to reduce their drug resistance due to dormancy (i.e., slow metabolism), but also replacing the commonly used poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) as a stabilizing agent to synthesize the nanoparticles.Entities:
Keywords: Active targeting; Cancer stem cells; Combination therapy; Controlled release; Nanoparticles; Polymer; Responsiveness
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Year: 2018 PMID: 30051425 PMCID: PMC6151126 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8661-3_6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Methods Mol Biol ISSN: 1064-3745