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They can be designed to specifically target cancer biomarkers, allowing for highly sensitive and accurate detection of cancer cells or molecules associated with cancer. Gene therapy: Nanocarriers, such as lipid nanoparticles or polymer nanoparticles, can deliver therapeutic genes to cancer cells. This approach aims to modify the genetic makeup ...
Development of solid lipid nanoparticles is one of the emerging fields of lipid nanotechnology (for a review on lipid nanotechnology, see [17]) with several potential applications in drug delivery, clinical medicine and research, as well as in other disciplines. Due to their unique size-dependent properties, lipid nanoparticles can possibly ...
This therapy has shown to work best in conjunction with chemotherapeutics or other cancer therapies. [7] Although the EPR effect has been postulated to carry the nanoparticles and spread inside the cancer tissue, only a small percentage (0.7% median) of the total administered nanoparticle dose is usually able to reach a solid tumor. [8]
It can be directed to the location of cancer cells with sustained release behavior. Studies have also been done on gold nanoparticle responses to local near-infrared (NIR) light as a stimuli for drug release. In one study, gold nanoparticles functionalized with double-stranded DNA encapsulated with drug molecules, were irradiated with NIR light.
Solid lipid nanoparticles represent a novel delivery system for some vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19). [60] In recent decades, nanosized adjuvants have been widely used to enhance immune responses to targeted vaccine antigens.
When the blood vessels form so rapidly, large fenestrae result that are 100 to 600 nanometers in size, which allows enhanced nanoparticle entry. Further, the poor lymphatic drainage means that the large influx of nanoparticles are rarely leaving, thus, the tumor retains more nanoparticles for successful treatment to take place. [8]
In prostate cancer, the androgen receptor (AR) plays a critical role in progression of the cancer. Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are being considered for delivering siRNA to silence AR. The most effective LNP to be found in vivo contains an ionizable cationic lipid 2,2-dilinoleyl-4-(2-dimethylaminoethyl)-[1,3]-dioxolane (DLin-KC2-DMA). [4]
Traditionally, LNPs are composed of four indispensable lipid components: an ionizable amino lipid that aids in both escaping the endosomes and binding nucleic acids to the particle, an amphipathic phospholipid that promotes fusion with the target cell and endosomes, cholesterol to enhance nanoparticle stability, and a polyethylene glycol lipid ...