Prodrugs in combination with nanocarriers as a strategy for promoting antitumoral efficiency.

Abstract:

:Prodrug entrapment into nanocarriers for tumor delivery is a strategy to achieve a valid therapy with high efficiency. The prodrug contains anticancer agents conjugating with functional moieties or ligands so that the active component is released after metabolism in the body or tumor. The advantages of nanosystems for loading prodrugs include high loading, increased prodrug stability, improved bioavailability and enhanced targeting to tumor cells. In the present article, we introduce the prodrug delivery approaches according to nanomedicine and the recent advances in prodrug-loaded nanocarriers. First, we discuss the conceptional design of combined prodrugs and nanocarriers in response to the obstruction in anticancer therapy. Then we describe the cases of prodrug-loaded nanoparticles for cancer treatment during the past 5 years.

journal_name

Future Med Chem

authors

Lin MH,Hung CF,Hsu CY,Lin ZC,Fang JY

doi

10.4155/fmc-2018-0388

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-08-01 00:00:00

pages

2131-2150

issue

16

eissn

1756-8919

issn

1756-8927

journal_volume

11

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