Search Results - "Curcio, Manuela"
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Injectable Hydrogels for Cancer Therapy over the Last Decade
Published in Pharmaceutics (01-09-2019)“…The interest in injectable hydrogels for cancer treatment has been significantly growing over the last decade, due to the availability of a wide range of…”
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Dextran-Curcumin Nanosystems Inhibit Cell Growth and Migration Regulating the Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Prostate Cancer Cells
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (29-06-2021)“…Functional nanocarriers which are able to simultaneously vectorize drugs to the site of interest and exert their own cytotoxic activity represent a significant…”
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Combining Carbon Nanotubes and Chitosan for the Vectorization of Methotrexate to Lung Cancer Cells
Published in Materials (06-09-2019)“…A hybrid system composed of multi-walled carbon nanotubes coated with chitosan was proposed as a pH-responsive carrier for the vectorization of methotrexate to…”
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Dual-Targeted Hyaluronic Acid/Albumin Micelle-Like Nanoparticles for the Vectorization of Doxorubicin
Published in Pharmaceutics (26-02-2021)“…Drug targeting of tumor cells is one of the great challenges in cancer therapy; nanoparticles based on natural polymers represent valuable tools to achieve…”
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GO-SWCNT Buckypapers as an Enhanced Technology for Water Decontamination from Lead
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (23-06-2022)“…Water decontamination is an important challenge resulting from the incorrect disposal of heavy metal waste into the environment. Among the different available…”
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Engineered Mesoporous Silica-Based Nanoparticles: Characterization of Surface Properties
Published in Materials (06-07-2024)“…Mesoporous silica-based nanomaterials have emerged as multifunctional platforms with applications spanning catalysis, medicine, and nanotechnology. Since their…”
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Molecularly imprinted polymers in drug delivery: state of art and future perspectives
Published in Expert opinion on drug delivery (01-10-2011)“…Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are synthetic receptors, characterized by a high selectivity for the selected template. Among the different applications…”
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Alginate Bioconjugate and Graphene Oxide in Multifunctional Hydrogels for Versatile Biomedical Applications
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (03-03-2021)“…In this work, we combined electrically-conductive graphene oxide and a sodium alginate-caffeic acid conjugate, acting as a functional element, in an acrylate…”
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Curcumin-Sodium Alginate and Curcumin-Chitosan Conjugates as Drug Delivery Systems: An Interesting Rheological Behaviour
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (01-08-2023)“…The conjugation of polyphenols is a valuable strategy with which to confer tailored properties to polymeric materials of biomedical interest. Within this…”
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Functionalized Carbon Nanostructures Versus Drug Resistance: Promising Scenarios in Cancer Treatment
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (30-04-2020)“…Carbon nanostructures (CN) are emerging valuable materials for the assembly of highly engineered multifunctional nanovehicles for cancer therapy, in particular…”
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ZnO-Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite for Paclitaxel Delivery and Enhanced Toxicity in Breast Cancer Cells
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (09-08-2024)“…A ZnO-Graphene oxide nanocomposite (Z-G) was prepared in order to exploit the biomedical features of each component in a single anticancer material. This was…”
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Smart Lipid-Polysaccharide Nanoparticles for Targeted Delivery of Doxorubicin to Breast Cancer Cells
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (21-02-2022)“…In this study, actively-targeted (CD44-receptors) and dual stimuli (pH/redox)-responsive lipid-polymer nanoparticles were proposed as a delivery vehicle of…”
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Novel CD44-Targeted Albumin Nanoparticles: An Innovative Approach to Improve Breast Cancer Treatment
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (01-10-2024)“…This study introduces novel CD44-targeted and redox-responsive nanoparticles (FNPs), proposed as doxorubicin (DOX) delivery devices for breast cancer. A…”
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Dextran-Curcumin Nanoparticles as a Methotrexate Delivery Vehicle: A Step Forward in Breast Cancer Combination Therapy
Published in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) (25-12-2019)“…With the aim to effectively deliver methotrexate (MTX) to breast cancer cells, we designed a nanocarrier system (DC) derived from the self-assembly of a…”
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Polymeric Biomaterials for the Treatment of Cardiac Post-Infarction Injuries
Published in Pharmaceutics (07-07-2021)“…Cardiac regeneration aims to reconstruct the heart contractile mass, preventing the organ from a progressive functional deterioration, by delivering…”
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Removal of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs from Drinking Water Sources by GO-SWCNT Buckypapers
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (01-11-2022)“…Pharmaceutical products such as antibiotics, analgesics, steroids, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are new emerging pollutants, often…”
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Functional Albumin Nanoformulations to Fight Adrenocortical Carcinoma: a Redox-Responsive Approach
Published in Pharmaceutical research (01-03-2020)“…Purpose Solid tumors exhibit an altered redox state in comparison with normal tissues due to tumor hypoxia, lower pH, and elevated levels of the tripeptide…”
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Carbon Nanotubes Hybrid Hydrogels for Environmental Remediation: Evaluation of Adsorption Efficiency under Electric Field
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (19-11-2021)“…The performance of Carbon Nanotubes hybrid hydrogels for environmental remediation was investigated using Methylene Blue (MB), Rhodamine B (RD), and Bengal…”
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Curcumin and Graphene Oxide Incorporated into Alginate Hydrogels as Versatile Devices for the Local Treatment of Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Published in Materials (22-02-2022)“…With the aim of preparing hybrid hydrogels suitable for use as patches for the local treatment of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)-affected areas, curcumin (CUR)…”
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Evaluating the Efficiency of Chitosan‐Graphene Oxide Hybrid Hydrogels as Drug Delivery Systems
Published in Macromolecular materials and engineering (01-11-2023)“…With the objective of creating an electro‐responsive and antimicrobial device suitable as delivery system for Rose Bengal (RB) to the skin, a hybrid hydrogel…”
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