Novel nanofibers from blends of polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) and chitosan have been produced through an emulsion electrospinning process. The spinning solution employed polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as the emulsifier. PVA was extracted from the electrospun nanofibers, resulting in a final scaffold consisting of a blend of PLGA and chitosan. The fraction of chitosan in the final electrospun mat ...

Biodegradable poly-(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) microspheres (PLGA-MS) are approved as a drug delivery system in humans and represent a promising antigen delivery device for immunotherapy against cancer. Immune responses following PLGA-MS vaccination require cross-presentation of encapsulated antigen by professional antigen presenting cells (APCs). While the potential of PLGA-MS as vaccine formul...

BACKGROUND Particulate carriers are necessary to control the release of endostar and prolong its circulation in vivo. The purpose of this study was to identify a suitable carrier for the capsulation and delivery of endostar. METHODS We prepared a series of poly (DL-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) and poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG)-modified PLGA (PEG-PLGA) particulate carriers, and then characteriz...

Nanoscaled devices have great potential for drug delivery applications due to their small size. In the present study, we report for the first time the preparation and evaluation of antitumor efficacy of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-entrapped poly (D, L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticles with dependence on the lactide/glycolide combination of PLGA. 5-FU-loaded PLGA nanoparticles with two dif...

Polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) based nanoparticles are biocompatible and biodegradable and therefore have been extensively investigated as therapeutic carriers. Here, we engineered diagnostically active PLGA nanoparticles that incorporate high payloads of nanocrystals into their core for tunable bioimaging features. We accomplished this through esterification reactions of PLGA to generate p...

Abstract Cisplatin-based nanoparticles show good potential in enhancing the effect of nasopharynx carcinoma (NPC) therapy but are still limited by their low radiation sensitization and poor tumor targeting ability. Herein, an ingenious design multifunctional superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle (SPION)@polymer hybrid nanosensitizer (SPHN) with enhanced radiosensitization dual-targeting cap...

Abstract A novel degradable microgel based on poly( N -isopropylacrylamide) (pNIPA) cross-linked with , ’-bisacryloylcystine (BISS) and containing superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION@CA) was synthesized by semi-batch precipitation polymerization examined as a potential hyperthermia-enhanced drug carrier. The pNIPA provided the temperature sensitivity, BISS responsible for degradat...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the biological activity, safety, and effectiveness poly(lactic acid)–poly(glycolic acid)–poly(ethylene glycol)–calcium phosphate cement (PLGA-PEG-PLGA/CPC). Methods: PLGA-PEG-PLGA/CPC composite bone used for interaction with MC3T3-E1 mouse osteoblasts in vitro its compatibility tested using Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8). Alizarin Red staining alkaline phospha...

OBJECTIVES This study describes the preparation, biodistribution of 153Sm-DTPA-SPION after intravenous injection in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS The chelator DTPA dianhydride was conjugated to SPION using a small modification of the well-known cyclic anhydride method. Conjugation was done at a 1: 4 (SPION:ccDTPA) molar ratio. Conjugation reaction was purified with magnetic assorting column (MA...