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Redox-sensitive smart nanosystems for drug and gene delivery
, Article Current Organic Chemistry ; Volume 20, Issue 28 , 2016 , Pages 2949-2959 ; 13852728 (ISSN) ; Moosavi Basri, S. M ; Vossoughi, M ; Pakchin, P. S ; Mirshekari, H ; Hamblin, M. R ; Sharif University of Technology
Bentham Science Publishers B.V
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Background: Smart stimulus-responsive nanocarriers represent a rapidly growing class of drug-delivery systems for cancer and other diseases. Objective: The alterations of redox potential between the intracellular environment and the extracellular space have been widely utilized as a trigger for delivery of therapeutic agents by smart stimulus-responsive nanocarriers. We set out to review the scientific literature. Method: Published papers between 1980 and the present day were surveyed. Results: The advantages of redox-activated smart delivery of drugs, genes, and imaging agents include: the amplitude of the redox-responsive signal; the simple chemical features needed to trigger the...
PEG-PLA-Polysccharide Injectable Nanogels for Drug Delivery
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Frounchi, Masoud (Supervisor) ; Dadbin, Sousan (Supervisor)
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In recent years along with time and cost intensive process of developing new and better drugs for diseases like cancer, scientists and researchers are attempting to develop novel drug delivery systems for already existing drugs.The purpose of these novel drug delivery systems such as nanogels is controlling drug release rate as well as delivery to a specific target tissue in order to reduce side effects. One of the most commonly used drugs for cancer treatment is Doxorubicin HCl, commercially known as Adricin. In this project biodegradable and biocompatible polymers PLA and PEG were used to synthesize nanocarriers for Adricin. These nanocarriers were then dispersed in an agar hydrogel. The...
Synthesis of Smart Nanocomposites from Chitosan, Functionalized with Gold Nanoparticles and Temperature Sensitive Polymers: Investigation of their Application in Light Responsive Nano Vehicles
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Pourjavadi, Ali (Supervisor)
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With the fast progress of nanotechnology, targeted drug delivery systems have been widely developed due to decreasing in the drug dosage and subsequently side effects of them into body. These smart systems are able to response to the surroundings stimuli. External stimuli in comparison with internal stimuli are more controllable, and can release drug at the targeted side in the desirable times. In the recent studies, there has been an increasing interest in the usage of LASER as an external stimulus due to high precision, short time response, and suitable practical function. For cancer therapy, several studies have been done by focusing on the hyperthermia effects of gold nanoparticles. In...
Stimulus-responsive polymeric nanogels as smart drug delivery systems
, Article Acta Biomaterialia ; Volume 92 , 2019 , Pages 1-18 ; 17427061 (ISSN) ; Rabiee, N ; Bagherzadeh, M ; Ahmadi, S ; Rabiee, M ; Roghani Mamaqani, H ; Tahriri, M ; Tayebi, L ; Hamblin, M. R ; Sharif University of Technology
Acta Materialia Inc
2019
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Nanogels are three-dimensional nanoscale networks formed by physically or chemically cross-linking polymers. Nanogels have been explored as drug delivery systems due to their advantageous properties, such as biocompatibility, high stability, tunable particle size, drug loading capacity, and possible modification of the surface for active targeting by attaching ligands that recognize cognate receptors on the target cells or tissues. Nanogels can be designed to be stimulus responsive, and react to internal or external stimuli such as pH, temperature, light and redox, thus resulting in the controlled release of loaded drugs. This “smart” targeting ability prevents drug accumulation in...
Synthesis and Characterization of Dextran Based Magnetic Nanogels as a Gene Delivery Vector and Investigating its Gene Therapy Efficiency
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Madaah Hosseini, Hamid Reza (Supervisor) ; Arefian, Ehsan (Supervisor)
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The use of magnetic nanoparticles modified with proper surface agent and the ability of controlling by magnetic field, that can induce colloidal stability, is considered as a vector to transfer DNA plasmid, or pDNA in short, in the field of gene therapy. In thiss research, pH-responsive dextran-based magnetic nanogels (dextMNGs) were synthesized via inverse mini-emulsion method. Fourier transformation infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) showed that magnetite nanoparticles (MNPs) were successfully modified with arginine and had amine terminals. FTIR, also, proved that aldehyded dextran was crosslinked by arginine modified magnetite nanoparticles (RMNPs) via pH sensitive imine bonds. X-ray...
Preparation of Host-Guest Hydrogels Responsive to Environmental Stimuli based on Diazo Compounds for Drug Release
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Pourjavadi, Ali (Supervisor)
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Conventional chemotherapy methods impact both normal and cancerous cells; therefore, it is essential to design novel drug delivery systems in order to reduce drugs’ side effects. Having high retention time in blood and the capability of crossing blood-brain barriers are the characteristics of nano-scaled drug delivery systems.The research thesis is about the synthesis and characterization of the light-sensitive biocompatible nanogels with the core-shell structure with the intention of Doxorubicin anti-cancer drug delivery. These smart nanogels possess a hydrophobic core coated with hydrophilic starch polymeric chain modified with beta-cyclodextrin. The formation of the core-shell structure...
Graphene oxide-l-arginine nanogel: A pH-sensitive fluorouracil nanocarrier
, Article Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry ; Volume 66, Issue 5 , 2019 , Pages 772-780 ; 08854513 (ISSN) ; Ghaemi, A ; Masoudi, G ; Chogan, F ; Rashedi, H ; Yazdian, F ; Omidi, M ; Javadi, S ; Haghiralsadat, B. F ; Teimouri, M ; Faal Hamedani, N ; Sharif University of Technology
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
2019
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Nowadays, putting forward an accurate cancer therapy method with minimal side effects is an important topic of research. Nanostructures, for their ability in controlled and targeted drug release on specific cells, are critical materials in this field. In this study, a pH-sensitive graphene oxide-l-arginine nanogel was synthesized to carry and release 5-fluorouracil. Optimized conditions using statistical analysis, based on the maximum relative viscosity of nanogel, were evaluated: 5.489 for the concentration of l-arginine and 2.404 for pH. The prepared nanogels were characterized using scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope images and Fourier-transform infrared...
A dual functional chondro-inductive chitosan thermogel with high shear modulus and sustained drug release for cartilage tissue engineering
, Article International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ; Volume 205 , 2022 , Pages 638-650 ; 01418130 (ISSN) ; Mehrjou, B ; Wang, D ; Bagheri, R ; Solouk, A ; Chu, P. K ; Wu, H ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2022
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We report a chitosan-based nanocomposite thermogel with superior shear modulus resembling that of cartilage and dual pro-chondrogenic and anti-inflammatory functions. Two therapeutic agents, kartogenin (KGN) and diclofenac sodium (DS), are employed to promote chondrogenesis of stem cells and suppress inflammation, respectively. To extend the release time in a controlled manner, KGN is encapsulated in the uniform-sized starch microspheres and DS is loaded into the halloysite nanotubes. Both drug carriers are doped into the maleimide-modified chitosan hydrogel to produce a shear modulus of 167 ± 5 kPa that is comparable to that of articular cartilage (50–250 kPa). Owing to the hydrogel...
Folate conjugated hyaluronic acid coated alginate nanogels encapsulated oxaliplatin enhance antitumor and apoptosis efficacy on colorectal cancer cells (HT29 cell line)
, Article Toxicology in Vitro ; Volume 65 , 2020 ; Zare Karizi, S ; Safaie Javan, R ; Mirzaie, A ; Noorbazargan, H ; Akbarzadeh, I ; Rezaie, H ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2020
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Oxaliplatin (OXA) has been widely used for treatment of colorectal cancer. In this study, to enhance antitumor and apoptosis efficacy, OXA was encapsulated in a novel folate conjugated hyaluronic acid coated alginate nanogels (F/HA/AL/OXA). The F/HA/AL/OXA nanogels were prepared by cross-linking process. The physico-chemical properties of F/HA/AL/OXA nanogels were characterized using scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, and fluorescent spectrophotometry. The in-vitro antitumor activity of free OXA, AL, HA/AL, HA/AL/OXA and F/HA/AL/OXA nanogels were assessed using MTT assay against colorectal cancer...
Optimization, physicochemical characterization, and antimicrobial activity of a novel simvastatin nano-niosomal gel against E. coli and S. aureus
, Article Chemistry and Physics of Lipids ; Volume 234 , 2021 ; 00093084 (ISSN) ; Keramati, M ; Azadi, A ; Afzali, E ; Shahbazi, R ; chiani, M ; Norouzian, D ; Bakhshandeh, H ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ireland Ltd
2021
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Niosomes, as a kind of drug delivery system, is widely used for the topical delivery of lipophilic drugs. Optimization of niosomes plays an essential role in enhancing their therapeutic efficiencies. This study aims to prepare an optimized niosomal formulation of simvastatin (nSIM), a lipophilic member of statins, through the experiment (Response Surface methodology). Optimized niosomes were characterized in size, polydispersity index (PDI), entrapment efficiency (EE), stability, releasing pattern, and antimicrobial activity. The different molar ratio of surfactant and cholesterol were applied to prepare various formulation of simvastatin loaded niosome. Mean particle size and size...
Optimization, physicochemical characterization, and antimicrobial activity of a novel simvastatin nano-niosomal gel against E. coli and S. aureus
, Article Chemistry and Physics of Lipids ; Volume 234 , 2021 ; 00093084 (ISSN) ; Keramati, M ; Azadi, A ; Afzali, E ; Shahbazi, R ; chiani, M ; Norouzian, D ; Bakhshandeh, H ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ireland Ltd
2021
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Niosomes, as a kind of drug delivery system, is widely used for the topical delivery of lipophilic drugs. Optimization of niosomes plays an essential role in enhancing their therapeutic efficiencies. This study aims to prepare an optimized niosomal formulation of simvastatin (nSIM), a lipophilic member of statins, through the experiment (Response Surface methodology). Optimized niosomes were characterized in size, polydispersity index (PDI), entrapment efficiency (EE), stability, releasing pattern, and antimicrobial activity. The different molar ratio of surfactant and cholesterol were applied to prepare various formulation of simvastatin loaded niosome. Mean particle size and size...