Journal
POLYMERS
Volume 14, Issue 16, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym14163410
Keywords
cancer; chitosan; hyaluronic acid; nanoparticle; targeted delivery
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- Universitas Padjadjaran
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Chitosan-hyaluronic acid nanoparticles have the potential to be an effective and targeted treatment for various types of cancer, with good characteristics and active targeting capabilities.
Cancer is the most common cause of death worldwide; therefore, there is a need to discover novel treatment modalities to combat it. One of the cancer treatments is nanoparticle technology. Currently, nanoparticles have been modified to have desirable pharmacological effects by using chemical ligands that bind with their specific receptors on the surface of malignant cells. Chemical grafting of chitosan nanoparticles with hyaluronic acid as a targeted ligand can become an attractive alternative for active targeting. Hence, these nanoparticles can control drug release with pH- responsive stimuli, and high selectivity of hyaluronic acid to CD44 receptors makes these nanoparticles accumulate more inside cells that overexpress these receptors (cancer cells). In this context, we discuss the benefits and recent findings of developing and utilizing chitosan-hyaluronic acid nanoparticles against distinct forms of cancer malignancy. From here we know that chitosan-hyaluronic acid nanoparticles (CHA-Np) can produce a nanoparticle system with good characteristics, effectiveness, and a good active targeting on various types of cancer cells. Therefore, this system is a good candidate for targeted drug delivery for cancer therapy, anticipating that CHA-Np could be further developed for various cancer therapy applications.
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