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CURRENT PROTEIN & PEPTIDE SCIENCE
卷 22, 期 8, 页码 567-573出版社
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.2174/1389203722666210713161618
关键词
Ovarian cancer; elastin-like peptides; anticancer; therapy; chemotherapy; cytotoxicity
资金
- ICMR, Government of India [2019-3940/PHA-BMS]
Polymers are widely used in drug delivery systems, with polymer-drug conjugates being an effective method for anticancer chemotherapy. Stimuli-responsive polymers such as thermosensitive and pH-sensitive polymers have been used to develop effective drug delivery systems. Elastin-like Polypeptides (ELP) as thermoresponsive polymers have shown potential in anticancer therapy, and can be used in combination with hyperthermia to target drugs to solid tumors.
Background: Ovarian cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Polymers have low cytotoxicity and high functionalizability and are hence used for drug delivery systems, tissue engineering, and polymer therapeutics. In drug delivery systems, polymer-drug conjugates have shown considerable promise, especially in anticancer chemotherapy. Objective: Anticancer Drug Delivery Systems (DDS) deliver drugs to the tumor site leading to reduced exposure of the drugs to healthy cells and hence reduced side effects. Efforts have been made in the past to develop effective DDS using stimuli-responsive polymers like thermosensitive and pH-sensitive polymers. Conclusion: Elastin-like Polypeptides (ELP), one of the thermoresponsive polymers, have been identified as drug carriers in anticancer therapy. ELP-drug conjugates have the potential and can be used effectively in combination with hyperthermia for targeting drugs to solid tumors. This review reports on the use of ELPs in cancer therapy, its biomedical applications, and recent developments to target drugs to ovarian solid tumors.
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