pH-Responsive Mesoporous Silica and Carbon Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery

The application of nanotechnology to medicine constitutes a major field of research nowadays. In particular, the use of mesoporous silica and carbon nanoparticles has attracted the attention of numerous researchers due to their unique properties, especially when applied to cancer treatment. Many str...

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Autores: Gisbert Garzarán, Miguel, Manzano García, Miguel, Vallet Regí, María Dulce Nombre
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/17593
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/17593
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:66
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Mesoporous nanoparticles
PH-responsive
Cancer
Stimuli-responsive
Materiales
Química inorgánica (Química)
3312 Tecnología de Materiales
2303 Química Inorgánica
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Sumario:The application of nanotechnology to medicine constitutes a major field of research nowadays. In particular, the use of mesoporous silica and carbon nanoparticles has attracted the attention of numerous researchers due to their unique properties, especially when applied to cancer treatment. Many strategies based on stimuli-responsive nanocarriers have been developed to control the drug release and avoid premature release. Here, we focus on the use of the subtle changes of pH between healthy and diseased areas along the body to trigger the release of the cargo. In this review, different approximations of pH-responsive systems are considered: those based on the use of the host-guest interactions between the nanocarriers and the drugs, those based on the hydrolysis of acid-labile bonds and those based on supramolecular structures acting as pore capping agents.