Multifaceted Applications of Chitosan in Cancer Drug Delivery and Therapy

Chitosan is a versatile polysaccharide of biological origin. Due to the biocompatible and biodegradable nature of chitosan, it is intensively utilized in biomedical applications in scaffold engineering as an absorption enhancer, and for bioactive and controlled drug release. In cancer therapy, chito...

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Main Authors:	Anish Babu, Rajagopal Ramesh
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2017-03-01
Series:	Marine Drugs
Subjects:	chitosan gene delivery drug delivery adjuvant cancer nanoparticle
Online Access:	http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/15/4/96

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spelling	doaj-1e0c7f9903694ab099ff703817bdb3692020-11-24T21:56:02ZengMDPI AGMarine Drugs1660-33972017-03-011549610.3390/md15040096md15040096Multifaceted Applications of Chitosan in Cancer Drug Delivery and TherapyAnish Babu0Rajagopal Ramesh1Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USADepartment of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USAChitosan is a versatile polysaccharide of biological origin. Due to the biocompatible and biodegradable nature of chitosan, it is intensively utilized in biomedical applications in scaffold engineering as an absorption enhancer, and for bioactive and controlled drug release. In cancer therapy, chitosan has multifaceted applications, such as assisting in gene delivery and chemotherapeutic delivery, and as an immunoadjuvant for vaccines. The present review highlights the recent applications of chitosan and chitosan derivatives in cancer therapy.http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/15/4/96chitosangene deliverydrug deliveryadjuvantcancernanoparticle
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title	Multifaceted Applications of Chitosan in Cancer Drug Delivery and Therapy
title_short	Multifaceted Applications of Chitosan in Cancer Drug Delivery and Therapy
title_full	Multifaceted Applications of Chitosan in Cancer Drug Delivery and Therapy
title_fullStr	Multifaceted Applications of Chitosan in Cancer Drug Delivery and Therapy
title_full_unstemmed	Multifaceted Applications of Chitosan in Cancer Drug Delivery and Therapy
title_sort	multifaceted applications of chitosan in cancer drug delivery and therapy
publisher	MDPI AG
series	Marine Drugs
issn	1660-3397
publishDate	2017-03-01
description	Chitosan is a versatile polysaccharide of biological origin. Due to the biocompatible and biodegradable nature of chitosan, it is intensively utilized in biomedical applications in scaffold engineering as an absorption enhancer, and for bioactive and controlled drug release. In cancer therapy, chitosan has multifaceted applications, such as assisting in gene delivery and chemotherapeutic delivery, and as an immunoadjuvant for vaccines. The present review highlights the recent applications of chitosan and chitosan derivatives in cancer therapy.
topic	chitosan gene delivery drug delivery adjuvant cancer nanoparticle
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Multifaceted Applications of Chitosan in Cancer Drug Delivery and Therapy

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