“Drug-Free” chitosan nanoparticles as therapeutic for cancer treatment

Chitosan is cancer cytotoxic. It induces apoptosis/necrosis/autophagy and immuno-responses, and mitigates angiogenic and metastasis tendency of cancer cells. The lower molecular weight chitosan induces apoptosis, whereas the higher molecular weight chitosan exerts apoptosis and necrosis. Transformin...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polymer Reviews
Main Author: Iskandar A.; Kim S.-K.; Wong T.W.
Format: Review
Language:English
Published: Taylor and Francis Ltd. 2024
Online Access:https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85187133860&doi=10.1080%2f15583724.2024.2323943&partnerID=40&md5=e716131457292cdc1f14658015b3a424