“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...
Published in: | Polymer Reviews |
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Format: | Review |
Language: | English |
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
2024
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Online Access: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85187133860&doi=10.1080%2f15583724.2024.2323943&partnerID=40&md5=e716131457292cdc1f14658015b3a424 |