TY - BOOK ID - 64931095 TI - Self-Organizing Nanovectors for Drug Delivery AU - Matricardi, Pietro AU - De Rosa, Giuseppe PY - 2020 SN - 3039284290 3039284282 PB - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - chitosan KW - encapsulation KW - gold nanoparticles KW - pH/redox-responsive KW - bolaform amphiphilic lipids KW - irradiation cycles KW - drug delivery KW - caries prevention KW - bolalipids KW - nanocage KW - natural extracts KW - astaxanthin KW - eukaryotic vaults KW - nanoparticles KW - amphiphilic random copolymers KW - zoledronic acid KW - triggered release KW - nanohydrogels KW - doxorubicin KW - vapor nanobubbles KW - curcumin KW - gold reduction KW - diffusion barrier KW - liposomes KW - hyaluronan KW - laser treatment KW - nanoparticle KW - mixed polymeric micelles KW - protein self-assembly KW - squalene KW - antimicrobial photodynamic therapy KW - self-assembly KW - hydrogel KW - C-peptide KW - polyelectrolyte complexes KW - siRNA delivery KW - drug delivery system KW - biofilms KW - pulmonary surfactant KW - multidrug resistance KW - drug delivery systems KW - nano-assemblies KW - photo-thermal therapy KW - anticancer KW - polypeptides KW - graphene quantum dots KW - nanovesicles KW - aerogel KW - resveratrol KW - intracellular therapy KW - Oral antimicrobials KW - syringeable implant KW - trehalose KW - betulinic acid KW - in situ gelling systems KW - autophagy induction KW - chorioallantoic membrane model KW - controlled release KW - diabetes KW - oxidative stress KW - localized heating effect UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:64931095 AB - Nanomedicine represents one of the most investigated areas in the last two decades in the field of pharmaceutics. Several nanovectors have been developed and a growing number of products have been approved. It is well known that many biomaterials are able to self-organize under controlled conditions giving rise nanostructures. Polymers, lipids, inorganic materials, peptides and proteins, and surfactants are examples of such biomaterials and the self-assembling property can be exploited to design nanovectors that are useful for drug delivery. The self-organization of nanostructures is an attractive approach to preparing nanovectors, avoiding complex and high-energy-consuming preparation methods, and, in some cases, facilitating drug loading procedures. Moreover, preparations based on these biocompatible and pharmaceutical grade biomaterials allow an easy transfer from the lab to the industrial scale. This book reports ten different works, and a review, aiming to cover multiple strategies and pharmaceutical applications in the field of self-organizing nanovectors for drug delivery. ER -