Issue 3, 2021

pH-Sensitive nanogels for drug delivery in cancer therapy

Abstract

As a commonly used treatment method for cancer, chemotherapy is greatly limited by the side effects of chemotherapy drugs and the multiple drug resistance that develops. Nanogels are considered ideal drug carriers due to their high stability, high water content and excellent drug loading capacities. To achieve more precise and intelligent drug delivery in tumor tissues, various environmentally responsive nanogels have been widely developed. Compared to normal tissue, tumor tissue exhibits a lower pH value. Therefore, the pH gradients between the tumor microenvironment and the normal physiological environment can be used to design pH-sensitive nanogels to regulate the delivery and release of antitumor drugs. This article mainly introduces the application of pH-sensitive nanogels in cancer treatment, hoping to provide a reference for the development of cancer treatment.

Graphical abstract: pH-Sensitive nanogels for drug delivery in cancer therapy

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
10 Oct 2020
Accepted
16 Nov 2020
First published
17 Nov 2020

Biomater. Sci., 2021,9, 574-589

pH-Sensitive nanogels for drug delivery in cancer therapy

Z. Li, J. Huang and J. Wu, Biomater. Sci., 2021, 9, 574 DOI: 10.1039/D0BM01729A

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