Aptamers as smart ligands for nano-carriers targeting

Aptamers evolved from live cells as effective molecular probes for cancer study

Dihua Shangguan, Ying Li, Zhiwen Tang et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 1.5K citations · Full text

Medicine, Molecular Biology, Oncology +17

Dendrimer as nanocarrier for drug delivery

Prashant Kesharwani, Keerti Jain · Progress in Polymer Science · 2013 · 1.1K citations

Pharmacy, Molecular Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutics +12

Targeted delivery of cisplatin to prostate cancer cells by aptamer functionalized Pt(IV) prodrug-PLGA–PEG nanoparticles

Shanta Dhar, Frank Gu, Róbert Langer et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · 990 citations · Full text

Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology +14

Prostate specific membrane antigen expression in prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia and adenocarcinoma

David G. Bostwick, Anna Pacelli, Michael L. Blute et al. · Cancer · 1998 · 702 citations

Medicine, Oncology, Pathology +17

Aptamer-functionalized PEG–PLGA nanoparticles for enhanced anti-glioma drug delivery

Jianwei Guo, Xiaoling Gao, Lina Su et al. · Biomaterials · 2011 · 570 citations

Pharmacy, Oncology, Pharmaceutics +14