Publications by authors named "Birendra Chaurasiya"

Vascular endothelium plays a crucial role in vascular homeostasis and tissue fluid balance. To target endothelium for robust genome editing, we developed poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether-block-poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PEG-b-PLGA) copolymer-based nanoparticle formulated with polyethyleneimine. A single i.

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The pulmonary route has long been used for drug administration for both local and systemic treatment. It possesses several advantages, which can be categorized into physiological, i.e.

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Artemisinin (ART) is well known as an antimalarial drug, and it can also be used to treat inflammation as well as cancer. Although many researchers have reported the antitumor activity of ART, most of these studies were investigated in vitro. In addition, ART is sparingly soluble in water, limiting its clinical relevance in drug development.

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Background: One major limitation of cancer chemotherapy is a failure to specifically target a tumor, potentially leading to side effects such as systemic cytotoxicity. In this case, we have generated a cancer cell-targeting nanoparticle-liposome drug delivery system that can be activated by near-infrared laser light to enable local photo-thermal therapy and the release of chemotherapeutic agents, which could achieve combined therapeutic efficiency.

Methods: To exploit the magnetic potential of iron oxide, we prepared and characterized citric acid-coated iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles (CMNPs) and encapsulated them into thermo-sensitive liposomes (TSLs).

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"Off-targeting" and receptor density expressed at the target sites always compromise the efficacy of the nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems. In this study, we isolated different cell membranes and constructed cell membrane-cloaked biogenic nanoparticles for co-delivery of antitumor paclitaxel (PTX) and multidrug resistance (MDR)-modulator disulfiram (DSF). Consequently, MDR cancer cell membrane (A549/T)-coated hybrid nanoparticles (A549/T CM-HNPs) selectively recognized the source cells and increased the uptake by ninefold via the homotypic binding mechanism.

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Cancer is a kind of malignant diseases that threatens human health and the research application of anti-tumor drug therapeutics is growingly always been focused on. Many new compounds with great anticancer activity were synthesized but cannot be hard to be developed into clinical use due to its poor water solubility. Deoxypodophyllotoxin (DPT) is just an example.

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Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a complex disease characterized by inflammation and ankylosis primarily at the cartilage-bone interface. The disease is more common in young males and risk factors include both genetic and environmental. While the pathogenesis of AS is not completely understood, it is thought to be an immune-mediated disease involving inflammatory cellular infiltrates, and human leukocyte antigen-B27.

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Nanoemulgels are composed of O/W nanoemulsion and hydrogels and are considered as ideal carriers for the transdermal drug delivery because these have high affinity to load hydrophobic drugs. The stable formulation of eprinomectin (EPR) is very challenging because of it is high hydrophobic nature. In this work, we have prepared EPR loaded nanoemulgel for the treatment of endo- and ectoparasites.

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Recent studies have indicated that multidrug resistance (MDR) can significantly limit the effects of conventional chemotherapy. In this study, PT (Pachymic acid and dehydrotumulosic acid) are the two major triterpenoid components purified and identified in P. cocos.

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Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) is an important biomarker of acute myocardial infarction (MI) in animals and human beings. Nevertheless, no immunohistochemical study has been reported about the pattern of myocardial cTnI egression in a minimally invasive model. The present study intended to establish a minimally invasive model of MI and to evaluate the distribution of cTnI.

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Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a common intractable barrier in success of clinical cancer chemotherapy. Codelivery of two drugs using nanocarriers is a commonly used approach to treat the MDR cancer. However, the drug payload in the conventional nanocarriers is low and thus compromises the treatment outcomes.

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Introduction: Cyclosporine-A (CsA) is generally used as an immunosuppressant and is also prescribed for some ophthalmic applications such as vernal keratoconjunctivitis and dry eye. However, it is limited clinically due to its low aqueous solubility and ocular bioavailability.

Methods: In this work, lyophilized methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(lactide) (mPEG-PLA) polymer micelles were prepared for ophthalmic formulations as a promising nanocarrier for hydrophobic drugs like CsA.

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Glioblastoma multiforme is the most devastating malignant brain tumor in adults. Even with the standard care of therapy, the prognosis remains dismal due to tumor heterogeneity, tumor infiltration, and, more importantly, the restrictive nature of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). To overcome the challenge of effectively delivering therapeutic cargo into the brain, herein a "smart", multifunctional polymeric micelle was developed using a cholesterol-conjugated polyoxyethylene sorbitol oleate.

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Delivery of inhalational dry powders (DPs) to the lung of mice is pivotal for pre-clinical pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic investigations. Although several devices have been reported, their application is always limited by many factors, including complicated design, high price, commercially discontinued status, as well as requirement of special skills. Here, we have introduced a simple device for non-invasive and precise delivery of DPs in mice.

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A new phloroglucinol derivative, named eucalyptin B (1), along with five related known compounds (2 - 6), was isolated from the fruits of Eucalyptus globulus. Their structures were elucidated by means of 1D- and 2D-NMR spectroscopy, with the absolute configuration of 1 determined by electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations. All isolated compounds (1 - 6) were evaluated for their cytotoxic activities against lung (A549), breast (4T1), and skin (B16F10) cancer cell lines.

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A reversibly disulfide-crosslinked pullulan nanoparticle with folic acid (FA) decoration (FA-Pull-LA CLNPs) was fabricated for dual-targeted and reduction-responsive anti-tumoral liver drug delivery based on the specific affinity of pullulan and FA to overexpress asialoglycoprtein receptors (ASGPR) and folate receptors (FR), respectively. Paclitaxel (PTX)-loaded FA-Pull-LA nanoparticles (NPs) with satisfactory size, polydispersity index (PDI), and zeta potential exhibited much faster PTX release in the presence of 10mM glutathione (GSH) rather than physiological conditions. In vitro cellular assays confirmed the dual targetability and endosomal accumulation of FA-Pull-LA NPs.

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Nanotechnology-based chemotherapy is efficient in cancer treatment due to the targeted delivery of small molecules via nano-carriers, which are usually regarded as "inert". However, nano-materials are more preferred as carriers since many cause synergistic anti-tumor effects along with the drug cargo. In this study, a "bioactive" tocopherol succinate (TOS) was grafted to hyaluronic acid (HA) via of disulfide bonds to obtain HA-ss-TOS conjugates which can assemble into nano-micelles but dissociate when exposed to reducing environments in vitro and in vivo.

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Core-crosslinked pullulan nanoparticles (Pull-LA-CLNPs) were synthesized by the reduction-sensitive strategy for paclitaxel (PTX) delivery. Pull-LA-CLNPs showed high stability against extensive dilution, high salt concentration and organic solvent. In vitro drug release study showed that PTX release from Pull-LA-NPs at pH 7.

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Objective: To give an in-depth overview about the tumor and its surrounding microenvironment influencing distribution and elimination of nanoformulations. Mehtods: This up-to-date review will summarize the microenvironmental components and their influence on the various factors related to nanoformulations and tumor which affect the penetration, distribution, regulation and clearance of nanoformulations from the tumor cells. Results of recent advances in miroenvironmental tuning with nanoformulations will be evaluated mechanistically.

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