Preface ....................................................... vii
Contributors ................................................... ix
1 Tumor-Targeted Nanoparticles: State-of-the-Art and
Remaining Challenges ......................................... 1
Gaurav Bajaj and Yoon Yeo
2 Applications of Ligand-Engineered Nanomedicines ............. 21
Gayong Shim, Joo Yeon Park, Lee Dong Roh, Yu-Kyoung Oh,
and Sangbin Lee
3 Lipid Nanoparticles for the Delivery of Nucleic Acids ....... 51
Yuhua Wang and Leaf Huang
4 Photosensitive Liposomes as Potential Targeted Therapeutic
Agents ...................................................... 81
David H. Thompson, Pochi Shum, Oleg V. Gerasimov, and
Marquita Quails
5 Multifunctional Dendritic Nanocarriers: The Architecture
and Applications in Targeted Drug Delivery ................. 101
Ryan M. Pearson, Jin Woo Bae, and Seungpyo Hong
6 Chitosan-Based Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications ... 129
Heebeom Koo, Kuiwon Choi, Ick Chan Kwon, and Kwangmeyung
Kim
7 Polymer-Drug Nanoconjugates ................................ 151
Rong Tong, Li Tang, Nathan P. Gabrielson, Qian Yin, and
Jianjun Cheng
8 Nanocrystals Production, Characterization, and
Application for Cancer Therapy ............................. 183
Christin P. Hollis and Tonglei Li
9 Clearance of Nanoparticles During Circulation .............. 209
Seung-Young Lee and Ji-Xin Cheng
10 Drug Delivery Strategies for Combating Multiple Drug
Resistance ................................................. 241
Joseph W. Nichols and You Han Bae
11 Intracellular Trafficking of Nanoparticles: Implications
for Therapeutic Efficacy of the Encapsulated Drug .......... 261
Lin Niu and Jayanth Panyam
12 Toxicological Assessment of Nanomedicine ................... 281
Hayley Nehoff, Sebastien Taurin, and Khaled Greish
Index ......................................................... 307
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