PMID- 36558344 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20221226 IS - 2079-4991 (Print) IS - 2079-4991 (Electronic) IS - 2079-4991 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 24 DP - 2022 Dec 19 TI - Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery: From History to Therapeutic Applications. LID - 10.3390/nano12244494 [doi] LID - 4494 AB - Current research into the role of engineered nanoparticles in drug delivery systems (DDSs) for medical purposes has developed numerous fascinating nanocarriers. This paper reviews the various conventionally used and current used carriage system to deliver drugs. Due to numerous drawbacks of conventional DDSs, nanocarriers have gained immense interest. Nanocarriers like polymeric nanoparticles, mesoporous nanoparticles, nanomaterials, carbon nanotubes, dendrimers, liposomes, metallic nanoparticles, nanomedicine, and engineered nanomaterials are used as carriage systems for targeted delivery at specific sites of affected areas in the body. Nanomedicine has rapidly grown to treat certain diseases like brain cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and many others. These nanomedicines can improve drug bioavailability and drug absorption time, reduce release time, eliminate drug aggregation, and enhance drug solubility in the blood. Nanomedicine has introduced a new era for drug carriage by refining the therapeutic directories of the energetic pharmaceutical elements engineered within nanoparticles. In this context, the vital information on engineered nanoparticles was reviewed and conferred towards the role in drug carriage systems to treat many ailments. All these nanocarriers were tested in vitro and in vivo. In the coming years, nanomedicines can improve human health more effectively by adding more advanced techniques into the drug delivery system. FAU - Afzal, Obaid AU - Afzal O AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4188-5592 AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia. FAU - Altamimi, Abdulmalik S A AU - Altamimi ASA AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia. FAU - Nadeem, Muhammad Shahid AU - Nadeem MS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4112-0925 AD - Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia. FAU - Alzarea, Sami I AU - Alzarea SI AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4007-4023 AD - Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Saudi Arabia. FAU - Almalki, Waleed Hassan AU - Almalki WH AD - Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia. FAU - Tariq, Aqsa AU - Tariq A AD - Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), The University of Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan. FAU - Mubeen, Bismillah AU - Mubeen B AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4095-6467 AD - Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), The University of Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan. FAU - Murtaza, Bibi Nazia AU - Murtaza BN AD - Department of Zoology, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology (AUST), Abbottabad 22310, Pakistan. FAU - Iftikhar, Saima AU - Iftikhar S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0410-6959 AD - School of Biological Sciences, University of Punjab, Lahore 54000, Pakistan. FAU - Riaz, Naeem AU - Riaz N AD - Department of Pharmacy, COMSATS University, Abbottabad 22020, Pakistan. FAU - Kazmi, Imran AU - Kazmi I AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1881-5219 AD - Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia. LA - eng GR - 224UQU4310387DSR03/Umm al-Qura University/ PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20221219 PL - Switzerland TA - Nanomaterials (Basel) JT - Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101610216 PMC - PMC9781272 OTO - NOTNLM OT - drug delivery OT - nanomedicine OT - nanoparticles OT - personalized medicine OT - therapeutics COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/12/24 06:00 MHDA- 2022/12/24 06:01 PMCR- 2022/12/19 CRDT- 2022/12/23 01:52 PHST- 2022/11/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/12/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/12/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/12/23 01:52 [entrez] PHST- 2022/12/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/24 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - nano12244494 [pii] AID - nanomaterials-12-04494 [pii] AID - 10.3390/nano12244494 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Nanomaterials (Basel). 2022 Dec 19;12(24):4494. doi: 10.3390/nano12244494.