PMID- 36809944 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230607 LR - 20230624 IS - 1873-5576 (Electronic) IS - 1568-0096 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 7 DP - 2023 TI - Polycaprolactone-based Nanocarriers Containing 5-fluorouracil as a Therapeutic Guided Drug Delivery Approach for Enhancing Anticancer Activity. PG - 524-533 LID - 10.2174/1568009623666230210140212 [doi] AB - Nowadays, nano-platforms designed for drug delivery systems (DDSs) such as polymers, liposomes, and micelles have been demonstrated to be clinically efficient. The sustained drug release is one of the advantages of DDSs, especially polymer-based nanoparticles. The formulation could enhance the drug's durability, in which the biodegradable polymers are the most interesting building blocks of DDSs. Nano-carriers could circumvent many issues by localized drug delivery and release via certain internalization routes such as intracellular endocytosis paths and increasing biocompatibility. Polymeric nanoparticles and their nanocomposite are one of the most important classes of materials that can be used for the assembly of nanocarriers that can form complex, conjugated and encapsulated forms. The site-specific drug delivery may arise from the ability of nanocarriers to pass through the biological barrier, their specific interactions with receptors, and passive targeting. The better circulation, uptake, and stability along with targeting attributes lead to lesser side effects and damage to normal cells. Hence, in this review, the most recent achievements on polycaprolactone-based or -modified nanoparticles in drug delivery systems (DDSs) for 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) are presented. CI - Copyright(c) Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net. FAU - Mohammadian, Samaneh AU - Mohammadian S AD - Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Khazaei, Majid AU - Khazaei M AD - Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. AD - Basic Sciences Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. FAU - Maghami, Parvaneh AU - Maghami P AD - Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Avan, Amir AU - Avan A AD - Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. AD - Basic Sciences Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. AD - Medical Genetics Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. FAU - Rezaei, Majid AU - Rezaei M AD - Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. AD - Department of Medical Biotechnology and Nanotechnology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. AD - Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre, Institute of Postgraduate Studies, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - Netherlands TA - Curr Cancer Drug Targets JT - Current cancer drug targets JID - 101094211 RN - U3P01618RT (Fluorouracil) RN - 24980-41-4 (polycaprolactone) RN - 0 (Drug Carriers) RN - 0 (Polymers) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Fluorouracil MH - Drug Carriers MH - Drug Delivery Systems MH - Polymers MH - *Nanoparticles OTO - NOTNLM OT - 5-fluorouracil OT - Polycaprolactone OT - cancer OT - drug delivery OT - drug release OT - polymeric nanoparticles EDAT- 2023/02/23 06:00 MHDA- 2023/06/07 06:42 CRDT- 2023/02/22 14:17 PHST- 2022/04/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/10/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/12/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/06/07 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/02/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/02/22 14:17 [entrez] AID - CCDT-EPUB-129419 [pii] AID - 10.2174/1568009623666230210140212 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Curr Cancer Drug Targets. 2023;23(7):524-533. doi: 10.2174/1568009623666230210140212.