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Table 1 Key NPs in GI cancer therapeutics

From: Nano drug delivery systems in upper gastrointestinal cancer therapy

Composition

Material

Therapeutic agent

Target

Model

Refs.

Inorganic

Silica NP

IDO-inhibitor + oxaliplatin

P

Transgenic Pdx-A-Cre mouse

[164]

PAX + gemcitabine

P

PANC-A mouse xenograft

[154]

PAX + curcumin

GC, BD, P

4T1 mouse xenograft

[165]

Irinotecan

P

Kras-derived PDAC mouse model

[166]

Selenium

Oridonin + GE11 peptide

GC

Human esophageal cancer cell lines (KYSE-150 and EC9706) and KYSE-150 xenograft mouse model

[167]

Metallic

Gold

Doxorubicin + VARLITINIB

P

Cancer line S2-013s

[32]

HER-2 siRNA

GC

MFC-derived tumors bearing mice

[152]

Natural

Albumin

PAX + gemcitabine

BD/P/G

Applied in Clinics

[168]

Hyaluronic acid coated, load: celastrol + A-Methyl-Tryptophan

P

C57BL/6 mice xenograft model

[141]

Chitosan-PLGA

Docetaxel + elacridar

P, GC

A549 adenocarcinoma cell culture

[169]

Alginate

Liquid alginate

GC

Clinical trial for pre-cancerous Barrett’s esophagus

[170]

Polymeric

PLGA

PAX-oncoGel

P

Porcine pancreas in vivo, phase I clinical trial

[171]

Docetaxel + LY294002

GC

Orthotopic GC—and xenograft mouse model

[172]

5-fluoroucil + PAX

GC

In vitro and Ex vivo sLeA cells

[173]

Liposome

Phospholipid

IDO-inhibitor + oxaliplatin

P

Syngeneic mice

[164]

  1. P pancreas, BD bile duct, GC gastric/esophageal