Roacho-Pérez, J.A.; Garza-Treviño, E.N.; Delgado-Gonzalez, P.; G-Buentello, Z.; Delgado-Gallegos, J.L.; Chapa-Gonzalez, C.; Sánchez-Domínguez, M.; Sánchez-Domínguez, C.N.; Islas, J.F. Target Nanoparticles against Pancreatic Cancer: Fewer Side Effects in Therapy. Life2021, 11, 1187.
Roacho-Pérez, J.A.; Garza-Treviño, E.N.; Delgado-Gonzalez, P.; G-Buentello, Z.; Delgado-Gallegos, J.L.; Chapa-Gonzalez, C.; Sánchez-Domínguez, M.; Sánchez-Domínguez, C.N.; Islas, J.F. Target Nanoparticles against Pancreatic Cancer: Fewer Side Effects in Therapy. Life 2021, 11, 1187.
Roacho-Pérez, J.A.; Garza-Treviño, E.N.; Delgado-Gonzalez, P.; G-Buentello, Z.; Delgado-Gallegos, J.L.; Chapa-Gonzalez, C.; Sánchez-Domínguez, M.; Sánchez-Domínguez, C.N.; Islas, J.F. Target Nanoparticles against Pancreatic Cancer: Fewer Side Effects in Therapy. Life2021, 11, 1187.
Roacho-Pérez, J.A.; Garza-Treviño, E.N.; Delgado-Gonzalez, P.; G-Buentello, Z.; Delgado-Gallegos, J.L.; Chapa-Gonzalez, C.; Sánchez-Domínguez, M.; Sánchez-Domínguez, C.N.; Islas, J.F. Target Nanoparticles against Pancreatic Cancer: Fewer Side Effects in Therapy. Life 2021, 11, 1187.
Abstract
Pancreatic cancer leads the most common lethal tumor in America. This lethality is related to limited treatment options. Conventional treatments involve a non-specific use of chemotherapeutical agents like 5-FU, capecitabine, gemcitabine, cisplatine, oxaliplatine, or irinotecan, that produce several side effects. This review we focus on the use of targeted nanoparticles as an alternative to the standard treatment for the pancreatic cancer. The principal objective of the use of nanoparticles is the reduction in side effects that conventional treatments produce, mostly because of their nonspecificity. Currently, several molecular markets of pancreatic cancer cells have been studied to target nanoparticles and improve the actual treatment. Therefore, properly functionalizated nanoparticles with specific aptamers or antibodies can be used to recognize pancreatic cancer cells and once cancer is recognized, these nanoparticles can attack the tumor by drug delivery, hyperthermia, or gene therapy.
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