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Table 3 Examples of transferrin-targeted nanosystems

From: Nanocomposites as biomolecules delivery agents in nanomedicine

Type of nanomaterial

Cargo

Efficacy test

References

O-Carboxymethyl chitosan

DOX

HCT119 cells

KB cells

[82]

PEG/chitosan

Paclitaxel

HOP-62 cells

[161]

Dextran-spermine NPs

Capecitabine

U87MG cells

[30]

Mesoporous silica

DOX

Huh7 cells

[162]

PLGA

DOX

PC3 cells

[163]

PLGA/SPION

Paclitaxel

MCF-7 cells

U-87 cells

[164]

PEG

Curcumin, DOX

MCF-7 cells

BALB/c nude mice

[165]

Pluronic 85/lipid

DOX

DOX resistance HL-60 cell line

BALB/c mice

[166]

PEG/phosphatidyl micelles

Paclitaxel, tariguidar

SCOV-3TR cells

A2780-Adr MDR cells

[167]

PEG-ylated vitamin-E/lipid core micelles

Curcumin

HeLa cells

HepG2 cells

[168]

Tocopheryl-PEG succinate

Cisplatin

A549 cells

A549 xenografts mice

[169]

PEG-hydrazone-glyceryl monostearate

Docetaxel and baicalein

A549 cells

A549/DTX resistant cells

[170]

Polypyrrole

131I

U87MG cells

[171]

MoS2 nanoplates modified with block copolymer P(OEG-A)-b-P(VBA-co-KH570)

DOX

HepG2 cells

[172]

GO/PEI

Pt[10-methyldipyridophenazine] Cl2

MCF-7 cells

[173]

GO

Docetaxel

MCF-7 cells

[174]

PEG/GO

DOX

Murine C6 glioma cells

BMVE cells Brain glioma-bearing rat model

[175]

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Docetaxel

A549 cells

[176]