Porous egg microparticles for controllable drug delivery and oncotherapy

Abstract Baicalein (BAI) extracted from Chinese herb has been proved to increase the sensitivity of tumor cells to gemcitabine (GEM) and effectively solve the problem of drug resistance of tumor cells. Nevertheless, intravenous administration often leads to intolerance of patients and side effects....

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Main Authors: Dan Yan, Wei Wang, ZhengZheng Xie
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-03-01
Series:Precision Medical Sciences
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/prm2.12144
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description Abstract Baicalein (BAI) extracted from Chinese herb has been proved to increase the sensitivity of tumor cells to gemcitabine (GEM) and effectively solve the problem of drug resistance of tumor cells. Nevertheless, intravenous administration often leads to intolerance of patients and side effects. In this paper, we introduced egg‐based porous microparticles for controllable drug delivery and oncotherapy, which avoided frequent intravenous administration. The interconnected porous structure endowed the microparticles with the capacity of loading sufficient drugs and releasing in a controllable way by adjusting the concentration and proportion of egg white and yolk. We have demonstrated that the cell viability of drug delivery system group was less than 50%, while the single drug group was more than 70%, which indicated that the co‐delivery of GEM and BAI could significantly reduce the proliferation of cells. These features indicated that the egg porous microparticles are ideal for controllable drug delivery and oncotherapy.
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spelling doaj-art-c4abf71f08a84056a22f92fd6d90eabd2025-08-20T02:00:56ZengWileyPrecision Medical Sciences2642-25142025-03-01141465310.1002/prm2.12144Porous egg microparticles for controllable drug delivery and oncotherapyDan Yan0Wei Wang1ZhengZheng Xie2The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University &Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research Nanjing ChinaSuzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Suzhou ChinaBeijing Shijitan Hospital Capital Medical University Beijing ChinaAbstract Baicalein (BAI) extracted from Chinese herb has been proved to increase the sensitivity of tumor cells to gemcitabine (GEM) and effectively solve the problem of drug resistance of tumor cells. Nevertheless, intravenous administration often leads to intolerance of patients and side effects. In this paper, we introduced egg‐based porous microparticles for controllable drug delivery and oncotherapy, which avoided frequent intravenous administration. The interconnected porous structure endowed the microparticles with the capacity of loading sufficient drugs and releasing in a controllable way by adjusting the concentration and proportion of egg white and yolk. We have demonstrated that the cell viability of drug delivery system group was less than 50%, while the single drug group was more than 70%, which indicated that the co‐delivery of GEM and BAI could significantly reduce the proliferation of cells. These features indicated that the egg porous microparticles are ideal for controllable drug delivery and oncotherapy.https://doi.org/10.1002/prm2.12144deliveryegg hydrogelinverse opalmicroparticle
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Porous egg microparticles for controllable drug delivery and oncotherapy
Precision Medical Sciences
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egg hydrogel
inverse opal
microparticle
title Porous egg microparticles for controllable drug delivery and oncotherapy
title_full Porous egg microparticles for controllable drug delivery and oncotherapy
title_fullStr Porous egg microparticles for controllable drug delivery and oncotherapy
title_full_unstemmed Porous egg microparticles for controllable drug delivery and oncotherapy
title_short Porous egg microparticles for controllable drug delivery and oncotherapy
title_sort porous egg microparticles for controllable drug delivery and oncotherapy
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egg hydrogel
inverse opal
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url https://doi.org/10.1002/prm2.12144
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