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Targeted Therapeutic Nanoparticles: An Immense Promise to Fight against Cancer

Table 2

An overview of different targeting ligand decorated PLGA NPs with their preparation methods, ligands used, payloads, size, and zeta potential.

NPs typeNP preparation methodTargeting ligandLoaded MaterialsStabilizerCell line/animal modelAverage size
(nm)
Zeta potential
(mV)
Reference

PEGTop-down strategic PRINT techniqueTransferrinHeLa, Ramos, H460, SK-OV-3, HepG2, LNCaP(267 ± 49)–(292 ± 76)(−35.6 ± 1.3)–(39.9 ± 1.7)[66]

PEG-PCLDry-down methodAlexa Fluor 647 (AF647)MDA-MB-468, MCF-7(26.4 ± 0.7)–(60.9 ± 0.7)(−5.1)–(−7.3)[67]

PEG-PCLSolvent evaporationAngiopep-2PaclitaxelSodium CholateU87 MG, BCECs<100(−3.08 ± 0.94)–(−3.28 ± 0.75)[68]

PLGANanoprecipitationg7 PeptideLoperamide, Rhodamine-123Poloxamer 188Tail vein in rats140–180−20[69]

PLGAModified solvent extraction/evaporationTrastuzumabPaclitaxelPVACaco-2, SK-BR-3(293.8 ± 5.7)–(312.3 ± 8.2)(−35.07 ± 1.68)–(−21.24 ± 2.11)[70]

PLGAEmulsion-solvent evaporation/extractionHumanized anti-DC-SIGN (hD1)FITC-TT peptide, DQ-BSAPVAGranulocytes, PBMCs202 ± 4, 239 ± 14(−28.6 ± 0.4), (−44.9 ± 1.8)[71]

PLGA-PEGNanoprecipitationA10 PSMA aptamerCisplatinLNCaP, PC3(131 ± 0.5)–(172 ± 3.4)[72]

PLGA-PEGEmulsion-solvent evaporationPep TGNCoumarin-6bEnd.3(104.17 ± 3.45)–(121.46 ± 0.76)(−24.43 ± 0.22)–(−18.25 ± 0.88)[73]

PLGA-PEGSolvent-diffusioncRGD peptideDoxorubicinPEMAMDA-MB-231, B16F10, MCF-7(366.6 ± 3.1)–(423.0 ± 16.6)(−18.9 ± 2.4)–(−51.7 ± 3.1)[74]

PLGA-PEGNanoprecipitationA10 2′-fluoropyrimidine RNA aptamersDocetaxelLNCaP(153.3 ± 13.9)−42 ± 1[75]

PLGA–PEGEmulsion-solvent diffusionFolate binding proteinDocetaxelPVASKOV3(120 ± 5)–(216 ± 18)(−6.27 ± 0.95)–(−12.2 ± 0.6)[76]

PLGA-TPGSSolvent extraction/evaporationTPGSDocetaxelTPGSCaco-2, MCF-7(219.42 ± 5.24)–(253.51 ± 5.38)(−21.87 ± 2.11)–(34.1 ± 4.28)[77]

PLGA-TPGSSolvent extraction/evaporationVitamin E TPGS-folate (TPGS-FOL)DoxorubicinMCF-7, C6 glioma(324 ± 5)–(359 ± 10)[78]