Journal
MEDICAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING & COMPUTING
Volume 56, Issue 11, Pages 1949-1958Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-018-1818-z
Keywords
Nanodrug delivery; Red blood cell interaction; Liver tumor targeting; Shear-induced diffusion; Computer simulations
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The advent of multifunctional nanoparticle has enabled numerous innovative strategies in diagnostics, imaging, and cancer therapy. Despite the intense research efforts in developing new nanoparticles and surface bonding ligands, one major obstacle in achieving highly effective treatment, including minimizing detrimental side effects, is the inability to deliver drug-carrying nanoparticles from the injection point directly to the tumor site. The present study seeks to employ a direct nanodrug delivery methodology to feed multifunctional nanoparticles directly to tumor vasculatures, sparing healthy tissue. An important aspect to examine is how the interactions between such nanoparticles and relatively large red blood cells would affect the transport and delivery efficiency of nanodrugs. So, a novel computer simulation model has been developed to study nanoparticle transport in a representative human hepatic artery system, subject to shear-induced diffusion of nanoparticles due to hydrodynamic interactions with red blood cells. The particle-size effect was also evaluated by comparing the dynamics of nanoparticles with microspheres. Results from computer simulations under physiologically realistic conditions indicate that shear-induced diffusion has a significant effect on nanoparticle transport, even in large arteries. Nevertheless, as documented, direct nanodrug delivery to tumor-feeding hepatic artery branches is feasible
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