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. 2021 Sep 9;29(2):439–447. doi: 10.1007/s40199-021-00416-6

Table 1.

Summary of information of the final selected articles for the systematic review

References Compared to non-targeted Types of study Drug-NP platform Receptor Region Author
, year
[19]

Higher cellular uptake in CD44 overexpressing (SCC7) compared to CD44 negative (NIH3T3); no difference in cellular uptake compared

to free drug

30% higher tumor growth inhibition rate compared to free drug

In vitro: murine squamous cell carcinoma cell lines (SCC7) and mouse embryo fibroblast cell lines

(NIH3T3)

In vivo: cell lines SCC7 xenograft

Doxorubicin- HACE-PEG CD44 receptor Korea Hyun-Jong Cho et al.,2011
[31] Higher tumor growth inhibition rate; higher survival time In vivo: Ehrlich ascites tumor-bearing mice Doxorubicin-PBLG CD44 receptor France Kamal Kumar Upadhyay et al.,2012
[29] Higher tumor accumulation; higher tumor growth inhibition rate In vivo: murine melanoma cell lines (B16F10) xenograft Methotrexate-lipid-based NP CD44 receptor USA Shoshy Mizrahy et al.,2014
[26] Higher cellular uptake in time-dependent manner; higher cytotoxicity – 1.75-fold for MiaPaCa-2 and twofold for AsPC-1 In vitro: human pancreatic cancer cell lines (MiaPaCa-2, AsPC-1) 3,4-difluorobenzylidene curcumin-styrene maleic acid CD44 receptor USA Kesharwani et al., 2015
[12]

Higher cellular uptake; threefold higher cytotoxicity compared to free drug

Higher tumor growth inhibition rate; 3.6-fold and 1.7-fold higher drug accumulation in tumor compared to kidney and liver

In vitro: human colorectal cancer cell lines (HCT-116)

In vivo: cell lines HCT-116 xenograft

Topotecan hydrochloride-dendrimer CD44 receptor China Xiaole Qi et al.,2015
[20]

Higher cellular uptake compared to free drug; no difference in cytotoxicity

Lower relative tumor volume; higher median survival time

In vitro: doxorubicin-resistant human breast adenocarcinoma cell lines (MCF-7/ADR)

In vivo: cell lines MCF-7/ADR xenograft

Doxorubicin- hyaluronic acid-Lys-LA10 CD44 receptor China Yinan Zhong et al.,2015
[21]

4.1-Fold higher cellular uptake

2.80-Fold higher tumor accumulation; 31.89% higher tumor growth inhibition rate; higher median survival time

In vitro: human breast adenocarcinoma cell lines (MCF-7)

In vivo: murine hepatic carcinoma cell

lines (Heps) xenograft

Paclitaxel-micelle CD44 receptor China Shaoping Yin et al.,2015
[22]

Higher cellular uptake; 46.3% higher cytotoxicity compared to free drug

Higher in tumor targeting; lower tumor volume

In vitro: human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines (HepG2)

In vivo: cell lines HepG2 xenograft

Doxorubicin- hydroxyl apatite CD44 receptor China Hui Xiong et al.,2016
[23]

10-Fold higher in cellular DOX level;

higher cytotoxicity

No difference in tumor growth inhibition rate; higher survival time

In vitro: human breast adenocarcinoma cell lines (MCF-7)

In vivo: cell lines MCF-7 xenograft

Doxorubicin-PBLG-LA CD44 receptor China Bingfeng Sun et al.,2016
[27] Higher cellular uptake; eightfold higher cytotoxicity In vitro: human lung cancer cell lines (A549) Cisplatin-chitosan CD44 receptor USA Min Sung Suh et al.,2017
[25] Higher cytotoxicity, 1.35-fold for MDA-MB-231, and 1.1-fold lower cytotoxicity to MCF-7 In vitro: human breast adenocarcinoma cell lines (MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231) Rapamycin-LbL-LCNP CD44 receptor Egypt May S Freag et al.,2016
[24]

higher tumor growth inhibition rate

lower accumulation in the tumor

In vitro: human liver sinusoid endothelial cells

In vivo: cells 4T1-bearing mice

PEGylated hyaluronic acid CD44 receptor USA Chao Teng et al.,2019
[30] higher cytotoxicity Invivo:4T1 tumor-bearing mice doxorubicin dehydrochloride CD44 receptor China Jianping Li et al.,2020
[28] higher accumulate in cancer cells, lower cytotoxicity

In vitro: cells 4T1-bearing mice

In vivo: cells 4T1-bearing mice

Doxorubicin hyaluronic acid CD44 receptor China Beibei Lu et al.,2020

Abbreviations: LbL-LCNP, layer-by-layer-liquid crystalline nanoparticle; PBLG, poly(γ-benzyl L-glutamate); PBLG-LA, G-poly(c-benzyl-L-glutamate)-lipoic acid; Lys-LA10, L-lysine methyl ester-lipoic acid;HPAEG, hyper branched poly(2-((2-(acryloyloxy)ethyl)disulfanyl)ethyl 4-cyano-4-(((propylthio)-carbonothioyl)-thio)-pentanoate-co-polyethylene glycol methacrylate; PEG, polyethylene glycol; PBLG, poly(γ-benzyl L-glutamate).