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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2021 Oct 5;179:113994. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2021.113994

Table 2.

Summary of pharmacoactive and bioactive carrier systems (PBACS)

Name API Active Carrier Carrier Activity Size (nm) Indication Efficacy API
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DHFR-bisMTX CSANs DHFR2a ntiCD3 bisMTX CD3+ trafficking 280–494 CD3+ T-
leukemia cells
↑ 13X cytotoxicity N/A [63]
RNAi-DOX-DNA DOX DNA,
RNAi, aptamer
Anti-MDR gene therapy N/A MCF-7R tumor ↑ 4 tumor inhibition N/A [64]
CXCR4-scFv-RBM miRNA CXCR4-scFv Macrophage polarization 113–119 4T1 tumor ↑ 2X tumor inhibition 90 [65]
HA-PTX-Caspase 3 PTX Caspase 3 and HA Apoptosis 160 MCF-7 ↑ 1.5X accumulation,
↑ 7X caspase 3
N/A [66]
siRNA-Aptamer NPrs Rab26 siRNA MUC-1 Apoptosis 14–21 A549, H1299
cells
↑ 9.1X cell internalization N/A [67]
DNA NTs DNA DNA miRNA knockdown 22.4 H1299, MCF-7 ↑ 15X cellular uptake N/A [68]
RNA micelles PTX RNA Apoptosis 104–133 KB cells ↑ 8.1X cancer cell apoptosis N/A [69]
DOX-siRNA NA DOX siRNA ICD 25–45 CT26 cells ↑ 0.48X tumor inhibition 21.67 [70]
UA-DOX NPs DOX UA, Aptamer Anti-metastasis 108.9 BT474 cells ↑ 2X drug retention 99.6 [71]
DOX-Aptamer DOX Aptamer Antiproliferation 9-
11.6
Anti-PC3, 4T1 cells ↑ 1.99X tumor inhibition N/A [72]
VES-Ir NPs Ir VES Apoptosis 75.4 MCF-7, A549 ↑ 1.86X tumor inhibition 100 [73]
MTX-MAN NPs MTX Mannose Apoptosis 100 MCF-7 ↑ 1.4X tumor inhibition N/A [74]

NPrs: nanoprisms; NTs: nanotubes; NA: nanoassembly; NPs: nanoparticles