Review Article
Chitosan and Its Derivative-Based Nanoparticles in Gastrointestinal Cancers: Molecular Mechanisms of Action and Promising Anticancer Strategies
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| GI | Gastrointestinal | NPs | Nanoparticles | DDS | Drug delivery system | CS | Chitosan | CSNPs | Chitosan nanoparticles | DA | Degree of acetylation | DD | Degree of deacetylation | MW | Molecular weight | CMC | Carboxymethyl chitosan | SBCS | Sulfated benzaldehyde chitosan | PPC | Polypyrrole-chitosan | CTC | Chitosan-thymine conjugate | SCS | Sulfated chitosan | IL | Interleukin | IFN | Interferon | NF-Kb | Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells | TGF-β | Transcriptional growth factor beta | EAC | Ehrlich ascites carcinoma | TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor α | VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor | COS | Chitosan oligosaccharide | EC | Esophageal cancer | EAC | Esophageal adenocarcinoma | ESCC | Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma | FGF | Fibroblast growth factor | HGF | Hepatocyte growth factor | CAFs | Cancer-associated fibroblasts | EMT | Epithelial-mesenchymal transition | GC | Gastric cancer | CdtB | Cytolethal distending toxin | BRAF | v-Raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 | HCC | Hepatocellular carcinoma | TACE | Transarterial chemoembolization | MMP-9 | Matrix metalloproteinase-9 | CRC | Colorectal cancer | TOPK | T-lymphokine-activated killer cell (T-LAK)-originated protein kinase | PC | Pancreatic cancer | EGFR-1 | Epidermal growth factor receptor-1 | SiRNAs | Small interfering RNAs | MRNAs | Messenger RNAs | v7-CMG | 7-silica-coated gold nanoparticle |
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