Targeted Drug Delivery: Mannose and Mannose-6-Phosphate Receptor-Targeted Drug Delivery Systems and Their Application in Cancer Therapy (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 14/2018)

In the promising field of targeted nanomedicine, the upregulation of mannose and mannose-6-phosphate receptors expression on the surface of several aggressive tumors not only allows the selective delivery of chemotherapeutics, but pave the way for many other additional applications in cancer treatment such as immunotherapy and cancer prognosis. In article 1701398, a progress report by Olivia M. Merkel and co-workers highlights the latest advances in this area of targeted drug delivery. Image by Christoph Hohmann, Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM).