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Title: Mathematical modelling of nanoparticle delivery to vascular tumours
Authors: Shipley, RJ
Webb, SD
Waters, SL
McDougall, SR
Roberts, F
2nd Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2009)
Keywords: Biomimetic polymer vesicles;Cancer;Mathematical modeling
Issue Date: 2009
Publisher: Brunel University
Citation: 2nd Micro and Nano Flows Conference, Brunel University, West London, UK, 01-02 September 2009
Abstract: The goal of any cancer therapy is to achieve efficient, tissue-specific targeting of drugs to cancer cells. However, most anticancer agents act on healthy and malignant tissue alike, potentially resulting in side effects to healthy tissue. This has motivated the development of treatment strategies that are cancer-cell specific; one approach uses biomimetic polymer vesicles (BPV) to deliver chemotherapeutic drugs into cells before releasing them. BPVs are synthetic membrane enclosed, nanometre-sized structures, and provide ideal drug delivery vectors because specific targeting to cancer cells can be achieved by coating with tumourspecific molecules. We present several mathematical models covering a wide range of length-scales pertinent to BPV-mediated delivery protocols and focus on capturing the in vivo environment by evaluating the impact of the underlying vascular structure upon the governing transport mechanisms. Firstly, we present models of specific binding of BPVs to cancer cells. Subsequently we examine the implications of these model outputs in the contexts of both discrete capillary architectures and higher level homogenized-models that track blood and BPV transport at the tissue scale (both intra- and extra-tumorally). Numerical solutions are discussed, and recommendations are presented on that optimal integration of the models to generate quantitative predictions associated with BPV treatment efficacy.
Description: This paper was presented at the 2nd Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2009), which was held at Brunel University, West London, UK. The conference was organised by Brunel University and supported by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, IPEM, the Italian Union of Thermofluid dynamics, the Process Intensification Network, HEXAG - the Heat Exchange Action Group and the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.
URI: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6902
ISBN: 978-1-902316-72-7
978-1-902316-73-4
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