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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2016; 22(34): 7718-7726
Published online Sep 14, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i34.7718
Recent advances in orally administered cell-specific nanotherapeutics for inflammatory bowel disease
Xiao-Ying Si, Didier Merlin, Bo Xiao
Xiao-Ying Si, Bo Xiao, Institute for Clean Energy and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Didier Merlin, Bo Xiao, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, United States
Didier Merlin, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, United States
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to this work.
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 51503172 and No. 81571807; the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, No. SWU114086 and No. XDJK2015C067; and the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars (State Education Ministry), the Department of Veterans Affairs (Merit Award to Merlin D); the National Institutes of Health of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney, No. RO1-DK-071594; and Career Scientist Award from the Department of Veterans Affairs (to Merlin D).
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declared no conflict of interest related to this study.
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Correspondence to: Bo Xiao, PhD, Institute for Clean Energy and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Tiansheng Road No. 2, Chongqing 400715, China. hustboxiao@gmail.com
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Received: March 21, 2016
Peer-review started: March 22, 2016
First decision: May 12, 2016
Revised: July 11, 2016
Accepted: July 31, 2016
Article in press: August 1, 2016
Published online: September 14, 2016
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Core Tip

Core tip: Inflammatory bowel disease includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Nanotherapeutics may outperform conventional medications via the targeted drug delivery, sustained drug release, and decreased adverse effect. The main purpose of this review is to offer an update of efficacy of the orally administrated cell-specific nanotherapeutics that have been developed recently.