Publications

Biomimetic nanoparticles for targeted therapy of liver disease
Vijayan V, Unagolla JM, Panchal D, John JE, Menon SS, Menon JU*. RSC pharmaceutics 2025 [DOI]

Citrus pectin-coated inhalable PLGA nanoparticles for treatment of pulmonary fibrosis
Perera K, Ghumman M, Sorkhdini P, Norbrun C, Negash S, Zhou Y, Menon JU*. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2025;13(10):3325-39 [DOI]

Development and characterization of a novel poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)-based thermoresponsive photoink and its applications in DLP bioprinting
Perera KD, Boiani SM, Vasta AK, Messenger KJ, Delva S, Menon JU*. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2024 [DOI]

Targeting Chronic Liver Diseases: Molecular Markers, Drug Delivery Strategies and Future Perspectives
Unagolla JM, Das S, Flanagan, R, Oehler, M, Menon JU*. Int J Pharm 2024. 660. 124381 [DOI]

Impact of Nebulization on the Physicochemical Properties of Polymer–Lipid Hybrid Nanoparticles for Pulmonary Drug Delivery
Gonsalves A, Menon JU*. Int J Mol Sci 2024. 25(9). 5028 [DOI]

Developing virtual and augmented reality applications for science, technology, engineering and math education
Hemme CL, Carley R, Norton A, Ghumman M, Nguyen H, Ivone R, Menon JU, Shen J, Bertin M, King R, Leibovitz E, Bergstrom R, Cho B. Biotechniques 2023 [DOI]

Development and Characterization of Lung Surfactant – coated Polymer Nanoparticles for Sustained Pulmonary Drug Delivery
Gonsalves A, Sorkhdini P, Bazinet J, Ghumman M, Dhamecha D, Zhou Y, Menon JU*. Biomaterials Advances 2023: 213430 [DOI]

Biodegradable and Inherently Fluorescent pH-Responsive Nanoparticles for Cancer Drug Delivery
Perera K, Nguyen DX, Wang D, Kuriakose AE, Yang J, Nguyen KT, Menon JU*. Pharmaceutical Research 2022:1-5, Part of a Collection “Emerging Leaders in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences” [DOI]

PBRM1 is a vulnerability in ARID1A deficient multicellular tumor spheroids
Chakravarty T, Diep K, Dhamecha D, Perdue T, Garzon JL, Menon JU, Dutta A. Preprint (bioRxiv) [DOI]

Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel pH-Responsive Drug-Releasing Nanocomposite Hydrogel for Skin Cancer Therapy and Wound Healing
Gonsalves A, Tambe P, Le D, Thakore D, Wadajkar AS, Nguyen KT, Yang J, Menon JU*. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2021: 9 (46): 9533-9546 [DOI]

3D Bioprinted Implants for Cartilage Repair
Perera K, Ivone R, Natekin E, Wilga C*, Shen J*, Menon JU*. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021: 9: 754113 [DOI]

Emerging Drug Delivery Strategies for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Treatment
Ghumman M, Dhamecha D, Gonsalves A, Fortier L, Sorkhdini P, Zhou Y, Menon JU*. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2021: 164:1-12 [DOI]

Fabrication of PNIPAm-based thermoresponsive hydrogel microwell arrays for tumor spheroid formation
Dhamecha D, Le D, Chakravarty T, Perera K, Dutta A, Menon JU*. Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl 2021: 125: 112100 [DOI]

Current state of Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment and Theranostics
Bhushan A, Gonsalves A, Menon JU*. Pharmaceutics 2021: 13(5): 723 [DOI]

Magnetic hydroxyapatite nanomaterial–cyclodextrin tethered polymer hybrids as anticancer drug carriers
Ramasamy S, Dhamecha D, Kaliyamoorthi K, Dhanaraj P, Menon JU*, Enoch IVMV*, Arivasu A. Mater Adv 2021 [DOI]

Indium-111 after-loading of preformed EGF-containing liposomes for molecularly targeted radionuclide delivery via ultrasound-induced cavitation
Owen J, Thomas E, Menon JU, Gray M, Gill MR, Walington S, Skaripa-Koukelli I, Miller RL, Vallis KA, Carlisle R. J Control Release 2020: 319: 222-233 [DOI]

Ultrasound-enhanced chemiluminescence for bioimaging
Le D, Dhamecha D, Gonsalves A, Menon JU*. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 8: 25 [DOI]

Porous polymeric microspheres with controllable pore diameters for tissue engineered lung tumor model development
Dhamecha D, Le D, Movsas R, Gonsalves A, Menon JU*. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 8: 799 [DOI]

Thermo-responsive Fluorescent Nanoparticles for Multimodal Imaging and Treatment of Cancers
Pandey N, Menon JU, Takahashi M, Hsieh JT, Nguyen KT, Wadajkar AS. Nanotheranostics 4(1): 1-13 [DOI]

Polymeric nanoparticles as dual-imaging probes for cancer management
Menon JU, Jadeja P, Tambe P, Thakore D, Zhang S, Takahashi M, Xie Z, Yang J, Nguyen KT. Biomater Biomech Bioeng 3(3): 129-140

Applications of Alginate microspheres in therapeutics delivery and cell culture: past, present and future
Dhamecha D, Movsas R, Sano U, Menon JU*. Int J Pharm 569: 118627 [DOI]

Effects of Porogens and Pore sizes on Porous Polymeric Microparticle Substrates for In vitro 3D Lung Tumor Formation
Kuriakose A, Hu W, Nguyen KT*, Menon JU*. PloS one 14(5): e0217640 [DOI]

Erythropoietin inhalation enhances adult canine alveolar capillary formation following pneumonectomy
Dane DM, Yilmaz C, Gyawali D, Iyer R, Menon JU, Nguyen KT, Ravikumar P, Estrera AS, Hsia CCW. Amer J Phys – Lung Cell Mol Phys 2019 [DOI]

Ultrasound-mediated cavitation enhances the delivery of an EGFR-targeting liposomal formulation designed for chemo-radionuclide therapy
Thomas E, Menon JU, Owen J, Wallington S, Gray M, Mannaris C, Skaripa-Koukelli I, Carlisle R, Vallis KA. Theranostics 2019. 9(19): 5595-5609 [DOI]

3D tumor models for cancer drug discovery: Current status and outlook
Menon JU*. J Med Ther 2018. 2(3):1-2 [DOI]

111 In-labelled polymeric nanoparticles incorporating a ruthenium-based radiosensitizer for EGFR-targeted combination therapy in oesophageal cancer cells
Gill MR Ϯ, Menon JU Ϯ, Jarman PJ, Owen J, Skaripa-Koukelli I, Able S, Thomas JA, Carlisle R, Vallis KA. Nanoscale 2018. 10 (22): 10596-10608 [DOI]

Dual-Drug Containing Core-Shell Nanoparticles for Lung Cancer Therapy
Menon JU, Kuriakose A, Iyer R, Hernandez E, Gandee L, Zhang S, Takahashi M, Zhang Z, Saha D, Nguyen KT. Scientific reports 2017. 7(1): 13249 [DOI]

Nanoparticle Facilitated Inhalational Delivery of Erythropoietin Receptor cDNA Protects Against Hyperoxic Lung Injury
Ravikumar PϮ, Menon JUϮ, Punnakitikashem P, Gyawali D, Togao O, Takahashi M, Zhang J, Ye J, Moe OW, Nguyen KT, Hsia CCW. Nanomedicine 12(3): 811-821 [DOI]

Polymeric nanoparticles for targeted radiosensitization of prostate cancer cells
Menon JU, Tumati V, Nguyen KT, Saha D. J Biomed Mater Res Part A 103(5): 1632-1639 [DOI]

Chitosan-based nanoparticles for drug delivery
Homayoni HϮ, Menon JUϮ, Nguyen KT. Rev Nanosci. Nanotechnol 3(2): 133-148(16) [DOI]

Electrospun biodegradable elastic polyurethane fibers with dipyridamole release for vascular tissue engineering
Punnakitikashem P, Truong D, Menon JU, Nguyen KT, Hong Y. Acta Biomaterialia 10(11): 4618-4628 [DOI]

Dual-responsive polymer-coated iron oxide nanoparticles for drug delivery and imaging applications
Sundaresan V, Menon JU, Rahimi M, Nguyen KT, Wadajkar AS. Int J Pharm 466(1-2): 1-7 [DOI]

Polymeric nanoparticles for pulmonary protein and DNA delivery
Menon JU, Ravikumar P, Pise A, Gyawali D, Hsia CCW, Nguyen KT. Acta Biomaterialia 10(6): 2643-2652 [DOI]

Salt-leaching synthesized porous PLGA nanoparticles show enhanced drug release
Ilyas A, Islam M, Asghar W, Menon JU, Wadajkar AS, Nguyen KT, Iqbal SM. IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology 2013 12(6):1082-1088

Prostate cancer-specific thermo-responsive polymer-coated iron oxide nanoparticles
Wadajkar AS, Menon JU, Tsai Y-S, Gore C, Dobin T, Gandee L, Kangasniemi K, Takahashi M, Manandhar B, Ahn JM, Hsieh JT, Nguyen KT. Biomaterials 34(14): 3618-3625 [DOI]

Nanomaterials for photo-based diagnostic and therapeutic applications
Menon JU, Jadeja P, Tambe P, Vu K, Nguyen KT. Theranostics 3(3): 152-166 [DOI]

Design and application of magnetic based theranostic nanoparticle systems
Wadajkar AS, Menon JU, Kadapure T, Tran R, Yang J, Nguyen KT. Recent Patents on Biomedical Engineering 6(1): 1-11 [DOI]

Dual-modality, dual-functional nanoemulsions for cellular and molecular imaging
Menon JU, Gulaka PK, McKay M, Geethanath S, Kodibagkar VD. Theranostics 2(12):1199-1207 [DOI]

Polymer-coated magnetic nanoparticles for cancer diagnosis and therapy
Wadajkar AS, Menon JU, Nguyen KT. Rev Nanosci.Nanotechnol 1(4), 284-297 [DOI]

Effects of surfactants on the properties of PLGA nanoparticles
Menon JU, Kona S, Desai F, Wadajkar AS, Wadla A, Nguyen KT. J Biomed Mater Res Part A 100A:1998–2005 [DOI]