Temperature-responsive gels and thermogelling polymer matrices for protein and peptide delivery

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 197-221

  Bromberg, Lev E ^a,b   Ron, Eyal S ^a  

^a Sensei Pharmaceutical   (United States)

^b An Abbott Laboratories Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Pluronic surfactants; Pluronic g poly(acrylic acid) conjugates; Poly(ethylene oxide) and poly(propylene oxide) triblock copolymers; Protein and peptide delivery; Temperature sensitive polymers

Indexed keywords

ACRYLICS; AMINO ACIDS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; GELS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYPROPYLENE OXIDES; PROTEINS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

PEPTIDES; POLYACRYLIC ACID;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; COPOLYMER; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 2; MACROGOL; PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN; POLOXAMER; POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; PROPYLENE OXIDE; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT HUMAN INSULIN; SMART HYDROGEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; GEL; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PULSATILE DRUG RELEASE; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032482152     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-409X(97)00121-X     Document Type: Review

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