Biodegradation and biocompatibility of PLA and PLGA microspheres

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-24

  Anderson, James M ^a   Shive, Matthew S ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign body giant cells; Foreign body response; Hydrolytic degradation; In vivo tissue response; Inflammatory response; Macrophages; Therapeutic agent release

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; DRUG THERAPY; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

DRUG-TISSUE INTERACTIONS; MACROPHAGES; MICROSPHERES;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BUPIVACAINE; CISPLATIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOPAMINE; DRUG; GENTAMICIN; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; LEUPRORELIN; LYPRESSIN; MICROSPHERE; NALTREXONE; NANOPARTICLE; NORADRENALIN; OPSONIN; POLYGLACTIN; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIDE; POLYMER; PREDNISOLONE; PROTIRELIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SILICONE; VACCINE;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG TARGETING; EYE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GIANT CELL; INFLAMMATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPLEURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; TISSUE REACTION; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

EID: 0343247711     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-409X(97)00048-3     Document Type: Review

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