On the formulation of pH-sensitive liposomes with long circulation times

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 947-965

  Simões, Sérgio ^a,b   Nuno Moreira, João ^a,b   Fonseca, Cristina ^b   Düzgüneş, Nejat ^c   Pedroso De Lima, Maria C ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antisense oligonucleotides; Endocytosis; Gene delivery; Intracellular delivery; Liposomes; Low pH compartment; Neoplastic drugs; Phosphatidylethanolamine, cholesteryl hemisuccinate; Poly(ethylene glycol); Prolonged circulation; Sterically stabilized liposomes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BLOOD; CELLS; ENZYMES; HEMODYNAMICS; PH EFFECTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; TISSUE;

BLOODSTREAMS; INTRACYTOPLASMIC DELIVERY; LIPOSOMES; OLIGONEUCLIOTIDES;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL HYDROGEN SUCCINATE; CYTARABINE; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; DIPALMITOYLSUCCINYLGLYCEROL; DISTEAROYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DOXORUBICIN; GENTAMICIN; LIPOSOME; MACROGOL; METHOTREXATE; OLEIC ACID; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; POLYMER; RIBOZYME; STAUROSPORINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ACIDITY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD FLOW; CANCER THERAPY; CELL TRANSPORT; CONJUGATION; DRUG BINDING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TRANSPORT; ENCAPSULATION; ENDOSOME; ENDOTOXEMIA; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTERNALIZATION; LIGAND BINDING; MACROMOLECULE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW;

EID: 1942534972     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2003.10.038     Document Type: Article

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