Efficiency of liposomes in the delivery of a photosensitizer controlled by the stereochemistry of a gemini surfactant component

Molecular Pharmaceutics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 130-137

  Bombelli, Cecilia ^a,b   Stringaro, Annarita ^c   Borocci, Stefano ^d   Bozzuto, Giuseppina ^c   Colone, Marisa ^c   Giansanti, Luisa ^a,b   Sgambato, Rosa ^a   Toccaceli, Laura ^c   Mancini, Giovanna ^a,b   Molinari, Agnese ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cationic liposomes; Foscan; Gemini surfactant; m THPC; Malignant glioma; Photodynamic therapy; Stereochemistry

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIMETHOXY 1,4 BIS(N HEXADECYL N,N DIMETHYLAMMONIO)BUTANE BROMIDE; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DRUG VEHICLE; LIPOSOME; SURFACTANT; TETRAKIS(3 HYDROXYPHENYL)CHLORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LASER MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; LIPOSOMES; MESOPORPHYRINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; STEREOISOMERISM; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 76349122444     PISSN: 15438384     EISSN: 15438392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/mp900173v     Document Type: Article

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