Silk fibroin as a vehicle for drug delivery applications

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-141

  Wenk, Esther ^a   Merkle, Hans P ^a   Meinel, Lorenz ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Gene; Growth factor; Kinetics; Silk Fibroin

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PROCESS; CRYSTALLINITIES; DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG DELIVERY APPLICATIONS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EMBEDDED AGENTS; FABRICATION PROCESS; GROWTH FACTOR; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; MATRIX; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NERVE REGENERATION; OCULAR DRUG DELIVERY; PROCESSABILITY; PROTEIN DRUGS; PROTEIN POLYMERS; RELEASE KINETICS; SILK FIBROIN; THERAPEUTIC AGENTS; TISSUE REGENERATION; WOUND HEALING;

BIOMECHANICS; DRUG DELIVERY; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES; SILK;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

SILK FIBROIN;

DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STABILITY; FILM COATING; FREEZE DRYING; GENE TARGETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FIBROINS; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 79952987084     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2010.11.007     Document Type: Review

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