Antiproliferative activity of nanofibers containing quaternized chitosan and/or doxorubicin against MCF-7 human breast carcinoma cell line by apoptosis

Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 539-551

  Ignatova, Milena ^a   Yossifova, Lilia ^b   Gardeva, Elena ^b   Manolova, Nevena ^a   Toshkova, Reneta ^b   Rashkov, Iliya ^a   Alexandrov, Marin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF POLYMERS   (Bulgaria)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

antiproliferative activity; apoptosis; electrospinning; nanofibers; polylactide; quaternized chitosan

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITIES; CELL INCUBATION; DOXORUBICIN; DOXORUBICIN HYDROCHLORIDE; ELECTROSPUNS; FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPY; HUMAN BREAST CARCINOMA CELLS; L-LACTIDE; MCF-7 CELLS; MICHIGAN; POLY LACTIDE;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CELL CULTURE; CHITOSAN; ELECTROSPINNING; NANOFIBERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL DEATH;

CHITOSAN; COPOLYMER; DOXORUBICIN; NANOFIBER; POLY(LEVO LACTIDE CO LACTIDE); QUATERNIZED CHITOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COLORIMETRY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROSPINNING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MORPHOLOGY; NANOENCAPSULATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 81555220939     PISSN: 08839115     EISSN: 15308030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883911511424655     Document Type: Article

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