Amphiphilic poly(l-amino acids) - New materials for drug delivery

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 523-536

  Lalatsa, Aikaterini ^a   Schätzlein, Andreas G ^a   Mazza, Mariarosa ^a   Le, Thi Bich Hang ^a   Uchegbu, Ijeoma F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Peptide amphiphiles; Polymeric micelles; Polymeric vesicles; Self assembly; Solid polymeric nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC POLYMERS; AMPHIPHILICS; BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE; CLINICAL TESTING; DRUG COMPOUNDS; DRUG DELIVERY MATERIALS; DRUG UPTAKE; GENE DELIVERY VECTORS; HYDROPHILIC MOLECULES; HYDROPHOBIC DRUG; HYDROPHOBIC SUBSTITUENTS; L-AMINO ACIDS; MICELLAR AGGREGATES; NANO-SIZED; PEPTIDE AMPHIPHILES; POLYMERIC MICELLE; POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERIC VESICLES; SELF-ASSEMBLE; SOLID NANOPARTICLES; SUPRAMOLECULAR AGGREGATES; THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY;

AGGREGATES; AMINO ACIDS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DRUG DELIVERY; GENE TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICELLES; MOLECULES; NANOFIBERS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYPEPTIDES; SELF ASSEMBLY;

POLYMERS;

AMPHOPHILE; FIRTECAN; MALOTILATE; NANOFIBER; NANOPARTICLE; NK 105; PACLITAXEL POLIGLUMEX; POLYAMINOACID; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONJUGATE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICELLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REVIEW;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MICELLES; PEPTIDES; POLYMERS;

EID: 84862680281     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: 18734995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2012.04.046     Document Type: Review

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