Smart polymersomes for therapy and diagnosis: Fast progress toward multifunctional biomimetic nanomedicines

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 525-546

  De Oliveira, Hugo ^a,b   Thevenot, Julie ^a,b   Lecommandoux, Sébastien ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TARGETING; BIOMIMETIC STRUCTURES; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTROLLED RELEASE; DISEASED TISSUES; DRUG RELEASE; FUNCTIONALIZED; HYDROPHILIC CORES; HYDROPHOBIC MEMBRANE; IMAGING CONTRAST; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; MULTI-MODAL; NANOMEDICINES; POLYMERIC VESICLES; POLYMERSOMES; SIDE EFFECT; TARGETED DELIVERY; THERANOSTICS;

BIOMIMETICS; DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; BIOCYTIN; CALCEIN; CYTOCHROME C; DOXORUBICIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN; FLUOROCHROME; MACROGOL; NANOPARTICLE; PACLITAXEL; POLYGLACTIN; POLYLYSINE; POLYMER; POLYMERSOME; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMIMETICS; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMAGING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NANOMEDICINE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; NANOMEDICINE; POLYMERS;

EID: 84865344436     PISSN: 19395116     EISSN: 19390041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1183     Document Type: Review

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