Block copolymer micelles for drug delivery: Design, characterization and biological significance

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 64, Issue SUPPL., 2012, Pages 37-48

  Kataoka, Kazunori ^a   Harada, Atsushi ^a   Nagasaki, Yukio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Drug targeting; Gene vector; Poly(amino acid); Poly(dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate); Poly(ethylene glycol); Poly(ethyleneimine); Polyion complex; Polylactide; Polymeric micelle; Tumor targeting

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLAMINOETHYLMETHACRYLATE; DRUG-TARGETING; GENE VECTORS; POLY LACTIDE; POLYAMINO ACIDS; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYION COMPLEX; POLYMERIC MICELLE; TUMOR TARGETING;

AMINO ACIDS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DRUG DELIVERY; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROGEN BONDS; LOADING; MICELLES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; TUMORS;

POLYMERS;

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; CISPLATIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COPOLYMER; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG CARRIER; HYDROGEN; LYSOZYME; MACROGOL; METAL; N,N DIMETHYLACETAMIDE; PLASMID DNA; PLATINUM COMPLEX; POLY[2 (DIMETHYLAMINO)ETHYL METHACRYLATE]; POLYASPARTIC ACID; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYGLACTIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICELLE; MICELLIZATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84870249426     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: 18728294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2012.09.013     Document Type: Review

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