Functional nanogels for biomedical applications

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 29, 2012, Pages 5029-5043

  Asadian Birjand, M ^a   Sousa Herves, A ^a   Steinhilber, D ^a   Cuggino, J C ^b   Calderon M ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biomedicine; Drug delivery; Functional polymer; Imaging; Multivalency; Nanocarrier; Nanogel; Polymer therapeutics; Responsive polymer

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CAMPTOTHECIN; CHITOSAN; CHOLESTEROL; COPOLYMER; DEXTRAN; DISULFIDE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; DOXORUBICIN; EDETIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; HYALURONIC ACID; LIPOSOME; MACROGOL; METHOTREXATE; NANOMATERIAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; ORIDONIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYGLYCEROL; POLYMER; PYRIDYLDISULFIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINYL DERIVATIVE; WATER OIL CREAM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BIOMEDICINE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; CROSS LINKING; CYCLOADDITION; CYTOTOXICITY; DISPERSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG TARGETING; ELASTICITY; EMULSION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GELATION; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICELLE; MICROEMULSION; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROMOLDING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NANOGEL; NANOGEL TECHNOLOGY; NANOMEDICINE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; NANOMEDICINE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

EID: 84870402348     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/0929867311209025029     Document Type: Review

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