Doxorubicin-loaded micelles of reverse poly(butylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(butylene oxide) block copolymers as efficient "active" chemotherapeutic agents

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 445, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 47-57

  Cambon A ^a   Rey Rico, A ^a   Mistry, D ^b   Brea, J ^a   Loza, M I ^a   Attwood, D ^b   Barbosa, S ^a   Alvarez Lorenzo, C ^a   Concheiro, A ^a   Taboada, P ^a   Mosquera, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active nanocarriers; Doxorubicin; Drug delivery; Efflux pump; Reverse copolymers

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG CARRIER; POLY(BUTYLENE OXIDE) POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE) POLY(BUTYLENE OXIDE) BLOCK COPOLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; EFFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MICELLE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG CARRIERS; HUMANS; MICE; MICELLES; P-GLYCOPROTEIN; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 84874134961     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2013.01.056     Document Type: Article

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