Drug and cell encapsulation: Alternative delivery options for the treatment of malignant brain tumors

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 67-68, Issue , 2014, Pages 142-153

  Bhujbal, Swapnil V ^a,b   de Vos, Paul ^b   Niclou, Simone P ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alginate; Drug delivery; Glioblastoma; Glioma; Liposome; Micelle; Microencapsulation; Nanoparticle; Therapeutic proteins

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; AMINO ACIDS; BLOOD; BRAIN; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG INTERACTIONS; LIPOSOMES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICELLES; MICROENCAPSULATION; NANOPARTICLES; PROTEINS;

BIOLOGICAL THERAPEUTICS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS; GLIOBLASTOMAS; GLIOMA; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE; THERAPEUTIC PROTEIN;

TUMORS;

LIPOSOME; MICELLE; NANOPARTICLE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; MICELLE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LIPOSOMES; MICELLES; NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84898539186     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: 18728294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2014.01.010     Document Type: Review

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