Recent development of poly(ethylene glycol)-cholesterol conjugates as drug delivery systems

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 469, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 168-178

  He, Zhi Yao ^a   Chu, Bing Yang ^a   Wei, Xia Wei ^a,b   Li, Jiao ^a   Edwards III, Carl K ^a   Song, Xiang Rong ^a   He, Gu ^a   Xie, Yong Mei ^a   Wei, Yu Quan ^a   Qian, Zhi Yong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accelerated blood clearance phenomenon; Cholesterol; DePEGylation; PEGylation; Poly(ethylene glycol)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA OMEGA CHOLESTEROL MODIFIED PEG; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL PEG HYPERBRANCHED POLYGLYCEROL; COPOLYMER; DRUG CARRIER; POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) CHOLESTEROL CONJUGATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHOLESTEROL; DRUG; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL-CHOLESTEROL;

CELL INTERACTION; CONJUGATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DRUG ACTIVATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG TARGETING; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GOLGI COMPLEX; HYDROGEL; LIPOSOMAL DELIVERY; POLYMER PRODUCTION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHARMACEUTICS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CHOLESTEROL; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 84899907690     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2014.04.056     Document Type: Review

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