PH-sensitive tubular polymersomes: Formation and applications in cellular delivery

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 4650-4661

  Robertson, James D ^a,b   Yealland, Guy ^a,b,c   Avila Olias, Milagros ^a,b   Chierico, Luca ^a   Bandmann, Oliver ^b,c   Renshaw, Stephen A ^b   Battaglia, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

drug delivery; endocytosis; nanotubes; polymersomes; tubular polymersomes

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DRUG DELIVERY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PURIFICATION; SPHERES;

BIO-COMPATIBLE MEMBRANES; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; CELLULAR DELIVERY; CELLULAR INTERNALIZATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; MONODISPERSE STRUCTURES; POLYMERSOMES; WORM-LIKE MICELLES;

POLYMERS;

BIOMATERIAL; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; DRUG CARRIER; MICELLE; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYMER;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICELLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; PH; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CATTLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHOLESTEROL; DRUG CARRIERS; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICELLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; NEUTROPHILS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYMERS; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

EID: 84901660072     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5004088     Document Type: Article

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