Applications of elastin-like polypeptides in drug delivery

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 190, Issue , 2014, Pages 314-330

  Macewan, Sarah R ^b   Chilkoti, Ashutosh ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Elastin like polypeptides; Lower critical solution temperature; Phase separation; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DISEASES; DRUG DELIVERY; ELASTIN; GLYCOPROTEINS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYPEPTIDES; SELF ASSEMBLY; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY; BIOPOLYMERS;

BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; ELASTIN-LIKE POLYPEPTIDES; LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; NEUROINFLAMMATION; SELF ASSEMBLED NANOPARTICLES; SMALL-MOLECULE DRUGS; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; TRANSITION BEHAVIOR;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; ELASTIN;

DOXORUBICIN; ELASTIN LIKE POLYPEPTIDE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYPEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG CARRIER; ELASTIN; PEPTIDE; CECROPIN A; COXSACKIE VIRUS AND ADENOVIRUS RECEPTOR; CURCUMIN; ELASTASE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GEMCITABINE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUTAMIC ACID; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; LIPOSOME; OXYCODONE; PACLITAXEL; RAPAMYCIN; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 10; SORTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EX VIVO STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION SITE; TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; CANCER THERAPY; CROSS LINKING; DRUG RELEASE; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPERTHERMIA; JOINT DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW;

DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG CARRIERS; ELASTIN; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; NEOPLASMS; PEPTIDES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84906788674     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: 18734995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.06.028     Document Type: Review

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