Self-assembled glycol chitosan nanoparticles for disease-specific theranostics

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 193, Issue , 2014, Pages 202-213

  Yhee, Ji Young ^a   Son, Sohee ^a   Kim, Sun Hwa ^a   Park, Kinam ^b   Choi, Kuiwon ^a   Kwon, Ick Chan ^a,c  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Glycol chitosan; Nanoparticles; Targeted delivery; Theranostics

Indexed keywords

GLYCOL CHITOSAN; SELF-ASSEMBLED; TARGETED DELIVERY; THERANOSTICS;

NANOPARTICLES;

AMPHOPHILE; CHITOSAN; GLYCOL; NANOCARRIER; NANOPARTICLE; PROTEINASE; DRUG; DRUG CARRIER; GLYCOL-CHITOSAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL LABELING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NANOFABRICATION; NANOMEDICINE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SURFACE CHARGE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHITOSAN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG CARRIERS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NANOPARTICLES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84908277949     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: 18734995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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