Dendrimers in Medicine: Therapeutic Concepts and Pharmaceutical Challenges

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1198-1211

  Wu, Lin Ping ^a   Ficker, Mario ^a   Christensen, Jørn B ^a   Trohopoulos, Panagiotis N ^b   Moghimi, Seyed Moein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CosmoPHOS Ltd ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION;

CENTRAL CORE; CORE MOLECULES; LAYER GENERATION; MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURES; MULTIVALENCY; NARROW MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SHAPE CHARACTERISTICS; SIZE AND SHAPE; TUNABLE SIZES;

DENDRIMERS;

10 HYDROXYCAMPTOTHECIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN; COLLAGEN; COMPLEMENT; DENDRIMER; ESTER AMINE; ETHER AMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MACROGOL 2000; PLASMA PROTEIN; POLYAMIDOAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DRUG CARRIER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; CYCLOADDITION; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; ENCAPSULATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMOSTABILITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRIPLE HELIX; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; PROCEDURES; VIRUS; VIRUS DISEASES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DENDRIMERS; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSFECTION; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84929588725     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: 15204812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5b00031     Document Type: Review

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