Carbon nanotubes part II: A remarkable carrier for drug and gene delivery

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1089-1105

  Karimi, Mahdi ^a   Solati, Navid ^b   Ghasemi, Amir ^c   Estiar, Mehrdad Asghari ^d   Hashemkhani, Mahshid ^b   Kiani, Parnian ^b   Mohamed, Elmira ^b   Saeidi, Ahad ^b   Taheri, Mahdiar ^b   Avci, Pinar ^e,f   Aref, Amir R ^f,g   Amiri, Mohammad ^c   Baniasadi, Fazel ^c   Hamblin, Michael R ^e,f,h  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomolecule delivery; Carbon nanotubes; Drug delivery systems; Gene delivery; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBON NANOTUBE; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FOLIC ACID; GEMCITABINE; METHOTREXATE; MICRORNA; PLASMID DNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TAXANE DERIVATIVE;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG SOLUBILITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNALIZATION; NANOTOXICOLOGY; REVIEW; SURFACE AREA; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANIMAL; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; PLASMID; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PLASMIDS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84931589277     PISSN: 17425247     EISSN: 17447593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17425247.2015.1004309     Document Type: Review

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