Self-assembling peptide nanofibrous hydrogel as a versatile drug delivery platform

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 21, Issue 29, 2015, Pages 4342-4354

  Yu, Zhiqiang ^a   Xu, Quan ^b   Dong, Chenbo ^c   Lee, Su Seong ^d   Gao, Liqian ^d   Li, Yiwen ^e   D’Ortenzio, Mathew ^f   Wu, Jun ^g  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c West Virginia University   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Drug delivery; Hydrogelator; Peptide hydrogel; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COPOLYMER; NANOCARRIER; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; SELF ASSEMBLING PEPTIDE NANOFIBROUS HYDROGEL NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG CARRIER; HYDROGEL; NANOFIBER; PEPTIDE;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GELATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR HYDROGELATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOPHARMACEUTICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF ASSEMBLING PEPTIDE NANOFIBROUS HYDROGEL; STATIC ELECTRICITY; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANIMAL; PROCEDURES; THERAPEUTIC USE;

ANIMALS; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; NANOFIBERS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 84945915695     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1381612821666150901104821     Document Type: Review

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