Enzyme- and pH-Sensitive Branched Polymer-Doxorubicin Conjugate-Based Nanoscale Drug Delivery System for Cancer Therapy

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 11765-11778

  Wei, Xiaoli ^a,b   Luo, Qiang ^a   Sun, Ling ^a   Li, Xue ^a   Zhu, Hongyan ^a   Guan, Pujun ^a   Wu, Min ^a   Luo, Kui ^a   Gong, Qiyong ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

anticancer; HPMA; hyperbranched polymer; nanoscale; smart drug delivery systems

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMERS; DISEASES; DRUG PRODUCTS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; ENZYMES; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; PH SENSORS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

ANTICANCER; HPMA; HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERS; NANO SCALE; SMART DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

ACRYLAMIDE DERIVATIVE; DOXORUBICIN; N-(2-HYDROXYPROPYL)METHACRYLAMIDE; POLYMER;

ANIMAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; PH;

ACRYLAMIDES; ANIMALS; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICE; NEOPLASMS; POLYMERS;

EID: 84974588925     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b02006     Document Type: Article

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