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Oliveira ASR, Mendonça PV, Simões S, Serra AC, Coelho JFJ. Amphiphilic well‐defined degradable star block copolymers by combination of ring‐opening polymerization and atom transfer radical polymerization: Synthesis and application as drug delivery carriers. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20200802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Andreia S. R. Oliveira
- Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes, Department of Chemical Engineering University of Coimbra Coimbra Portugal
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- Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes, Department of Chemical Engineering University of Coimbra Coimbra Portugal
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- Faculty of Pharmacy University of Coimbra Coimbra Portugal
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- Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes, Department of Chemical Engineering University of Coimbra Coimbra Portugal
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- Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes, Department of Chemical Engineering University of Coimbra Coimbra Portugal
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Wang L, Ding W, Song K, Dong C, Chen M, Zhou H. Synthesis of a branched star copolymer by aqueous SET-LRP and its thermo-stimuli response. JOURNAL OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE PART A-PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/10601325.2019.1691452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Ling Wang
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College of Northeast Petroleum University, Provincial Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Chemical Technology, Daqing, China
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- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College of Northeast Petroleum University, Provincial Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Chemical Technology, Daqing, China
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- School of Petroleum Engineering of Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing, China
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- School of Petroleum Engineering of Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing, China
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- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College of Northeast Petroleum University, Provincial Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Chemical Technology, Daqing, China
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- Institute of Unconventional Oil and Gas of Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing, China
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Liu C, Li Y, Li Y, Duan Q. Preparation of a star-shaped copolymer with porphyrin core and four PNIPAM-b-POEGMA arms for photodynamic therapy. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2019; 98:74-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2018.12.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2018] [Revised: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 12/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Fleming JM, Yeyeodu ST, McLaughlin A, Schuman D, Taylor DK. In Situ Drug Delivery to Breast Cancer-Associated Extracellular Matrix. ACS Chem Biol 2018; 13:2825-2840. [PMID: 30183254 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.8b00396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The extracellular matrix (ECM) contributes to tumor progression through changes induced by tumor and stromal cell signals that promote increased ECM density and stiffness. The increase in ECM stiffness is known to promote tumor cell invasion into surrounding tissues and metastasis. In addition, this scar-like ECM creates a protective barrier around the tumor that reduces the effectiveness of innate and synthetic antitumor agents. Herein, clinically approved breast cancer therapies as well as novel experimental approaches that target the ECM are discussed, including in situ hydrogel drug delivery systems, an emerging technology the delivers toxic chemotherapeutics, gene-silencing microRNAs, and tumor suppressing immune cells directly inside the tumor. Intratumor delivery of therapeutic agents has the potential to drastically reduce systemic side effects experienced by the patient and increase the efficacy of these agents. This review also describes the opposing effects of ECM degradation on tumor progression, where some studies report improved drug delivery and delayed cancer progression and others report enhanced metastasis and decreased patient survival. Given the recent increase in ECM-targeting drugs entering preclinical and clinical trials, understanding and addressing the factors that impact the effect of the ECM on tumor progression is imperative for the sake of patient safety and survival outcome.
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- Jodie M. Fleming
- Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina, United States
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- Charles River Discovery Services, Morrisville, North Carolina, United States
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- Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Guo X, Choi B, Feng A, Thang SH. Polymer Synthesis with More Than One Form of Living Polymerization Method. Macromol Rapid Commun 2018; 39:e1800479. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.201800479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2018] [Revised: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Xiaofeng Guo
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Material Science and Engineering; Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Beijing 100029 China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Material Science and Engineering; Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Beijing 100029 China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Material Science and Engineering; Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Beijing 100029 China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Material Science and Engineering; Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Beijing 100029 China
- School of Chemistry; Monash University; Clayton Campus VIC 3800 Australia
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Yue Y, Fan Z, Zheng C, Ding L, Wang H, Zhang M, Deng K. Synthesis and properties of non-cytotoxic poly(l
-malic acid acetate-co
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-lysine ester)s with thermo-sensitivity as hydrophobic drug nanocarrier. J Appl Polym Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/app.45984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Ying Yue
- Analytical Science and Technology Laboratory of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science; Hebei University; Baoding, 071002 China
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- Analytical Science and Technology Laboratory of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science; Hebei University; Baoding, 071002 China
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- Analytical Science and Technology Laboratory of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science; Hebei University; Baoding, 071002 China
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- Analytical Science and Technology Laboratory of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science; Hebei University; Baoding, 071002 China
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- Analytical Science and Technology Laboratory of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science; Hebei University; Baoding, 071002 China
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- Analytical Science and Technology Laboratory of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science; Hebei University; Baoding, 071002 China
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- Analytical Science and Technology Laboratory of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science; Hebei University; Baoding, 071002 China
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Zhao M, Fan Z, Yang Z, Xu J, Zheng C, Yue Y, Liu H, Deng K. Non-cytotoxic poly(amino acid) with excellent thermo-sensitivity from L-lysine and L-aspartic acid as a hydrophobic drug carrier. JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10965-017-1329-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Karimi M, Zangabad PS, Ghasemi A, Amiri M, Bahrami M, Malekzad H, Asl HG, Mahdieh Z, Bozorgomid M, Ghasemi A, Boyuk MRRT, Hamblin MR. Temperature-Responsive Smart Nanocarriers for Delivery Of Therapeutic Agents: Applications and Recent Advances. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:21107-33. [PMID: 27349465 PMCID: PMC5003094 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b00371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
Smart drug delivery systems (DDSs) have attracted the attention of many scientists, as carriers that can be stimulated by changes in environmental parameters such as temperature, pH, light, electromagnetic fields, mechanical forces, etc. These smart nanocarriers can release their cargo on demand when their target is reached and the stimulus is applied. Using the techniques of nanotechnology, these nanocarriers can be tailored to be target-specific, and exhibit delayed or controlled release of drugs. Temperature-responsive nanocarriers are one of most important groups of smart nanoparticles (NPs) that have been investigated during the past decades. Temperature can either act as an external stimulus when heat is applied from the outside, or can be internal when pathological lesions have a naturally elevated termperature. A low critical solution temperature (LCST) is a special feature of some polymeric materials, and most of the temperature-responsive nanocarriers have been designed based on this feature. In this review, we attempt to summarize recent efforts to prepare innovative temperature-responsive nanocarriers and discuss their novel applications.
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- Mahdi Karimi
- Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Advanced Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine Research Group (ANNRG), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States
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- Research Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology (RCPN), Tabriz University of Medical Science (TUOMS), Tabriz, Iran
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Avenue, 14588 Tehran, Iran
- Advanced Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine Research Group (ANNRG), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Avenue, 14588 Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Avenue, 14588 Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Avenue, 14588 Tehran, Iran
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- Advanced Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine Research Group (ANNRG), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Chemistry, Kharazmi University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Avenue, 14588 Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Material Science and Engineering, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812, United States
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Central Branch of Islamic Azad University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Avenue, 14588 Tehran, Iran
- Advanced Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine Research Group (ANNRG), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Huang F, Shen L, Wang J, Qu A, Yang H, Zhang Z, An Y, Shi L. Effect of the Surface Charge of Artificial Chaperones on the Refolding of Thermally Denatured Lysozymes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:3669-3678. [PMID: 26570996 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b08843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Artificial chaperones are of great interest in fighting protein misfolding and aggregation for the protection of protein bioactivity. A comprehensive understanding of the interaction between artificial chaperones and proteins is critical for the effective utilization of these materials in biomedicine. In this work, we fabricated three kinds of artificial chaperones with different surface charges based on mixed-shell polymeric micelles (MSPMs), and investigated their protective effect for lysozymes under thermal stress. It was found that MSPMs with different surface charges showed distinct chaperone-like behavior, and the neutral MSPM with PEG shell and PMEO2MA hydrophobic domain at high temperature is superior to the negatively and positively charged one, because of the excessive electrostatic interactions between the protein and charged MSPMs. The results may benefit to optimize this kind of artificial chaperone with enhanced properties and expand their application in the future.
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- Fan Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, China
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Lu B, Li L, Wei L, Guo X, Hou J, Liu Z. Synthesis and thermo-responsive self-assembly behavior of amphiphilic copolymer β-CD–(PCL–P(MEO2MA-co-PEGMA))21 for the controlled intracellular delivery of doxorubicin. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra08108h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Well-defined amphiphilic β-cyclodextrin star-shaped copolymers with poly(ε-caprolactone)–poly(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate)-co-poly(ethylene glycol)methacrylate) (β-CD–(PCL–P(MEO2MA-co-PEGMA))21 were synthesized via (ROP) and (ATRP).
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- Beibei Lu
- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
- Shihezi University/Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region/Engineering Research Center of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan
- Shihezi 832003
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
- Shihezi University/Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region/Engineering Research Center of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan
- Shihezi 832003
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
- Shihezi University/Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region/Engineering Research Center of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan
- Shihezi 832003
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
- Shihezi University/Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region/Engineering Research Center of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan
- Shihezi 832003
- P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering
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- Department of Immunology
- Shihezi University School of Medicine/Department of Pathology and Key Laboratories for Xinjiang Endemic and Ethnic Diseases
- Shihezi University School of Medicine
- Xinjiang 832003
- China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
- Shihezi University/Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region/Engineering Research Center of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan
- Shihezi 832003
- P. R. China
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Deng L, Ren J, Li J, Leng J, Qu Y, Lin C, Shi D. Magnetothermally responsive star-block copolymeric micelles for controlled drug delivery and enhanced thermo-chemotherapy. NANOSCALE 2015; 7:9655-9663. [PMID: 25959728 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr00642b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Magnetothermally responsive drug-loaded micelles were designed and prepared for cancer therapy. These specially designed micelles are composed of the thermo-responsive star-block copolymer poly(ε-caprolactone)-block-poly(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate-co-oligo(ethylene glycol)methacrylate) and Mn, Zn doped ferrite magnetic nanoparticles (MZF-MNPs). The thermo-responses of 6sPCL-b-P(MEO2MA-co-OEGMA) copolymers were shown to be dependent on the MEO2MA to OEGMA ratio. The lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of the star-block copolymers was controlled at 43 °C by adjusting the feed molar ratios of MEO2MA/OEGMA at 92 : 8. With the anti-tumor drug doxorubicin (DOX) self-assembling into the carrier system, the thermo-responsive micelles exhibited excellent temperature-triggered drug release behavior. In vitro cytotoxicity results showed high biocompatibility of the polymer micelles. Efficient cellular proliferation inhibition by the drug-loaded micelles was found on the HepG2 cells under different treatments. The thermo-responsive polymer micelles are promising for controlled drug delivery in tumor therapy under an alternating magnetic field.
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- Li Deng
- Institute of Nano and Biopolymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 4800 Caoan Road, Shanghai 201804, China.
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Liu Y, Lin C, Li J, Qu Y, Ren J. In vitro and in vivo gene transfection using biodegradable and low cytotoxic nanomicelles based on dendritic block copolymers. J Mater Chem B 2015; 3:688-699. [DOI: 10.1039/c4tb01406e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Dendritic PCL-b-PDMAEMA copolymers have been used as non-viral vectors for gene transfection and exhibited high transfection efficiencies and low cytotoxicity.
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- Yan Liu
- Institute of Nano and Biopolymeric Materials
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Tongji University
- Shanghai 201804
- China
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- The Institute for Biomedical Engineering & Nano Science
- School of Medicine
- Tongji University
- Shanghai 200092
- China
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- Institute of Nano and Biopolymeric Materials
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Tongji University
- Shanghai 201804
- China
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- Institute of Nano and Biopolymeric Materials
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Tongji University
- Shanghai 201804
- China
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- Institute of Nano and Biopolymeric Materials
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Tongji University
- Shanghai 201804
- China
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Shi Y, Wang X, Graff RW, Phillip WA, Gao H. Synthesis of degradable molecular brushes via a combination of ring-opening polymerization and click chemistry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.27307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Yi Shi
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame Indiana 46556
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame Indiana 46556
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame Indiana 46556
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame Indiana 46556
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame Indiana 46556
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Yuan W, Guo W. Ultraviolet light-breakable and tunable thermoresponsive amphiphilic block copolymer: from self-assembly, disassembly to re-self-assembly. Polym Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3py01681a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Kowalczuk A, Mendrek B, Żymełka-Miara I, Libera M, Marcinkowski A, Trzebicka B, Smet M, Dworak A. Solution behavior of star polymers with oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate arms. POLYMER 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2012.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wang Y, Grayson SM. Approaches for the preparation of non-linear amphiphilic polymers and their applications to drug delivery. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2012; 64:852-65. [PMID: 22465560 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2012.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2011] [Revised: 03/14/2012] [Accepted: 03/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Amphiphilic polymers are particularly useful for drug delivery because of their ability to self-assemble into discrete aggregates. While this behavior has been studied in depth for simple linear block copolymer amphiphiles, recent advances in synthetic methodologies have provided efficient routes to amphiphilic polymers with more complex architecture, including dendrimers, hyperbranched polymers, star polymers, and cyclic polymers. These architectures can impart unique advantages, such as increased stability, on their micellar aggregates. Herein the different strategies for preparing these complex amphiphiles are described, and the application of their assemblies towards drug delivery are summarized.
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- Yi Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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Zhang C, Miao M, Cao X, An Z. One-pot RAFT synthesis of core cross-linked star polymers of polyPEGMA in water by sequential homogeneous and heterogeneous polymerizations. Polym Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2py20442h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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