PAMAM dendrimers: destined for success or doomed to fail? Plain and modified PAMAM dendrimers in the context of biomedical applications

M Labieniec-Watala, C Watala - Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2015 - Elsevier
PAMAM (polyamidoamine) dendrimers are commonly considered promising polymers that
can be successfully used in various biomedical applications. Nevertheless, direct clinical …

Poly (amidoamine)(PAMAM) dendrimers: from biomimicry to drug delivery and biomedical applications

R Esfand, DA Tomalia - Drug discovery today, 2001 - Elsevier
Poly (amidoamine)(PAMAM) dendrimers are the first complete dendrimer family to be
synthesized, characterized and commercialized. Based on this extensive activity, they are …

PAMAM dendrimers—Diverse biomedical applications. Facts and unresolved questions

M Labieniec, C Watala - Central European Journal of Biology, 2009 - Springer
In this mini-review a number of novel outcomes, originating from studies in the field of
PAMAM dendrimers, are presented and discussed. Owing to the multi-disciplinary nature of …

Best practices for purification and characterization of PAMAM dendrimer

DG Mullen, A Desai, MA van Dongen, M Barash… - …, 2012 - ACS Publications
First developed in the 1970s, dendrimers are a unique class of branched polymers with
characteristically low polydispersity making these materials attractive for a number of …

New advances in general biomedical applications of PAMAM dendrimers

RV Araújo, SS Santos, E Igne Ferreira, J Giarolla - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Dendrimers are nanoscopic compounds, which are monodispersed, and they are generally
considered as homogeneous. PAMAM (polyamidoamine) was introduced in 1985, by …

Dendrimers in oncology: an expanding horizon

RK Tekade, PV Kumar, NK Jain - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
Cancer is a killer disease second only to heart problems. 1 Though there is significant
progress in the field of anticancer technology, we are still badly in need of a reliable cure for …

PEGylated PAMAM dendrimers: Enhancing efficacy and mitigating toxicity for effective anticancer drug and gene delivery

D Luong, P Kesharwani, R Deshmukh, MCIM Amin… - Acta biomaterialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (amidoamine) dendrimers (PAMAM) are well-defined, highly branched,
nanoscale macromolecules with numerous active amine groups on the surface. PAMAM …

Poly (amidoamine) dendrimers as a pharmaceutical excipient. Are we there yet?

DP Otto, MM De Villiers - Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Drug solubility could affect the therapeutic use of a drug because the biological activity of a
drug is only possible if some fraction of a dissolved drug can permeate and overcome …

[PDF][PDF] Dendrimer generational nomenclature: the need to harmonize

P Kesharwani, RK Tekade, NK Jain - Drug Discov. Today, 2015 - academia.edu
During the early 1980s, Donald A. Tomalia from the University of Michigan discovered a
unique 3D nano-architect providing a well-defined globular architect that he called …

PAMAM G4 dendrimers lower high glucose but do not improve reduced survival in diabetic rats

M Labieniec, O Ulicna, O Vancova, R Glowacki… - International journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
For nearly a decade poly (amidoamine)(PAMAM) dendrimers G4 were claimed unnegligible
cytotoxic agents. Here we monitored whether in vivo cytotoxic effect of PAMAM G4 (0.5 …