Modifying the body distribution of HPMA-based copolymers by molecular weight and aggregate formation

M Allmeroth, D Moderegger, B Biesalski… - …, 2011 - ACS Publications
There is a recognized need to create well-defined polymer probes for in vivo and clinical
positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to guide the development of new generation …

PEGylation of HPMA-based block copolymers enhances tumor accumulation in vivo: a quantitative study using radiolabeling and positron emission tomography

M Allmeroth, D Moderegger, D Gündel… - Journal of controlled …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper reports the body distribution of block copolymers (made by controlled radical
polymerization) with N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide (HPMA) as hydrophilic block and …

HPMA-LMA copolymer drug carriers in oncology: an in vivo PET study to assess the tumor line-specific polymer uptake and body distribution

M Allmeroth, D Moderegger, D Gündel… - …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Polymeric drug carriers aim to selectively target tumors in combination with protecting
normal tissue. In this regard polymer structure and molecular weight are key factors …

Radioactive Labeling of Defined HPMA-Based Polymeric Structures Using [18F]FETos for In Vivo Imaging by Positron Emission Tomography

MM Herth, M Barz, D Moderegger, M Allmeroth… - …, 2009 - ACS Publications
During the last decades polymer-based nanomedicine has turned out to be a promising tool
in modern pharmaceutics. The following article describes the synthesis of well-defined …

Interaction of pHPMA–pLMA copolymers with human blood serum and its components

M Hemmelmann, K Mohr, K Fischer… - Molecular …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Immediately after administration, polymer therapeutics are exposed to complex biological
media like blood which may influence and alter their physicochemical properties due to …

Endocytic uptake of a large array of HPMA copolymers: Elucidation into the dependence on the physicochemical characteristics

J Liu, H Bauer, J Callahan, P Kopečková, H Pan… - Journal of controlled …, 2010 - Elsevier
Endocytic uptake and subcellular trafficking of a large array of HPMA (N-(2-hydroxypropyl)
methacrylamide) based copolymers possessing positively or negatively charged residues …

Synthetic macromolecular drug carriers: biodistribution of poly [(N-2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide] copolymers and their accumulation in solid rat tumors

M Kissel, P Peschke, V Subr, K Ulbrich… - PDA Journal of …, 2001 - journal.pda.org
To optimize polymer design for tumor directed drug delivery, the fate and the total body
distribution of soluble synthetic macromolecules, derived from copolymers of [(N-2 …

Effect of physicochemical modification on the biodistribution and tumor accumulation of HPMA copolymers

T Lammers, R Kühnlein, M Kissel, V Subr… - Journal of controlled …, 2005 - Elsevier
Copolymers of N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide (HPMA) are prototypic and well-
characterized polymeric drug carriers that are being broadly implemented in the delivery of …

Endocytotic uptake of HPMA-based polymers by different cancer cells: impact of extracellular acidosis and hypoxia

D Gündel, M Allmeroth, S Reime, R Zentel… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background Polymeric nanoparticles allow to selectively transport chemotherapeutic drugs
to the tumor tissue. These nanocarriers have to be taken up into the cells to release the drug …

Synthesis of click‐reactive HPMA copolymers using RAFT polymerization for drug delivery applications

MF Ebbesen, DH Schaffert, ML Crowley… - Journal of Polymer …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This study describes a versatile strategy combining reversible addition fragmentation
transfer (RAFT) polymerization and click chemistry to synthesize well‐defined, reactive …