Bioconjugation in drug delivery: Practical perspectives and future perceptions

P Elzahhar, ASF Belal, F Elamrawy, NA Helal… - Pharmaceutical …, 2019 - Springer
For the past three decades, pharmaceutical research has been mainly converging to novel
carrier systems and nanoparticulate colloidal technologies for drug delivery, such as …

Micelles of zinc protoporphyrin conjugated to N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide (HPMA) copolymer for imaging and light-induced antitumor effects in vivo

H Nakamura, L Liao, Y Hitaka, K Tsukigawa… - Journal of controlled …, 2013 - Elsevier
We synthesized N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide polymer conjugated with zinc
protoporphyrin (HPMA-ZnPP) and evaluated its application for tumor detection by imaging …

Properties of HPMA copolymer–doxorubicin conjugates with pH-controlled activation: effect of polymer chain modification

P Chytil, T Etrych, Č Koňák, M Šírová, T Mrkvan… - Journal of controlled …, 2006 - Elsevier
Various conjugates of anticancer drug doxorubicin (DOX) covalently attached via
hydrolytically degradable hydrazone bond to water-soluble N-(2-hydroxypropyl) …

Controlling and monitoring intracellular delivery of anticancer polymer nanomedicines

C Battistella, HA Klok - Macromolecular bioscience, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer nanomedicines are very attractive to improve the delivery of chemotherapeutics.
Polymer conjugates and other polymer‐based nanocarriers allow to increase plasma half …

Synthetic polymers as drugs and therapeutics

B Twaites, C de las Heras Alarcón… - Journal of Materials …, 2005 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic polymers are of increasing interest as therapeutic agents owing to their enhanced
pharmacokinetic profiles relative to small molecule drugs. Multifunctional polymers are now …

Combination chemotherapy using core-shell nanoparticles through the self-assembly of HPMA-based copolymers and degradable polyester

E Jäger, A Jäger, P Chytil, T Etrych, B Říhová… - Journal of controlled …, 2013 - Elsevier
The preparation of core-shell polymeric nanoparticles simultaneously loaded with docetaxel
(DTXL) and doxorubicin (DOX) is reported herein. The self-assembly of the aliphatic …

PH-responsive artesunate polymer prodrugs with enhanced ablation effect on rodent xenograft colon cancer

DL Hao, R Xie, GJ De, H Yi, C Zang… - International Journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose In this study, pH-sensitive poly (2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)-poly (lactic acid)-poly (β-amino
ester)(PEOz-PLA-PBAE) triblock copolymers were synthesized and were conjugated with an …

[HTML][HTML] Pro-moieties of antimicrobial peptide prodrugs

E Forde, M Devocelle - Molecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a promising class of antimicrobial agents that have been
garnering increasing attention as resistance renders many conventional antibiotics …

HPMA-based polymeric conjugates in anticancer therapeutics

S Rani, U Gupta - Drug discovery today, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•HPMA (N-2-hydroxypropylmethacrylamide) is an emerging polymeric alternative
for drug delivery applications.•HPMA can be potentially conjugated to develop copolymers …

Synthesis of an acid-labile polymeric prodrug DOX-acetal-PEG-acetal-DOX with high drug loading content for pH-triggered intracellular drug release

H Wang, J He, D Cao, M Zhang, F Li, KC Tam… - Polymer Chemistry, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, three PEGylated doxorubicin (DOX) prodrugs with acid-labile acetal and
carbamate linkages have been prepared via the combination of Cu (I)-catalyzed Huisgen 1 …