Rational design of smart supramolecular assemblies for gene delivery: chemical challenges in the creation of artificial viruses

K Miyata, N Nishiyama, K Kataoka - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymeric materials have been extensively developed as a delivery vehicle for nucleic acids
over the past two decades. Many previous studies have demonstrated that synthetic delivery …

HPMA copolymers: origins, early developments, present, and future

J Kopeček, P Kopečková - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
The overview covers the discovery of N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide (HPMA)
copolymers, initial studies on their synthesis, evaluation of biological properties, and …

Polymer–drug conjugates: Origins, progress to date and future directions

J Kopeček - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
This overview focuses on bioconjugates of water-soluble polymers with low molecular
weight drugs and proteins. After a short discussion of the origins of the field, the state-of-the …

Overcoming the PEG-addiction: well-defined alternatives to PEG, from structure–property relationships to better defined therapeutics

M Barz, R Luxenhofer, R Zentel, MJ Vicent - Polymer Chemistry, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic methods in polymer chemistry have evolved tremendously during the last decade.
Nowadays more and more attention is devoted to the application of those tools in the …

Advances in multiple stimuli-responsive drug-delivery systems for cancer therapy

R Jia, L Teng, L Gao, T Su, L Fu, Z Qiu… - International journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Nanomedicines afford unique advantages in therapeutic intervention against tumors.
However, conventional nanomedicines have failed to achieve the desired effect against …

Polymer nanomedicines

J Kopeček, J Yang - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Polymer nanomedicines (macromolecular therapeutics, polymer-drug conjugates, drug-free
macromolecular therapeutics) are a group of biologically active compounds that are …

Multistage nanovehicle delivery system based on stepwise size reduction and charge reversal for programmed nuclear targeting of systemically administered …

L Li, W Sun, J Zhong, Q Yang, X Zhu… - Advanced Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The nucleus is the final target of many first‐line chemotherapeutics, but the need to
overcome multiple physiological barriers imposes conflicting requirements for size and …

Bioreducible fluorinated peptide dendrimers capable of circumventing various physiological barriers for highly efficient and safe gene delivery

X Cai, R Jin, J Wang, D Yue, Q Jiang… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Polymeric vectors have shown great promise in the development of safe and efficient gene
delivery systems; however, only a few have been developed in clinical settings due to poor …

Endosomal pH-Activatable Poly(ethylene oxide)-graft-Doxorubicin Prodrugs: Synthesis, Drug Release, and Biodistribution in Tumor-Bearing Mice

L Zhou, R Cheng, H Tao, S Ma, W Guo… - …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Novel poly (ethylene oxide)-graft-doxorubicin (PEO-g-DOX) prodrugs with DOX covalently
conjugated to PEO via a pH-sensitive hydrazone bond were developed. PEO-g-DOX …

In vitro cytotoxicity of RAFT polymers

D Pissuwan, C Boyer, K Gunasekaran… - …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The RAFT technique has been increasingly used to generate polymers for potential
biological applications. However, to-date, the toxicity of the RAFT-polymers has received …