Poloxamer: A versatile tri-block copolymer for biomedical applications

P Zarrintaj, JD Ramsey, A Samadi, Z Atoufi, MK Yazdi… - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Poloxamers, also called Pluronic, belong to a unique class of synthetic tri-block copolymers
containing central hydrophobic chains of poly (propylene oxide) sandwiched between two …

Targeting anticancer drugs with pluronic aggregates: Recent updates

S Tiwari, V Kansara, P Bahadur - International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Pluronics are triblock (PEO ab-PPO bb-PEO a) copolymers, commercially available in a
range of amphiphilicity. Usually, pluronics self-assemble in aqueous solution to form core …

[HTML][HTML] Cortistatin protects against intervertebral disc degeneration through targeting mitochondrial ROS-dependent NLRP3 inflammasome activation

Y Zhao, C Qiu, W Wang, J Peng, X Cheng… - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is a common degenerative disease that
can lead to collapse or herniation of the nucleus pulposus (NP) and result in radiculopathy …

Pluronic micelles with suppressing doxorubicin efflux and detoxification for efficiently reversing breast cancer resistance

X Cheng, X Lv, J Xu, Y Zheng, X Wang… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The antitumor activity of doxorubicin (DOX) is often limited owing to the occurrence of
multidrug resistance (MDR) during treatment. Herein, we developed hybrid polymeric …

Toward understanding the prolonged circulation and elimination mechanism of crosslinked polymeric micelles in zebrafish model

J Tao, Z Wei, Y He, X Yan, SMY Lee, X Wang, W Ge… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding the behaviors of nanomedicines in vivo is one of the most important
prerequisites for the design and optimization of nanomedicines. However, the in vivo …

pH-sensitive pluronic micelles combined with oxidative stress amplification for enhancing multidrug resistance breast cancer therapy

X Cheng, X Zeng, Y Zheng, Q Fang, X Wang… - Journal of colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is one of the major obstacles to clinical cancer chemotherapy.
Herein, we designed new pH-sensitive pluronic micelles with the synergistic effects of …

Novel folated pluronic F127 modified liposomes for delivery of curcumin: preparation, release, and cytotoxicity

Z Li, X Xiong, S Peng, X Chen, W Liu… - Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: A novel folated pluronic F127 (FA-F127) was synthesised, so as to modify liposomes
with FA group on the surface, and evaluate the effects of FA-F127 modification on the …

Enhanced docetaxel delivery using sterically stabilized RIPL peptide-conjugated nanostructured lipid carriers: In vitro and in vivo antitumor efficacy against SKOV3 …

CH Kim, TH Kang, BD Kim, TH Lee, HY Yoon… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Docetaxel (DTX) has poor solubility, low specificity, and severe side effects. For efficient
targeting of DTX to hepsin-overexpressing SKOV3 ovarian cancer cells, PEGylated and …

Development and evaluation of polymeric micelle containing tablet formulation for poorly water-soluble drug: Tamoxifen citrate

K Öztürk-Atar, M Kaplan, S Çalış - Drug Development and Industrial …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Poor aqueous solubility is one of the key reasons for slow dissolution rate and poor
intestinal absorption and finally that causes low therapeutic efficacy of many existing drugs …

Structural and therapeutic properties of Pluronic® P123/F127 micellar systems and their modulation by salt and essential oil

R Ganguly, S Kumar, A Tripathi, M Basu… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pluronics P123 and F127 mixed micellar system has been studied extensively for drug
delivery applications because of its non-toxic nature, good solubilization capacity of …