PEG—A versatile conjugating ligand for drugs and drug delivery systems

A Kolate, D Baradia, S Patil, I Vhora, G Kore… - Journal of controlled …, 2014 - Elsevier
Polyethylene glycol (PEG) conjugation is a rapidly evolving strategy to solve hurdles in
therapeutic delivery and is being used as an add-on tool to the traditional drug delivery …

Antibiofouling polymer interfaces: poly (ethylene glycol) and other promising candidates

S Lowe, NM O'Brien-Simpson, LA Connal - Polymer Chemistry, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Nonspecific protein adsorption and/or microbial adsorption on biomedical materials
adversely affects the efficacy of a range of biomedical systems, from implants and …

Poly (ethylene glycol) in drug delivery: pros and cons as well as potential alternatives

K Knop, R Hoogenboom, D Fischer… - Angewandte chemie …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) is the most used polymer and also the gold standard for
stealth polymers in the emerging field of polymer‐based drug delivery. The properties that …

Peptide and protein PEGylation: a review of problems and solutions

FM Veronese - Biomaterials, 2001 - Elsevier
The paper discusses general problems in using PEG for conjugation to high or low
molecular weight molecules. Methods of binding PEG to different functional groups in …

Several lines of antioxidant defense against oxidative stress: antioxidant enzymes, nanomaterials with multiple enzyme-mimicking activities, and low-molecular-weight …

K Jomova, SY Alomar, SH Alwasel, E Nepovimova… - Archives of …, 2024 - Springer
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) are well recognized for
playing a dual role, since they can be either deleterious or beneficial to biological systems …

Design and Synthesis of N-Maleimido-Functionalized Hydrophilic Polymers via Copper-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization:  A Suitable Alternative to …

G Mantovani, F Lecolley, L Tao… - Journal of the …, 2005 - ACS Publications
A series of α-functional maleimide polymethacrylates (M n= 4.1− 35.4 kDa, PDi= 1.06− 1.27)
have been prepared via copper-catalyzed living radical polymerization (LRP). Two …

Scavenging ROS: superoxide dismutase/catalase mimetics by the use of an oxidation-sensitive nanocarrier/enzyme conjugate

P Hu, N Tirelli - Bioconjugate chemistry, 2012 - ACS Publications
Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) are quintessential inflammatory compounds with oxidizing
behavior. We have successfully developed a micellar system with responsiveness at the …

α-Aldehyde terminally functional methacrylic polymers from living radical polymerization: application in protein conjugation “pegylation”

L Tao, G Mantovani, F Lecolley… - Journal of the American …, 2004 - ACS Publications
Application of proteins and peptides as human therapeutics is expanding rapidly as drug
discovery becomes more prevalent. Conjugation of polymers to proteins can circumvent …

Polyethylene glycol–superoxide dismutase, a conjugate in search of exploitation

FM Veronese, P Caliceti, O Schiavon… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2002 - Elsevier
Without a doubt PEG–SOD has been the enzyme most studied in PEGylation. One can say
that it represents the preferred model to assess chemistries for PEG activation, analytical …

Biopharmaceutical properties of uricase conjugated to neutral and amphiphilic polymers

P Caliceti, O Schiavon, FM Veronese - Bioconjugate chemistry, 1999 - ACS Publications
A comparative pharmacokinetic and biodistribution investigation of polymer− protein
conjugates prepared with various amphiphilic polymers was carried out using uricase as a …