Dendrimers designed for functions: from physical, photophysical, and supramolecular properties to applications in sensing, catalysis, molecular electronics, photonics …

D Astruc, E Boisselier, C Ornelas - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
Dendrimers Designed for Functions: From Physical, Photophysical, and Supramolecular
Properties to Applications in Sensing, Catalysis, Molecular Electronics, Photonics, and …

Dendrimer toxicity: Let's meet the challenge

K Jain, P Kesharwani, U Gupta, NK Jain - International journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Dendrimers are well-defined, versatile polymeric architecture with properties resembling
biomolecules. Dendritic polymers emerged as outstanding carrier in modern medicine …

[HTML][HTML] PAMAM dendrimer-cell membrane interactions

LJ Fox, RM Richardson, WH Briscoe - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2018 - Elsevier
PAMAM dendrimers have been conjectured for a wide range of biomedical applications due
to their tuneable physicochemical properties. However, their application has been hindered …

Dendrimer biocompatibility and toxicity

R Duncan, L Izzo - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
The field of biomedical dendrimers is still in its infancy, but the explosion of interest in
dendrimers and dendronised polymers as inherently active therapeutic agents, as vectors …

Dendrimers in gene delivery

C Dufès, IF Uchegbu, AG Schätzlein - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
Dendrimers have unique molecular architectures and properties that make them attractive
materials for the development of nanomedicines. Key properties such as defined …

Role of nanotechnology in targeted drug delivery and imaging: a concise review

OM Koo, I Rubinstein, H Onyuksel - … : nanotechnology, biology and …, 2005 - Elsevier
The use of nanotechnology in drug delivery and imaging in vivo is a rapidly expanding field.
The emphases of this review are on biophysical attributes of the drug delivery and imaging …

Nanoparticle interaction with biological membranes: does nanotechnology present a Janus face?

PR Leroueil, S Hong, A Mecke… - Accounts of chemical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Polycationic organic nanoparticles are shown to disrupt model biological membranes and
living cell membranes at nanomolar concentrations. The degree of disruption is shown to be …

Nanovehicular intracellular delivery systems

A Prokop, JM Davidson - Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2008 - Elsevier
This article provides an overview of principles and barriers relevant to intracellular drug and
gene transport, accumulation and retention (collectively called as drug delivery) by means of …

The effect of surface functionality on cellular trafficking of dendrimers

OP Perumal, R Inapagolla, S Kannan, RM Kannan - Biomaterials, 2008 - Elsevier
Dendrimers are an emerging group of nanostructured, polymeric biomaterials that have
potential as non-viral vehicles for delivering drugs and genetic material to intracellular …

Characterization of CD44-mediated cancer cell uptake and intracellular distribution of hyaluronan-grafted liposomes

HSS Qhattal, X Liu - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2011 - ACS Publications
Hyaluronan (HA) is a biocompatible and biodegradable linear polysaccharide which is of
interest for tumor targeting through cell surface CD44 receptors. HA binds with high affinity to …