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Thermo- and pH-responsive polymers in drug delivery☆

SCHMALJOHANN, D·2006·Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

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Stimuli-responsive polymers show a sharp change in properties upon a small or modest change in environmental condition, e.g. temperature, light, salt concentration or pH. This behaviour can be utilised for the preparation of so-called 'smart' drug delivery systems, which mimic biological response behaviour to a certain extent. The possible environmental conditions to use for this purpose are limited due to the biomedical setting of drug delivery as application. Different organs, tissues and cellular compartments may have large differences in pH, which makes the pH a suitable stimulus. Therefore the majority of examples, discussed in this paper, deal with pH-responsive drug delivery system. Thermo-responsive polymer is also covered to a large extent, as well as double-responsive system. The physico-chemical behaviour underlying the phase transition will be discussed in brief. Then selected examples of applications are described.

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Authors
SCHMALJOHANN, D.
Affiliations
Cardiff University (GB)
Corresponding author
SCHMALJOHANN, D
Venue
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2006-12-30
Volume
58
Issue
15
Pages
1655-1670
ISSN
0169-409X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1967985930
Cited by
3,023
References
102
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FWCI
27.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/D013038/1)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Medicine › Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmaceutical Science › Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
Keywords
stimuli-responsive polymers, pH-responsive polymers, thermoresponsive polymers, drug delivery systems, smart drug delivery, phase transitions, tissue-specific drug delivery
MeSH terms
Animals, Excipients, Hot Temperature, Humans, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Polymers, Endosomes, Genetic Therapy, Drug Delivery Systems

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