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Design of polymeric nanoparticles for biomedical delivery applications

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Elsabahy, Mahmoud, Wooley, Karen L.·2012·Chemical Society Reviews

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Polymeric nanoparticles-based therapeutics show great promise in the treatment of a wide range of diseases, due to the flexibility in which their structures can be modified, with intricate definition over their compositions, structures and properties. Advances in polymerization chemistries and the application of reactive, efficient and orthogonal chemical modification reactions have enabled the engineering of multifunctional polymeric nanoparticles with precise control over the architectures of the individual polymer components, to direct their assembly and subsequent transformations into nanoparticles of selective overall shapes, sizes, internal morphologies, external surface charges and functionalizations. In addition, incorporation of certain functionalities can modulate the responsiveness of these nanostructures to specific stimuli through the use of remote activation. Furthermore, they can be equipped with smart components to allow their delivery beyond certain biological barriers, such as skin, mucus, blood, extracellular matrix, cellular and subcellular organelles. This tutorial review highlights the importance of well-defined chemistries, with detailed ties to specific biological hurdles and opportunities, in the design of nanostructures for various biomedical delivery applications.

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Authors
Elsabahy, M., & Wooley, K. L.
Affiliations
  • Assiut University (EG)
  • Texas A&M University (US)
Corresponding author
  • Elsabahy, Mahmoud
  • Wooley, Karen L.
Venue
Chemical Society Reviews
Published
2012
Volume
41
Issue
7
Pages
2545
ISSN
  • 0306-0012 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-4744
OpenAlex
W1976915466
Cited by
1,717
References
88
Citations by year
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FWCI
6.56
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Chemical Society Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HHSN268201000046C)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK082546)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmaceutical Science › Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
Keywords
polymeric nanoparticles, nanoparticle design, polymerization, nanoparticle morphology, surface functionalization, stimuli-responsive nanoparticles, remote activation, transdermal drug delivery, mucus penetration, extracellular matrix, multifunctional nanoparticles
MeSH terms
Humans, Polymers, Drug Design, Drug Delivery Systems, Nanoparticles

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