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ReviewEuropean journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V2009

Multifunctional and stimuli-sensitive pharmaceutical nanocarriers.

Vladimir Torchilin

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Review in European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 122 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

122 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Vladimir TorchilinDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Northeastern University, MA 02115, USA.

Funding

MULTIFUNCTIONAL STIMULI-SENSITIVE PHARMACEUTICAL NANOCARRIERSR01CA121838 · NCI · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI TORCHILIN, VLADIMIR P · 2006 to 2010
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA121838
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently used pharmaceutical nanocarriers, such as liposomes, micelles, and polymeric nanoparticles, demonstrate a broad variety of useful properties, such as longevity in the body; specific targeting to certain disease sites; enhanced intracellular penetration; contrast properties allowing for direct carrier visualization in vivo; stimuli-sensitivity, and others. Some of those pharmaceutical carriers have already made their way into clinic, while others are still under preclinical development. In certain cases, the pharmaceutical nanocarriers combine several of the listed properties. Long-circulating immunoliposomes capable of prolonged residence in the blood and specific target recognition represent one of the examples of this kind. The engineering of multifunctional pharmaceutical nanocarriers combining several useful properties in one particle can significantly enhance the efficacy of many therapeutic and diagnostic protocols. This paper considers the current status and possible future directions in the emerging area of multifunctional nanocarriers with primary attention on the combination of such properties as longevity, targetability, intracellular penetration, contrast loading, and stimuli-sensitivity.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsAnimalsBiological TransportChemistry, PharmaceuticalDelayed-Action PreparationsDrug CarriersHumansLiposomesMicellesNanoparticlesPolymersDelayed-Action PreparationsDrug CarriersLiposomesMicellesPolymers

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PMID18977297
PMCPMC3197821

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