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ArticleJournal of bioactive and compatible polymers2012

Poly (ethylene glycol)-armed hyperbranched polyoxetanes for anticancer drug delivery.

Khushboo Sharma, Olga Yu Zolotarskaya, Kenneth J Wynne, Hu Yang

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Article in Journal of bioactive and compatible polymers, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Khushboo SharmaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284.
Olga Yu Zolotarskaya
Kenneth J Wynne
Hu Yang

Funding

VCU Neuroscience Center Core GrantP30NS047463 · NINDS · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI POVLISHOCK, JOHN T · 2003 to 2013
$5.0M
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE: PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA, F TULARENSISS10RR022495 · NCRR · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI HENDERSON, SCOTT C. · 2006 to 2006
$201k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR022495NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS047463
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A facile method for synthesis of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-armed hyperbranched polyoxetanes is presented as well as characterization and use in drug delivery. A series of hyperbranched polyoxetanes with multiple PEG arms were synthesized via a one-pot cationic ring-opening polymerization of 3-ethyl-3-hydroxymethyloxetane (EHMO) and its PEGylated derivative (EPMO), in which the feed mass ratio of EHMO to EPMO was 98:2, 96:4, 74:26, or 17:83. Characterization methods included NMR, DLS, FT-IR, DSC, and SEM. Toxicity of the synthesized polymers to human dermal fibroblasts was evaluated using the MTT assay. Formulation into particles was carried out to encapsulate the anticancer drug camptothecin using the single oil-in-water (o/w) solvent evaporation method. The resulting drug encapsulated particles were evaluated for antitumor activity using HN12 cells.

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PMID23226692
PMCPMC3513288

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