ReviewJournal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society2015
Polymeric drugs: Advances in the development of pharmacologically active polymers.
Review in Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 90 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Nanotechnology-based Approaches for Targeted Drug Delivery to the Small Intestine: Advancements and Challenges.Current pharmaceutical design · 2025Review
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- Reversible rearrangement of the cellular cytoskeleton: A key to the broad-spectrum antiviral activity of novel amphiphilic polymers.Materials today. Bio · 2023Article
- Cationic Chitosan Derivatives for the Inactivation of HIV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 Enveloped Viruses.ACS omega · 2023Article
- Research Progress of Nanomaterials in Chemotherapy of Osteosarcoma.Orthopaedic surgery · 2023Review
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- Theranostics Nanomedicine Applications for Colorectal Cancer and Metastasis: Recent Advances.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Bio-Inspired Drug Delivery Systems: From Synthetic Polypeptide Vesicles to Outer Membrane Vesicles.Pharmaceutics · 2023Review
- Nanotechnology for colorectal cancer detection and treatment.World journal of gastroenterology · 2022Review
- Recent Advances in Biomedical Applications of Polymeric Nanoplatform Assisted with Two-Photon Absorption Process.Polymers · 2022Review
- Non-Viral Vectors for Delivery of Nucleic Acid Therapies for Cancer.Biotech (Basel (Switzerland)) · 2022Review
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- Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecules- (un)Attainable Targets for Nanomedicines.Frontiers in medical technology · 2022Review
- Drug delivery carriers with therapeutic functions.Advanced drug delivery reviews · 2021Review
- Toward the prevention of coronavirus infection: what role can polymers play?Materials today. Advances · 2021Review
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Abstract
Synthetic polymers play a critical role in pharmaceutical discovery and development. Current research and applications of pharmaceutical polymers are mainly focused on their functions as excipients and inert carriers of other pharmacologically active agents. This review article surveys recent advances in alternative pharmaceutical use of polymers as pharmacologically active agents known as polymeric drugs. Emphasis is placed on the benefits of polymeric drugs that are associated with their macromolecular character and their ability to explore biologically relevant multivalency processes. We discuss the main therapeutic uses of polymeric drugs as sequestrants, antimicrobials, antivirals, and anticancer and anti-inflammatory agents.
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