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ArticleInternational journal of nanomedicine2018

Redox-sensitive micelles composed of disulfide-linked Pluronic-linoleic acid for enhanced anticancer efficiency of brusatol.

Jinming Zhang, Xiaobin Fang, Zeyong Li, Hon Fai Chan, Zhixiu Lin, Yitao Wang, Meiwan Chen

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Article in International journal of nanomedicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jinming Zhang *State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.
Xiaobin Fang *State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.
Zeyong LiDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong No 2 Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
Hon Fai ChanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Zhixiu LinFaculty of Science, School of Chinese Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China.
Yitao WangState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.
Meiwan ChenState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brusatol (Bru) exhibits promising anticancer effects, with both proliferation inhibition and chemoresistance amelioration activity. However, the poor solubility and insufficient intracellular delivery of Bru greatly restrict its application. Herein, to simultaneously utilize the advantages of Pluronics as drug carriers and tumor microenvironment-responsive drug release profiles, a flexible amphiphilic copolymer with a polymer skeleton, that is, Pluronic

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Antineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorDisulfidesDrug CarriersDrug Delivery SystemsDrug LiberationDrug StabilityHumansLinoleic AcidMCF-7 CellsMembrane Potential, MitochondrialMicellesOxidation-ReductionPoloxamerQuassinsSolubilityAntineoplastic AgentsbrusatolDisulfidesDrug CarriersLinoleic AcidMicellesPoloxamerQuassinsBrucea javanicacancer treatmentglutathionepoloxamer188tumor micro-environment

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PMID29491708
PMCPMC5815479

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