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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2018

Poly(Ethylene Glycol)-Polylactide Micelles for Cancer Therapy.

Jixue Wang, Shengxian Li, Yuping Han, Jingjing Guan, Shirley Chung, Chunxi Wang, Di Li

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 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.

Jixue WangDepartment of Urology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Shengxian LiDepartment of Urology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Yuping HanDepartment of Urology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Jingjing GuanDepartment of Urology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Shirley ChungDepartment of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Chunxi WangDepartment of Urology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Di LiKey Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For the treatment of malignancy, many therapeutic agents, including small molecules, photosensitizers, immunomodulators, proteins and genes, and so forth, have been loaded into nanocarriers for controllable cancer therapy. Among these nanocarriers, polymeric micelles have been considered as one of the most promising nanocarriers, some of which have already been applied in different stages of clinical trials. The successful advantages of polymeric micelles from bench to bedside are due to their special core/shell structures, which can carry specific drugs in certain disease conditions. Particularly, poly(ethylene glycol)-polylactide (PEG-PLA) micelles have been considered as one of the most promising platforms for drug delivery. The PEG shell effectively prevents the adsorption of proteins and phagocytes, thereby evidently extending the blood circulation period. Meanwhile, the hydrophobic PLA core can effectively encapsulate many therapeutic agents. This review summarizes recent advances in PEG-PLA micelles for the treatment of malignancy. In addition, future perspectives for the development of PEG-PLA micelles as drug delivery systems are also presented.

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antitumor treatmentcontrolled drug releasemicellenanocarrierpoly(ethylene glycol)polylactide

Identifiers

PMID29662450
PMCPMC5890116

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