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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Telodendrimers: Promising Architectural Polymers for Drug Delivery.

Søren Mejlsøe, Ashok Kakkar

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Structure and State of Water in BranchedMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
    Article
  2. Dendrimers as Modulators of Brain Cells.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
    Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Søren MejlsøeDepartment of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada.
Ashok KakkarDepartment of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada.

Funding

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada RGPIN-2018-05610
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Architectural complexity has played a key role in enhancing the efficacy of nanocarriers for a variety of applications, including those in the biomedical field. With the continued evolution in designing macromolecules-based nanoparticles for drug delivery, the combination approach of using important features of linear polymers with dendrimers has offered an advantageous and viable platform. Such nanostructures, which are commonly referred to as telodendrimers, are hybrids of linear polymers covalently linked with different dendrimer generations and backbones. There is considerable variety in selection from widely studied linear polymers and dendrimers, which can help tune the overall composition of the resulting hybrid structures. This review highlights the advances in articulating syntheses of these macromolecules, and the contributions these are making in facilitating therapeutic administration. Limited progress has been made in the design and synthesis of these hybrid macromolecules, and it is through an understanding of their physicochemical properties and aqueous self-assembly that one can expect to fully exploit their potential in drug delivery.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsDendrimersDrug Therapy, CombinationPolyestersPolyethylene GlycolsPolymersDendrimersPolyestersPolyethylene GlycolsPolymersdendrimersdrug deliveryhybrid structureslinear polymersmacromoleculesmicellesnanoformulationssoft nanoparticlestelodendrimer

Identifiers

PMID32887285
PMCPMC7504730

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