pH-controlled delivery of nanoparticles into tumor cells.

Han, Liang; Ma, Haojun; Guo, Yubo; Kuang, Yuyang; He, Xi; Jiang, Chen · Adv Healthc Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Nanoparticles target tumor cells by pH-controlled means. Nanoparticles carry three synergistic delivery functions: 1) tumor tissue targeting by the EPR effect; 2) tumor cell targeting by pHLIP-mediated membrane-localization; and 3) tumor cell uptake by adsorptive-mediated endocytosis.

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