Polymer Capsules for Plaque-Targeted In Vivo Delivery.

Richardson, Joseph J; Choy, Mei Y; Guo, Junling; Liang, Kang; Alt, Karen; Ping, Yuan; Cui, Jiwei; Law, Lok S et al. · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Targeted polymer capsules can selectively bind to unstable plaques in mice after intravenous injection. Different formulations of the capsules are explored with a synthetic/biopolymer hybrid capsule showing the best stability and small-molecule drug retention. The synthetic polymer is composed of pH-sensitive blocks (PDPA), low-binding blocks (PEG), and click-groups for postfunctionalization with targeting peptides specific to plaques.

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