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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2021
Abstract
For decades, self-assembled lipid vesicles have been widely used in clinics as nanoscale delivery systems for various biomedical applications, including treatment of various diseases. Due to their core–shell architecture and versatile nature, they have been successfully used as carriers for the delivery of a wide range of therapeutic cargos, including drugs and nucleic acids, in cancer treatment. Recently, surface-modified polyamine dendrimer-based vesicles, or dendrimersomes, have emerged as promising alternatives to lipid vesicles for various biomedical applications, due to their ease of synthesis, non-immunogenicity, stability in circulation and lower size polydispersity. This mini-review provides an overview of the recent advances resulting from the use of biomimetic hydrophobically-modified polyamine-based dendrimersomes towards biomedical applications, focusing mainly on the two most widely used polyamine dendrimers, namely polyamidoamine (PAMAM) and poly(propylene imine) (PPI) dendrimers.
Recommended Citation
Laskar, P., & Dufès, C. (2021). Emergence of cationic polyamine dendrimersomes: Design, stimuli sensitivity and potential biomedical applications. Nanoscale Advances. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NA00536G
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Publication Title
Nanoscale Advances
DOI
10.1039/D1NA00536G
Academic Level
faculty
Mentor/PI Department
Immunology and Microbiology