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Preparation and Characterization of Lipophilic Doxorubicin Pro-drug Micelles
Published on: August 2, 2016
Light-controlled release of caged doxorubicin from folate receptor-targeting PAMAM dendrimer nanoconjugate
Seok Ki Choi1, Thommey Thomas, Ming-Hsin Li
1Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences, University of Michigan, Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. skchoi@umich.edu
Abstract:
We report the synthesis and in vitro evaluation of folate receptor-targeted nanoconjugate that releases its therapeutic payload via a photochemical mechanism.
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