Applying an innovative biodegradable self-assembly nanomicelles to deliver α-mangostin for improving anti-melanoma

Shuping Yang1, Xiang Gao2, Yihong He1

  • 1Department of Neurosurgery and Institute of Neurosurgery, State Key Lab of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, 610041, PR China.

Cell Death & Disease
|February 17, 2019
PubMed

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