Targeted delivery of doxorubicin-utilizing chitosan nanoparticles surface-functionalized with anti-Her2 trastuzumab
Author(s) -
Ramin Sakhtianchi,
Fatemeh Atyabi,
Parisa Yousef,
Ebrahim VasheghaniFarahani,
Mousavi Movahedi,
Rassoul Dinarvand
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of nanomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.245
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1178-2013
pISSN - 1176-9114
DOI - 10.2147/ijn.s21523
Subject(s) - dynamic light scattering , doxorubicin , chitosan , isothermal titration calorimetry , nanoparticle , conjugate , chemistry , drug delivery , drug carrier , zeta potential , targeted drug delivery , differential scanning calorimetry , materials science , nuclear chemistry , organic chemistry , nanotechnology , biochemistry , medicine , thermodynamics , mathematical analysis , surgery , mathematics , physics , chemotherapy
Targeting drugs to their sites of action to overcome the systemic side effects associated with most antineoplastic agents is still a major challenge in pharmaceutical research. In this study, the monoclonal antibody, trastuzumab, was used as a targeting agent in nanoparticles carrying the antitumor drug, doxorubicin, specifically to its site of action.
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