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SUBMITTER: Li X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3238101 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Xinming X Li Jiayang J Gao Yuan Y Kuang Yi Y Shi Junfeng J Xu Bing B
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20101201 50
Conjugation of tripeptide derivatives with olsalazine, a clinically used anti-inflammatory prodrug, yields small molecules that self-assemble in water to form supramolecular hydrogels that undergo a gel-to-sol phase transition upon reduction, resulting in the controlled release of 5-aminosalicylic acid as the anti-inflammatory agent. This methodology will ultimately lead to new biomaterials for site-specific drug delivery. ...[more]